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  • May 8, 2026

    Clad in new stone and new roof, the Elvehjem Building readies for the next chapter

    After four long years, the lattice of scaffolding obscuring the Chazen Museum of Art’s Conrad J. Elvehjem Building has finally come down. A trained eye […]

  • March 26, 2026

    Chazen in the News

    Cap Times Food & Culture newsletter 4-24-2026 Isthmus Picks Infrastructure Bodies/Injury Systems by Anne Stoner 4-20-2026 The New York Times museum special section 4-19-2026 Urgent […]

  • 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 […]

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