Join us for Opening Day activations in the gallery to celebrate the Weisman's spring exhibition, Never Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections. From 11AM - 1PM, look for WAM Student Guides in the galleries, and join in a one-stop conversation with them next to select works in the show. In the afternoon, catch two film screenings by François Bucher, one of the artists featured in the exhibition. 

Guided Conversations | Featured Gallery, 11AM - 1PM 

Join WAM Student Guides for one-stop conversations in front of select works. 

Film Screenings | Shepherd Room 

1PM The Man Who Disappeared, 26:46 min.

3PM Fractal Access Totems, 40:10 min.

What kind of stories can be told when we unravel history’s familiar threads? François Bucher’s film, The Man Who Disappeared (2011) and Fractal Access Totems (2012) ask viewers to question the fabric of knowledge, including the linearity of time, the organization of space, and the entanglement of seemingly disparate histories. In Bucher’s hands, moving image media are portals to multiverses, real and imagined⁠ - join us in thinking widely, and wildly, across disciplines, archives, and histories.

Never Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections is on view at Weisman Art Museum from February 7 - May 17, 2026. Admission to opening day activities and to the museum galleries is free and open to everyone. No tickets are required.

Never Spoken Again is a traveling exhibition curated by David Ayala-Alfonso and produced by Independent Curators International (ICI). It is the result of a new series of programs, pioneered with the support of the Hartfield Foundation, aimed at providing opportunities to alumni of ICI’s Curatorial Intensive as they move through the stages of their career, and reflecting ICI’s commitment to fostering and championing new curatorial voices who will shape the future of the field. 

Never Spoken Again is made possible with the generous support of ICI’s Board of Trustees and International Forum, with additional support from SAHA. Crozier Fine Arts is the Preferred Art Logistics Partner. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Additional general operating support is generously provided by Ameriprise Financial. 

Image credit (top): François Bucher, Fractal Access Totems, 2012, single channel video, 40:10 min. Courtesy of the artist.