Preview: Fall 2015

Our knockout fall season is packed with can’t-miss moments and outstanding events. Watch the video, peruse the lineup, and grab your seats now.

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Occupying all of our galleries this fall, After Picasso: 80 Contemporary Artists traces the legendary figure’s potent legacy and persistent impact on a wide array of international artists across multiple generations. The exhibition features nearly 150 works from a who’s who of modern and contemporary artists, including Walead Beshty, Marlene Dumas, Jasper Johns, Martin Kippenberger, Maria Lassnig, Louise Lawler, Andy Warhol, and many more.

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Up-and-coming Flemish choreographer Jan Martens makes his first appearance at the Wex with two incredible works: his literally breathtaking The Dog Days Are Over and the US premiere of his intimate duet Sweat Baby Sweat. Our best season for jazz yet kicks off with talented bassist Linda Oh and her quartet Sun Pictures and continues with The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, Kneebody + Daedelus, and the Julian Lage Trio. And don’t miss Geoff Sobelle’s immersive performance/installation work The Object Lesson, a magical, comic rumination on the stuff we cling to—and the junk we leave behind.

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Two decades after the original negatives were lost in a fire, Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy—a milestone of world cinema—rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed 4K digital restoration. Renowned musical ensemble Alloy Orchestra returns to accompany a new restoration of Dziga Vertov’s 1929 tour-de-force Man with a Movie Camera. Discover one of the Wex’s best-kept secrets with Picture Lock: 25 Years of Film/Video Residencies at the Wex. The four-day festival celebrates our Film/Video Studio Program through public conversations with artists, screenings from our archive, and area premieres of new work (including new films by Guy Maddin and Jennifer Reeder).

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This fall’s Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change features the powerful and timely documentary Cincinnati Goddamn, which captures the personal trauma and civic unrest that followed the deaths of 15 African American men at the hands of Cincinnati police from 1995 to 2001. The free screening will be followed by a compelling discussion with filmmakers April Martin and Paul Hill.

There’s more to come, including free talks and public programs, plus the next Zoom: Family Film Festival, featuring a special hands-on workshop with visiting artist Julian McFaul.