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  • April 15, 2022

    Elvehjem Elevator Out of Service

    Work to replace the Elvehjem building elevator’s hydraulic jack begins June 14, 2022, and is expected to keep the fifty-year-old elevator out of service for […]

  • March 28, 2022

    MFA Prize Exhibition ‘I Left My Heart…’ Now Open

    Kayla Bauer is Chazen Museum of Art’s 2022 Panczenko MFA Prize Winner MFA candidate Kayla Bauer has been named the 2022 Russell and Paula Panczenko […]

  • Suspended Landscapes
    January 10, 2022

    Suspended Landscapes: Thread Drawings by Amanda McCavour

    Suspended Landscapes: Thread Drawings by Amanda McCavour will hang in museum’s original building starting March 11, 2022 MADISON, Wis. – To commemorate the Chazen Museum […]

  • January 10, 2022

    Pressing Innovation: Printing Fine Art in the Upper Midwest

    Opening Feb. 14 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the exhibition coincides with the Southern Graphics Council International’s 50th Anniversary conference   […]

  • Detail of Carolina Parrots from The Birds of America, John James Audubon
    December 21, 2021

    Seeing Audubon: Robert Havell, Jr. and The Birds of America

    Exhibition Explores Printmaker Who Brought Audubon’s Vision to Life University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art Examines Collective Effort Behind the Famous Folios in Seeing […]

  • December 20, 2021

    Take Note: Winter Closings

    Please note the museum’s winter break hours: The museum will reopen on January 22, 2022 Dec. 22 – 23:  OPEN 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Dec. 24 […]

  • Companion Species (Speech Bubble)
    October 12, 2021

    Companion Species at the Chazen through Dec. 30

    Companion Species embraces connections between Native and non-Native artists and the relationships between humans, animals and the earth. Exhibition takes its title and inspiration from […]

  • Lake Superior--Storm Coming
    August 30, 2021

    Picturing a Nation: American Drawings and Watercolors

    A survey of American drawings from the 18th century to the early 20th century will introduce audiences to a range of artists, from anonymous to […]

  • Chazen Logo
    August 19, 2021

    Chazen Museum of Art Welcomes SGCI Conference with Two Exhibitions of Innovative Printmaking

    MADISON, Wis. – The Chazen Museum of Art celebrates the 50th anniversary of the annual Southern Graphics Council International conference, which will take place in […]

  • Visitors looking at painting
    August 17, 2021

    Chazen Will Return to Daily Hours, Open All Galleries

    The Chazen Museum of Art is pleased to announce it will reopen all galleries in both the Elvehjem and Chazen buildings and return to daily […]

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    Summer closure is Aug. 4–8, 2025

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    Galleries in the Elvehjem building remain closed during renovation.

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