Archives for "wexner center"

Wex Celebrates a Diamond Anniversary with Rare Baseball Film Event

Wex Celebrates a Diamond Anniversary with Rare Baseball Film Event

0 Hope Madden / April 11, 2013 8:00 am

The sun is shining, the air is warm – it must be spring. If that puts you in the mood to play ball, you sound just like Dave Filipi, Director of Film/Video at the Wexner Center for the Arts. This… [Read More]

Christian Marclay: The Clock

Christian Marclay: The Clock

1 Jeff Regensburger / February 24, 2013 1:45 pm

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about The Clock. This shouldn’t be too surprising to anyone familiar with the work. Even within the heady framework of contemporary art, it offers plenty of avenues for exploration; from the technical to… [Read More]

Field & Screen Film Series Returns to the Wexner Center

Field & Screen Film Series Returns to the Wexner Center

0 Hope Madden / February 1, 2013 9:00 am

February brings the Wexner Center’s Field & Screen series, returning for its fourth year to explore the issues and pleasures to be found in food and the environment. From wild mushrooms to sushi, the farmer/farm animal bond to the zookeeper/baby… [Read More]

Best Arts Show/Exhibition of 2012: Annie Leibovitz at the Wexner Center

Best Arts Show/Exhibition of 2012: Annie Leibovitz at the Wexner Center

2 Walker / December 31, 2012 8:00 am

On any given weekend, there are many arts exhibitions and shows worth taking in. Ranging from small boutique galleries to larger museum-like spaces, there’s plenty to be found to view and enjoy. When we polled our readers on their favorite… [Read More]

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz

2 Jeff Regensburger / November 13, 2012 7:00 am

Let’s start with the most fundamental question; the one we ask when we first set foot in a gallery, the one we ask as our eyes first pan across the works in an exhibition. Let’s start with the question that… [Read More]

PowerPhilanthropy Friday: Rock and Roll with Annie Tonight!

PowerPhilanthropy Friday: Rock and Roll with Annie Tonight!

3 Nick George, The Columbus Foundation / November 9, 2012 7:00 am

Tonight, world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz will discuss her work with friend and colleague Jann S. Wenner, the founder, publisher, and editor of Rolling Stone magazine, live in front of those smart and lucky enough to take a seat in Mershon… [Read More]

PowerPhilanthropy Friday: Annie Has Not Left the Building

PowerPhilanthropy Friday: Annie Has Not Left the Building

2 Nick George, The Columbus Foundation / September 28, 2012 9:55 am

“We live in a culture of display and distraction, and for any individual image to ascend into the American vernacular is something of a miracle. Over the past forty years, no artist has achieved this feat more consistently than Annie… [Read More]

Sculpture Thenish and Nowish: David Smith and Alina Szapocznikow at the Wexner Center

Sculpture Thenish and Nowish: David Smith and Alina Szapocznikow at the Wexner Center

0 Jeff Regensburger / July 15, 2012 10:30 pm

One of the nice things about my relationship with Columbus Underground is this: I can write whatever I want, whenever I want. All those pesky relics of staid, old media; things like deadlines, word counts, and style guides vanish in… [Read More]

Show Review: Feist

Show Review: Feist

6 Briana Henry / June 7, 2012 2:15 pm

Last night I attended my first concert in Mershon Auditorium, and also my first Feist experience. I love going into a show, having no expectations, and walking out pleasantly surprised. Feist is so much more than that “1,2, 3, 4”… [Read More]

See More Movies Outside This Summer

See More Movies Outside This Summer

8 Anne / May 31, 2012 8:00 am

Outdoor movie season is starting up again. This Saturday you can see The Muppets at Columbus Commons and UP in Gahanna. Enjoy watching a movie under the stars! Movies in the Park at Columbus Commons There will be a Summer… [Read More]

Wexner Center Announces Education Center Expansion

Wexner Center Announces Education Center Expansion

0 Walker / March 8, 2012 1:10 pm

The Wexner Center for the Arts announced today that a new education facility will be construction in a space located nearby to the existing center. The new 7,200 square foot space will house art studios, classrooms, a library, computer lab,… [Read More]

Theatre Chat: Nearly Lear

Theatre Chat: Nearly Lear

2 Anne / March 8, 2012 12:00 pm

A chat with Susanna Hamnett who is performing Nearly Lear, a take on Shakespeare’s King Lear, on Friday and Saturday.

20 Years of Artist Residency at The Wexner Center

20 Years of Artist Residency at The Wexner Center

0 Walker / February 3, 2012 6:30 pm

The Wexner Center released an eight-minute video today that celebrates 20 years of the Wexner Center’s Artist Residency Awards. The video features interviews with former award recipients including Mark Bradford, Anne Bogart and Bebe Miller. Additional commentary is provided by OSU President E…. [Read More]

Unnatural History: Alexis Rockman at the Wexner Center

Unnatural History: Alexis Rockman at the Wexner Center

0 Jeff Regensburger / November 7, 2011 3:00 pm

Alexis Rockman’s paintings present us with a challenge, though perhaps not the challenge one would expect. Rockman paints those messy and unkempt spaces where humans and the environment collide. Throughout his career he has offered sobering depictions of nature (both… [Read More]

Where Goes the Neighborhood? “House/Divided” at Thurber Theatre

Where Goes the Neighborhood? “House/Divided” at Thurber Theatre

0 Jeff Regensburger / October 7, 2011 1:15 pm

Protesters have occupied Wall Street. Income inequality has spiked at levels not seen since the Great Depression. Wealth continues to migrate toward the nation’s top earners while poverty rates soar. Class warfare has become the accusation de jour and all… [Read More]