Chazen News: Contemporary African Art Initiative
The Contemporary African Art Initiative (CAAI) is a new multi-year project that seeks to expand the Chazen Museum of Art’s holdings of contemporary African art.
November 11, 2020
Press Releases
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June 1, 2020Statement from the Chazen re: Demonstrations in Madison
The Chazen Museum of Art stands in solidarity with those who demonstrate, who protest years of unequal treatment, violence and the systems of inequity across […]
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February 17, 2020
Chazen Museum of Art and UW–Madison Libraries Awarded Mellon Grant
Madison, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been awarded a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the “Coordinating Cultural Heritage […]
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July 23, 2019
Chazen Museum of Art Expands Open Hours
Wisconsin museum is most-open museum among more than 200 museums in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
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May 23, 2018Chazen’s Distinguished Curator to Retire
The Chazen Museum of Art is both pleased and sad to announce that Distinguished Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs Andrew Stevens will retire October 5, 2018.
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August 13, 2013
Chazen Launches ART•SPIN Initiative
The Chazen Museum of Art is pleased to announce ART•SPIN its new community outreach initiative to further expand the museum’s offerings and community access to arts programming.
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October 3, 2011
Chazen Museum of Art Announces Grand Opening Events
On October 22 and 23, the Chazen Museum of Art celebrates the grand opening of its expansion with open houses from 12–5 pm on both days.
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March 1, 2011
New Building by Machado & Silvetti to Open in October 2011
Expanded facility doubles gallery space, frames pedestrian gateway to campus
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October 25, 2010
Major 20th-Century Sculpture Collection Goes to Chazen Museum of Art
Terese and Alvin S. Lane Gift Reflects Ongoing Collection Growth As Museum Expands
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October 14, 2010
Chazen Museum to Unveil 86,000-square-foot Expansion in October 2011
Museum Celebrates Major Milestone as External Structure of New Building Is Completed