30th Anniversary Preview

Wex Up Next

Be here as we celebrate three decades of groundbreaking exhibitions, performing arts, screenings, and talks with a full slate of illuminating programs for you to enjoy.

J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan
January 2020

The film critic and historian returns to the Wex for a lecture and film series inspired by his new book, the completion of a trilogy examining how film reflects life.

Miguel Gutierrez
Miguel Gutierrez
Miguel Gutierrez
This Bridge Called My Ass
January 2020

Gutierrez plays on the title of a seminal—and personally influential—anthology of third wave feminist essays for a provocative work that explores and exploits clichés of queerness and cultural identity.

Pages
Pages
Pages
2019–20

The Wex’s unique interdisciplinary learning program returns to connect high school students directly with artists working in a variety of media, including 2019–20 Wex Artist Residency Award recipient Sharon Udoh.

Patrons meditate in the galleries
On Pause
On Pause
Winter 2020

The return of the Wex’s collaborative program with Replenish: The Spa Co-op invites you to partake in a relaxing and therapeutic union of art and meditation in the center’s galleries.

Back to Back Theatre
Back to Back Theatre
Back to Back Theatre
The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes
February 2020

The globally recognized Australian theater group confronts the changing nature of intelligence in contemporary society through a brutally honest public meeting led by five activists with intellectual disabilities.

Two images from the Sadie Benning installation Pain Thing
Sadie Benning
Sadie Benning
Pain Thing
February 2020

Benning returns to the site of their first major museum show with an installation that blurs the line between sculpture and painting as it raises questions of narrative and memory.

LaToya Ruby Frazier, Eugene (Red) Adams, Eugene Jr. (Andy) Adams, Bill Adams and Dan Adams, The Last Cruze, 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York / Rome.
LaToya Ruby Frazier
LaToya Ruby Frazier
The Last Cruze
February 2020

The artist’s new body of work captures workers at the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, as their lives were put on hold by the corporation’s contentious decision to “unallocate” the facility.

Still of two boys riding bike against a gray, mountain-filled background in No Go Backs, a short video by filmmaker and artist Stanya Kahn
Stanya Kahn
Stanya Kahn
No Go Backs
February 2020

A Film/Video Studio residency supports the centerpiece of Kahn’s upcoming solo exhibition: an allegorical short film following teens who flee the bleak world they’re set to inherit and seek a new way forward.

Cary Grant kisses Mae West's cheek in a still from the 1933 film I'm No Angel
Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration
Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration
February–March 2020

Celebrate the fine art of resurrecting cinematic treasures with the sixth annual fest of classic film screenings and behind-the-scenes stories from the leading voices in film restoration and preservation.

Sharon Udoh
Counterfeit Madison
Counterfeit Madison
Say a Little Prayer: An Aretha Franklin Celebration
WEXNER CENTER ARTIST RESIDENCY AWARD PROJECT
February 2020

Local treasure Sharon Udoh pays tribute to the Queen of Soul as part of Wex residency work that will also include a record release show for her beloved band, Counterfeit Madison.

Annie Dorsen
Annie Dorsen
Annie Dorsen
Yesterday Tomorrow
March 2020

Follow the algorithmic theater artist on an unpredictable musical journey through space and time, anchored by the songs “Yesterday” by The Beatles and “Tomorrow,” from the musical Annie.

Cahoots NI
Cahoots NI
Cahoots NI
Penguins
March 2020

The true story of a same-sex penguin couple becoming parents in the Central Park Zoo forms the basis of this charming ballet from Northern Ireland’s leading theater company for children.

Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
April 2020

Through music, images, poetry, and theatrical effects, Bryce Dessner’s performance work goes inside the viewfinder of one of the 20th century’s greatest and most controversial photographers, Robert Mapplethorpe.

Faye Driscoll
Faye Driscoll
Faye Driscoll
Thank You for Coming: Space
WEXNER CENTER ARTIST RESIDENCY AWARD PROJECT
April 2020

The final installment in a movement trilogy supported by the Wex reflects on our responses to death—and the moments we choose to come together in life.

A quartet of images from performing arts presentations at the Wexner Center for the Arts for the 2019-20 season
Writing about the Performing Arts
Writing about the Performing Arts
Collaboration with Ohio State’s Department of Dance
2019–20

With support from the Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award, Professor Karen Eliot and Wex staff will guide a cohort of university students on a year-long writing initiative in response to the Performing Arts season.