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  • August 15, 2023

    Art of Enterprise Explores 15th-Century Printmaker’s Work through an Entrepreneurial Lens

    Discover parallels between the business of 15th-century printmaking and today’s branding practices in Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop, on view Dec. […]

  • July 13, 2023

    Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection

    Insistent Presence showcases more than 40 works acquired since 2018 MADISON, Wisconsin – The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will unveil […]

  • May 22, 2023

    Elvehjem renovation prompts Vasari move

    One of the Chazen Museum of Art’s oldest, largest, and most important Renaissance paintings now has a gleaming new gold leaf frame and a new […]

  • May 17, 2023

    Xu Bing returns to the Chazen for literary conference

    LITERARY CONFERENCE TO BRING MAJOR FIGURES FROM ASIA TO MADISON MADISON — Leading artists, poets, writers, and translators from India, China, and North America will […]

  • May 11, 2023

    New Sculpture at the Chazen Museum of Art Responds to Controversial Work in the Collection

    MADISON, Wis. – When artist Sanford Biggers visited the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2019, he had a jarring encounter […]

  • May 3, 2023

    Chazen to Reveal New Sanford Biggers Sculpture

    Acclaimed New York-based contemporary artist Sanford Biggers will reveal a new sculpture this week that responds to the Chazen Museum of Art’s problematic Emancipation Group […]

  • April 28, 2023

    Tours return with gallery guides

    The Chazen Museum of Art has restarted gallery tours with a renewed program offering a more diverse group of guides, along with the chance for […]

  • March 13, 2023

    Provost Scholz named University of Oregon president

    Congratulations to our friend Provost Karl Scholz on his appointment as the nineteenth president of the University of Oregon. And congratulations to the Jordan Schnitzer […]

  • February 27, 2023

    Chazen/Elvehjem Exhibition Documents Now Online

    Thousands of documents related to more than fifty years of exhibitions at the Elvehjem Art Center, Elvehjem Museum of art, and now the Chazen Museum […]

  • February 20, 2023

    Campus Mourns Chancellor Blank

    We at the Chazen join with campus in mourning and remembering Rebecca M. Blank who died of cancer Feb. 17.  Blank served the UW–Madison as […]

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