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Slideshow: 30 years at the Wex, part 1

Dec 23, 2019

an exterior photograph of the south-facing side of the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University, showing the deconstructed brick turrets, the external white metal grid, and an outdoor garden installation by Paula Hayes

For the Wex's 30th anniversary, join us in taking a look back at the artists and events that have helped define the center's first three decades. Just click the "view gallery" link above. More will be shared over the next few days. If the images stir any memories, we'd love to hear about them on social. Be sure to tag #thewex.

Here's part two of the slideshow.
Here's part three.
And here's part four.

Members of the Martha Graham Dance Company on stage at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 1989

Dancer-choreographer and Wexner Center Artist Residency Award recipient Bebe Miller stands against the interior grid that lines the walkway through the center's galleries

Artist William Wegman is seen from the shoulders up with a gray Weinmaraner dog on either side of him

black and white image of dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp leaning against part of the exterior metal grid at the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University

Artist Maya Lin overseeing the installation of Groundswell at the Wexner Center for the Arts

Black and white head shot of dancer-choreographer Merce Cunningham

Black and white head shot of musician-composer John Cage

Filmmaker Barbara Hammer stands smiling with Wexner Center Film/Video studio editor Paul Hill as they watch her work on a laptop in the artist's apartment

A black and white picture of filmmaker Chris Marker

Dancer-choreographer Bill T. Jones in a bright orange shirt and pants performs on a stage with a dark blue background

Actor-writer Anna Devere Smith speaks with a woman among a small crowd

Filmmaker Todd Haynes and artist Barbara Kruger sit and talk at the Wexner Center for the Arts

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and film critic Roger Ebert sit and talk together at the Wexner Center for the Arts

Artist Gerhard Richter stands at a podium at the Wexner Center for the Arts

A rainbow flag flies in front of a beige-sided house with white trim in a scene from Laura Poitras and Linde Goode Bryant's documentary Flag Wars

Wexner Prize recipient Louise Bourgeois works on a large white sculpture with a slim metal tool

Filmmaker and artist John Waters sits talking with writer Lynne Tillman on the stage of Mershon Auditorium at the Wexner Center for the Arts

Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris leads a rehearsal

A black and white head shot of artist and Wexner Prize recipient Robert Rauschenberg