Wexner Center Director Departs Amid Staff Complaints

Wexner Center Director Departs Amid Staff Complaints

After years of staff complaints and high attrition, Gaëtane Verna is no longer the executive director at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University’s (OSU) contemporary art institution. OSU sent Hyperallergic Provost Ravi Bellamkonda’s email to Wexner Center staff, in which she states that Verna “was stepping away from her role” as of today, October 29. The news came less than a week after the Columbus-based Dispatch reported that not…

Embattled Director of Wexner Center for the Arts Resigns

Gaëtane Verna, the embattled executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University, will resign effective immediately. The news comes a week after the Columbus Dispatch reported that Wexner had accumulated a $1.1 million deficit in fiscal year 2024, and that more than a dozen employees signed a formal letter of no confidence in Verna’s leadership. That letter was sent to university officials. The Dispatch reported tha…

Gaëtane Verna Out as Executive Director of Wexner Center

Gaëtane Verna, who since 2022 has served as the executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University in Columbus, has resigned her role there. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Wexner staffers learned of her departure through an October 29 email from OSU provost Ravi M. Bellamkonda. Trevor Brown, the […]

Gaëtane Verna resigns as executive director of Wexner Center for the Arts

Gaëtane Verna has resigned from her role as executive director of Wexner Center for the Arts effective immediately. The news was announced Wednesday in an email by Ravi V. Bellamkonda, executive vice president and provost of Ohio State. Credit: Courtesy of Ohio State After her appointment in November 2022, Gaëtane Verna has now stepped away from her role as executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts.  The news was announced in an email…