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  • December 17, 2025

    Chazen in the News

        Artdaily 12-18-2025 front page (left) and jump           Why Madison, WI, Should Be on Your 2026 Travel List REFRESH: […]

  • December 2, 2025

    Call for Proposals: UW–Madison Student Teaching Artist Hands-On Workshop Application

    Deadline extended: Apply now through January 12, 2026. In spring 2026 the Chazen Museum of Art and UW–Madison Art Department will team up to present […]

  • November 20, 2025

    Museums Excel at IRL

    What’s a class assignment that AI cannot do?  Sarah Anne Carter, associate professor in the School of Human Ecology, asked a bot, and wrote a […]

  • August 28, 2025

    Find your classroom in the Conrad J. Elvehjem building!

    Classrooms and lecture halls are on the lower level, which is best accessed from the north doors; the entry closest to the lake. Room numbers […]

  • A variety of white people look at the Zelda sculpture in its glass case. The sculpture is covered in white wax, has a vaguely human form, candles, beads, and tiny wax hands cover it.
    November 25, 2024

    With Conversation, Chazen Tours Aim to Help You Connect with the Art

    What’s a Sunday tour at the Chazen Museum of Art like? It might be a tour of a single exhibition. It might focus on a […]

  • November 13, 2023

    Loaded Messages, Scott Chaseling

    Scott Chaseling Australian, b. 1962 Loaded Messages, 2000 Fused and blown glass, wheel cut, and fired internal painting

  • February 9, 2023

    re:mancipation virtual exhibition now open

    See for yourself:

  • Johanna (l) and Leslie (r) Garfield are seen with Bucky Badger at the Fifth Birthday Party for the Chazen Building
    December 19, 2022

    Leslie Jerome Garfield ’53

    March 23, 1932 – December 16, 2022 With a heavy heart we report the passing of Leslie J. Garfield, ’53, a longtime friend and benefactor […]

  • November 28, 2022

    Chazen Museum of Art appoints academic coordinator

    Mieke Miller will facilitate access to the museum’s collection.  MADISON, Wis. – The Chazen Museum of Art has named Mieke Miller as its inaugural academic […]

  • September 28, 2022

    re:mancipation Symposium Nov. 3–4, 2022

    Register for symposium events or bookmark the live stream: Thursday, Nov. 3 • 5:30–6:30 p.m.  Chazen Auditorium DisOrientation. Artist Sanford Biggers, MASK Consortium, and Wildcat […]

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    Closed on campus holidays.
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    Galleries in the Elvehjem building are closed during renovation.

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