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Gina Osterloh, Mute Rash, 2008. 30 x 38.5 inches, archival pigment print. Image courtesy of the artist, Higher Pictures Generation (New York) and Silverlens (Manila and New York)
Gina Osterloh, Mute Rash, 2008. 30 x 38.5 inches, archival pigment print. Image courtesy of the artist, Higher Pictures Generation (New York) and Silverlens (Manila and New York)

3 Ohio State Guggenheim Fellowship Recipients

Abby Zbikowski, associate professor in the Department of Dance, Gina Osterloh, associate professor in the Department of Art, and Ryan Johnson, post-MFA Fellow in the Department of Dance, have received 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships. 
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Carmen Winant Whitney Biennial
Carmen Winant Whitney Biennial

Art Faculty Featured in Whitney Biennial

Works by Assistant Professor Dionne Lee and Associate Professor Carmen Winant were included in the 2024 Whitney Biennial, one of the most prestigious contemporary art exhibitions in the world.
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Image of wavy white lines with blues, purples, and dark pinks between them. Years 1958-2023 run along the bottom axis.
Image of wavy white lines with blues, purples, and dark pinks between them. Years 1958-2023 run along the bottom axis.

"Radical Accounting" Visualizations featured at Whitney Museum

Ohio State Associate Professor of Dance Harmony Bench and collaborator Kate Elswit, Professor of Performance and Technology at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London), were commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art to produce the Radical Accounting series of historical dance data visualizations as part of the Edges of Ailey exhibition, which opened in September 2024 and will run through February 2025.
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A smiling dark-skinned man wearing a hat stands in front of a brightly colored painted wall
A smiling dark-skinned man wearing a hat stands in front of a brightly colored painted wall

Yinka Ilori to Visit Ohio State

Renowned British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori will be visiting Ohio State University in early November as part of the Office of Academic Affairs’ Visiting Artist Program.
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Three dancers wearing black and white on stage
Three dancers wearing black and white on stage

"Abby Z and the New Utility" Earn 5-Star Review

Dance Faculty's Company garners rave review from The Guardian
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Image of many angular forms in shades of white, gray, silver, and pale pink against a black background
Image of many angular forms in shades of white, gray, silver, and pale pink against a black background

Chris Coleman Assumes Directorship of ACCAD

Coleman was hired as the new ACCAD director in the summer of 2024 after spending the last 17 years at the University of Denver, the last five as Director of the Clinic for Open Source Arts.
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A look into an architecture building with tall angular glass windows. A large brown abstract shape is painted on the left side of the floor and bleeds up into the wall. A large orange-ish yellow abstract shape is painted on the right side floor and wall area.
A look into an architecture building with tall angular glass windows. A large brown abstract shape is painted on the left side of the floor and bleeds up into the wall. A large orange-ish yellow abstract shape is painted on the right side floor and wall area.

Gaëtane Verna serves as curator for the Canada Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

The National Gallery of Canada chose multidisciplinary artist Kapwani Kiwanga to represent Canada at the 2024 Venice Biennale and Wexner Center for the Arts Executive Director Gaëtane Verna was selected as curator.
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