Engaging Art at the Block

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Artist Wangechi Mutu creating her site-specific wall drawing Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies began to fear her The End for the exhibition Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey, presented at the Block Museum in fall 2014. Photo courtesy of Wangechi Mutu.
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Kathleen Berzock, associate director of curatorial affairs, leads a workshop in the Block Museum’s Eloise W. Martin Study Center.
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Right, a gallery visitor to the Block’s exhibition Collecting Paradise: Buddhist Art of Kashmir and Its Legacies studies the Crowned Buddha Shakyamuni.

Credit: Crowned Buddha Shakyamuni, Kashmir or northern Pakistan, eighth century, brass with inlays of copper, silver and zinc. Artwork courtesy of Asia Society, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art, 1979.044.
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John Murphy, 2012–13 Block graduate fellow, leads a tour of Blacklisted: William Gropper’s Capriccios, an exhibition he curated in spring 2013 from works in the Block’s collection. The Gropper portfolio is a gift from Evelyn Salk in memory of her husband, Erwin A. Salk.