The Wexner Center for the Visual Arts opened to the public on November 16, 1989 with lavish ceremonies, including the J.D. Steel Gospel Singers, dancer Trisha Brown, the Kronos Quartet, and Laurie Anderson, and moderated by Colleen Dewhurst. A debate considering Elsenman and Trott's facility was opened by Philip Johnson and moderated by Kurt Forster, and included Henry Cobb, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, Richard Meier, Robert Siegel, and Stanley Tigerman. The first exhibition is scheduled to open in the Wexner Center in February.