Weekend Reading: 2024 in Review

Wex in the News

• The Wex and many other great local arts destinations were featured in ARTnews.
• Cincinnati’s WKRC carried the story of the Wex’s partnership with Wexner Medical Center on a program to research the benefits of arts exposure when treating chronic illness.
• The Wex’s Film/Video program was spotlighted in Refined 614.
• Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema earned praise from Columbus Underground.
• Matter covered our world premiere of Mary Jo Bole’s film debut.
• Ocula spoke to Wex Executive Director Gaëtane Verna about her work on the Canada Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
• Forbes interviewed Tanya Lukin Linklater about her summer ’24 solo exhibition.
• The Brooklyn Rail talked with our other featured artist for summer, Jonas N.T. Becker.
• ARTnews covered the arrival of our new head of exhibitions, Julieta González.
• Artforum honored the impressive career of Curator-at-Large Bill Horrigan, who retired this year.
• The New York Times wrote up our fall exhibitions featuring the photography of Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Ming Smith.
• Artforum focused on the wealth of Ming Smith exhibitions in central Ohio this fall.
• Columbus Underground called out how our Max Roach 100 event in October is the sort of program you can only find locally at the Wex.
• The Architect’s Newspaper gave some love to our ongoing Outpost Office installation, Color Block No. 2.
• And this writer got to spend some time with Freda Abbott-Ayodele, one of the fabulous local teaching artists working with the Wex’s Learning & Public Practice team on free community studios at Columbus Rec and Parks centers, which kick off the week of January 13.

Stories Worth Saving

• In connection with the release of his 2024 monograph, interdisciplinary artist RaMell Ross shared some of his photos of the American South with The Guardian. 
• Film Comment dug up a 1979 interview with Robert Bresson.
• After a career of putting herself in front of the camera, Cindy Sherman started making new work to process the experience of aging.
• New York Times opinion writer David Brooks made a case for how culture could save an increasingly sad and mean society.
• FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art announced it would closing down after two editions. The event was launched in 2018.
• The legendary EC Comics rose from the grave!
• Here’s a piece we loved on the power of public art.
• Cincinnati was named one of three finalists for the new home of the Sundance Film Festival.
• Musician Kim Gordon, producer Rick Rubin, choreographer Bill T. Jones, and multitalented performer Murray Hill offered advice on how to get past procrastination.
• And Allan Arkush gave a gift to fans: a mini documentary about his work with fellow filmmaker Joe Dante under the tutelage of Roger Corman.