Mellon Grant Helps Exhibition Archive Go Online
A growing digital archive of the Chazen Museum of Art’s exhibitions and permanent collection is now online, making the Chazen one of the few art […]
September 22, 2023
News and Articles
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August 15, 2023Art 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. […]
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July 13, 2023Insistent 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 […]
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May 17, 2023Xu 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 […]
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May 11, 2023New 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 […]
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May 3, 2023Chazen 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 […]
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April 28, 2023Tours 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 […]
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March 13, 2023Provost 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 […]
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February 27, 2023Chazen/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 […]
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February 20, 2023Campus 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 […]