Exhibitions

Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema Related Events

Collage image: the films Ceddo, Sambizanga, Black God, White Devil; a portrait of Annouchka de Andrade; a Counterpoints performance, and an Art Ensemble of Chicago performance.
Expand your experience with related programming this spring.
Feb 02, 2024 – Apr 28, 2024

Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema is the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to this groundbreaking filmmaker who devoted her life and career to anti-racist, anti-colonial, and feminist activism. Experience Maldoror’s works in our galleries through an immersive presentation of her films accompanied by projects by contemporary artists that respond to her legacy. Continue your journey with screenings of Maldoror's Sambizanga along with related talks, performances, and films scheduled in February, March, and April.

IMAGE CAPTION     
Top row, left to right: Ceddo, courtesy of Janus Films; Sambizanga, courtesy of Janus Films; Roscoe Mitchell (left) plays with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, photo: Ben Houdijk. Bottom row, left to right: Black God, White Devil, courtesy of Janus Films; Annouchka de Andrade, photo: Patrick Box Saif-images; musician from Ohio State's School of Music, photo: Emma Parker.  
 

A large colorful mural painted on a long wall in a brightly lit gallery, with a video projection and posters in a darkened space in the background.
US Premiere
past Exhibitions

Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema

Sat, Feb 3, 2024 - Sun, Apr 28, 2024
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Two women and one man smile and laugh while they have a conversation in a gallery.
past Special Events

Spring 2024 Exhibition Opening Celebration

Fri, Feb 2, 2024
A woman with brown skin wears a white dress and floats in still water with her arms outstretched. Leafy water plants with small flowers surround her.
past Exhibitions

Mónica de Miranda Path to the Stars (2022) 

Tue, Jan 2, 2024 - Tue, Apr 30, 2024
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Six jazz musicians perform onstage, playing upright bass, drums, and the trumpet. Roscoe Mitchell is seated center stage, and Don Moye plays drums.
Music
past Performing Arts

Art Ensemble of Chicago Presented by The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs and the Wexner Center for the Arts

Sat, Feb 3, 2024
A young Black woman wearing a blue head covering and floral wrap dress talks to a shirtless young Black boy standing to her right.
past Film/Video

Sambizanga (Sarah Maldoror, 1972) Film History 101

Sun, Feb 4, 2024 - Mon, Apr 15, 2024
Multiple Dates/Times Available
An older Black man sits in a living room chair. A younger Black man holding a duffel bag stands behind him, looking down at him.
past Film/Video

Quartiers Lointains: Metamorphosis (Various, 2018–22)

Fri, Feb 9, 2024
Still from The Pan-African Festival of Algiers that depicts a group of Black people in different colored outfits with their fists raised.
past Film/Video

The Pan-African Festival of Algiers (Festival panafrican d’Alger, William Klein, 1969)Presented in collaboration with Cinéseries  Discussion follows

Wed, Feb 21, 2024
A Cameroonian woman wearing an orange dress walks on a path through a lush landscape next to a child who is holding a large red canister atop their head.
Columbus Premiere
past Film/Video

Mambar Pierrette (Rosine Mbakam, 2023)

Fri, Feb 23, 2024 - Sat, Feb 24, 2024
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A headshot of a Black woman with long braids wearing a headband with a disc that covers her forehead and matching earrings.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Ceddo (The Outsiders, Ousmane Sembène, 1977)

Wed, Feb 28, 2024
A man wearing a suit playing a guitar.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Senegalese Newsreels 1966–1976 Introduced by Aboubakar Sanogo, African Film Heritage Project

Thu, Feb 29, 2024
A side view of a Black woman wearing a brightly colored garment. She appears to be preparing to drink from her hands.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Yam Daabo (The Choice, Idrissa Ouédraogo, 1986) Introduced by Aboubakar Sanogo, African Film Heritage Project

Thu, Feb 29, 2024
A woman wearing a bright yellow headdress and scarf is sitting in a chair smoking a long pipe.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Xala (Ousmane Sembène, 1975)

Mon, Mar 4, 2024
Two Black women sit on a gallery floor with their backs against one another. They are barefoot and have their eyes closed in meditation.
past Education

On Pause

Wed, Mar 6, 2024 - Wed, Apr 24, 2024
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A young Black girl stretches her hand to shield an outpour of light. It casts a shadow against her face.
past Film/Video

A Laying on of Hands Presented in collaboration with Cinéseries

Tue, Mar 19, 2024
Collaged photo of speaker Annouchka de Andrade and an image of Sarah Maldoror.
past Talks & More

Annouchka de Andrade in Conversation Sarah Maldoror: Jump to Joy Q&A follows

Thu, Mar 28, 2024
Headshot of Nathalie Joachim, wearing bright makeup and large earrings.
Music
past Performing Arts

Nathalie Joachim Presented by The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs and the Wexner Center for the Arts

Sat, Apr 13, 2024
A composite image of three stills shown in the series Three Films by Med Hondo.
Film/Video

Three Films by Med Hondo

Thu, Mar 07, 2024
A musician plays a saxophone while she looks at sheet music on a stand. She is playing in a gallery surrounded by Sahar Khoury’s sculptures.
past Performing Arts

School of Music Performance Counterpoints

Sun, Apr 21, 2024

Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema is organized by Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and the Wexner Center for the Arts. The exhibition is curated by Palais de Tokyo Curator François Piron and CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux Chief Curator Cédric Fauq. The Wexner Center presentation of the exhibition is coordinated by Associate Curator of Exhibitions Daniel Marcus with Head of Exhibitions Kelly Kivland.

The exhibition has benefited from the generous assistance and support of Annouchka de Andrade and Friends of Sarah Maldoror and Mário de Andrade.

THIS PRESENTATION MADE POSSIBLE BY 
Etant donnés Contemporary Art, a program of Villa Albertine

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 
Galería Nueveochenta

EXHIBITIONS 2023–24 SEASON MADE POSSIBLE BY  
Bill and Sheila Lambert  
Carol and David Aronowitz  
Crane Family Foundation  
Mike and Paige Crane

FREE GALLERIES MADE POSSIBLE BY  
American Electric Power Foundation  
Mary and C. Robert Kidder  
Bill and Sheila Lambert

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FREE GALLERIES PROVIDED BY  
Adam Flatto  
CoverMyMeds  
PNC Foundation

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Huntington 
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Big Lots Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
The Ohio State University Office of Outreach & Engagement
Ohio Arts Council 
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Doris Duke Foundation 

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection 
Larry and Donna James

David Crane and Elizabeth Dang

Bruce and Joy Soll

Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle

Jones Day  
Alex and Renée Shumate