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  • Alison Saar image Coup de Grace
    May 19, 2021

    Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation opens in June

    A retrospective of the vital and articulate prints of prominent American artist Alison Saar (born 1956) underscores her persistent dialogue with some of the most […]

  • 2020.43
    March 1, 2021

    Chazen Acquires Work from Current and Emeriti UW–Madison Faculty

    Works by Marjorie Kreilick, Truman Lowe, Emily Arthur and Darcy Padilla join the collection MADISON, Wis. – The Chazen Museum of Art at the University […]

  • Janine Boldt
    November 30, 2020

    Janine Yorimoto Boldt named Associate Curator of American Art

      New role continues the expansion of curatorial team MADISON, Wis. – The Chazen Museum of Art continues to grow its curatorial ranks by adding Janine […]

  • CAAI featured
    November 11, 2020

    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.

  • June 1, 2020

    Statement 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 

  • Andrew Stevens retirement
    May 23, 2018

    Chazen’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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

Please note:
Galleries in the Elvehjem building remain closed through 2024.

Winter closure: Dec. 24, 2023–Jan. 12, 2024

• Closed for campus holidays


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• Closed for campus holidays

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