Arts & Culture

Counterpublic returns with “Coyote Time,” its third iteration. On view throughout the fall, the St. Louis-wide public art triennial — one of the largest in the United States — features more than 50 artists, including many associated with the WashU Sam Fox School.

WashU Dance Theatre will present its 2026 performance, “right now,” Nov. 6-8 in Edison Theatre. The evening-length concert will feature new works by resident and guest choreographers, including visiting artists Shura Baryshnikov and Renée Austin.

Derek Hoeferlin has been installed as the Raymond E. Maritz Professor of Architecture at the WashU Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Igor Levit is “one of the essential artists of his generation” (The New York Times), a pianist who “guides the public to the heart of Beethoven” (Le Figaro). On Nov. 9, Levit will launch WashU’s 10th annual Great Artists Series with an evening of Beethoven sonatas.

Cady Heron has danced with nomads and scaled Kilimanjaro. In “Mean Girls,” the Kenya-raised teenager faces her greatest challenge yet: American high school. WashU’s Performing Arts Department will present the celebrated musical in Edison Theatre Oct. 22 to 25.

The Sam Fox School Gallery at Washington University in St. Louis presents “It Is What It Is When It Is,” a solo exhibition of new work from St. Louis-based artist Sterling Lawrence.

A new book, “Edward E. Boccia: Painter of Nightmares and Dreams,” revisits the life and work of the St. Louis painter, who taught at WashU from 1951 to 1986.

Beloved illustrator Mary Engelbreit has donated 120 original illustrations and related materials to WashU Libraries. The collection highlights her whimsical style, business acumen and activism and will support research, teaching and a public exhibition planned for July.

Seth Denizen and Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich, both at the WashU Sam Fox School, have won the 2026 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize for “Thinking Through Soil: Wastewater Agriculture in the Mezquital Valley.”