Past Special Events

Autumn 2023 Exhibitions Opening Celebration

Preview

Two people viewed from behind stand in the galleries with their arms around each other. Two artworks hang on a white wall in the blurred background.
Aug 24, 2023 6:30 PM
Wexner Center for the Arts

Free for all audiences (RSVP requested)

Advocate member preview
Galleries and Café | 5–6:30 PM

Public opening celebration 
Galleries, Lower Lobby, and Wexner Center Plaza | 6:30–9:30 PM

Expanded Member Discount
To show our appreciation, all members can now save 15% at the Wexner Center Store. Not a member? Join today!

ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Be among the first to see new multimedia work by artists Sahar Khoury, Jumana Manna, and Harold Mendez, plus a new project by Outpost Office.

The Wexner Center’s autumn exhibitions feature three solo presentations by artists whose projects trace histories of kinship, migration, and displacement. Explore collage, film, sculpture, and sound in the largest exhibitions to date for both Khoury and Mendez and the first US museum exhibition of Manna’s work. 

The Wex will also premiere a playful, outdoor commission by local architecture collective Outpost Office.

An exclusive preview for Advocate members will be held from 5 to 6:30 PM. Then, from 6:30 to 9:30 PM, all are welcome to take in the exhibitions and enjoy a celebration featuring free small bites from Heirloom Café, a cash bar, and a set from dj Trueskills in the lower lobby. Dinner from Zaki Grill and ice cream from Graeter’s will be available for purchase on the Wexner Center Plaza.

IMAGE CAPTION
Winter/Spring 2023 Exhibitions Preview, photo: Kathryn D Studios.

Tag(s)

EXHIBITION 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

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
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
Bruce and Joy Soll
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

Discover More

Detail view of perforated, multi-colored plastic panels adorned with a cast, clear glass charm spelling "umm" that hangs from an oversized beaded necklace.
Past Exhibitions

Sahar Khoury: Umm

Fri, Aug 25, 2023 - Sat, Dec 30, 2023
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Installation of ceramic sculptures, including bread and a green double rectangle on metal grates on cinderblocks. Architecture is visible.
Past Exhibitions

Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally

Fri, Aug 25, 2023 - Sat, Dec 30, 2023
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A polishing-wheel sculpture rests on the floor. On the two walls are a rectangular work with two spider webs and two stacked works.
Past Exhibitions

Harold Mendez: one way to transform and two and three

Fri, Aug 25, 2023 - Sat, Dec 30, 2023
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A bench made from pink and yellow horizontal and vertical beams and a purple grate rests on yellow shims. It echoes the gallery lobby architecture.
Now Exhibitions

Outpost Office

Now through April 06, 2025
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Collage of headshots of the three artists featured in the autumn exhibitions.
Past Talks & More

Sahar Khoury, Jumana Manna, and Harold Mendez in Conversation

Q&A follows
Wed, Aug 23, 2023 - Wed, Aug 23, 2023
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Past Special Events

Autumn 2023 Exhibitions Opening Celebration

Aug 24, 2023 6:30 PM EST
Wexner Center for the Arts

Free for all audiences (RSVP requested)

Advocate member preview
Galleries and Café | 5–6:30 PM

Public opening celebration 
Galleries, Lower Lobby, and Wexner Center Plaza | 6:30–9:30 PM

Expanded Member Discount
To show our appreciation, all members can now save 15% at the Wexner Center Store. Not a member? Join today!

ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member