Weekend Reading: April 26 Edition

Around Ohio

• Columbus Underground spoke to Dana Michel ahead of next weekend’s performances of MIKE in our galleries.
• Sunday night brings the latest edition of Art Critique Night to Wild Goose Creative.
• Columbus native Robin F. Williams got some national attention for her current show at the Columbus Museum of Art.
• Pallavi Sen has a new show at No Place Gallery.
• Nina West is returning to the world of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
• Performers slated for this year’s Columbus Arts Fest have been announced. The lineup includes Josh Krajcik, Angela Perley, CoMo Dance, and an edition of Writers’ Block Poetry Night.
• Local writers Riane Konc and Brooke Preston discussed their work on the awards ceremony for the Thurber Prize.
• Blueprint has a new EP out.
• Filmmakers Kanat Omurbekov and Rafal Sokolowski discussed their short film River, showing this weekend at Ohio Shorts and Cinema Columbus.
• Here are all the details on when the new Superman movie will be filming in Ohio.
• Columbus Monthly checked in with fabulous Short North gallery mainstay Sharon Weiss.
• Wednesday, COSI and The Columbus Poetry Cauldron are teaming up for an open mic at Kafe Kerouac.
• Friday, Rewind Press is hosting a mixtape-themed print show at Blockfort.
• The multidisciplinary event COLOURS is happening for Frequency Friday at the Cultural Arts Center.
• Friday and Saturday, the all-inclusive Perennial Movement Group will present Glad You’re Here.
• Among the variety of happenings on Saturday is a reception at Urban Arts Space for the Department of Art Senior Projects Exhibition.
• Also Saturday, Jon Batiste connects with Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra.
• Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) has a Culture and Artisan Fair happening Saturday.
• Saturday brings the art, music, and food event Alley Islands to Blockfort.
• Wild Cat has comedy, art, and poetry Saturday night.
• And next Saturday is also Gallery Hop. Attractions include work by Donna Hecker and an image transfer workshop led by Lisa Bare at Adamah Ceramics.

Around the Globe

• Here’s the latest word on the Venice Biennale and Kapwani Kiwanga’s Canada Pavilion, from Harper’s Bazaar.
• Archie Moore and the Mataaho Collective, Indigenous artists respectively representing Australia and New Zealand, took home Golden Lions at the Venice Biennale.
• Learn more about the four nominees for the Turner Prize.
• Art initiatives are taking center stage at student protests for Palestine. At Columbia University, the Visual Arts and Music faculty stands with the students.
• Columbia professor and New York Times columnist John McWhorter complained about protests getting in the way of his students experiencing John Cage’s seminal 4’33”. Mother Jones offered a rebuttal.
• The Louvre, in honor of the upcoming Paris Olympics, will be hosting workout classes in the galleries.
• The Louvre is also considering moving the Mona Lisa to an underground chamber to “put an end to public disappointment,”director Laurence des Cars said.
• Two federally-recognized Native Alaskan Tribes submitted repatriation claims to the Denver Art Museum. These requests were denied, according to a report in the Denver Post.
• The memorial statue of Queen Elizabeth II—complete with three bronze corgis—has been unveiled.
• A bronze head is returning to Turkey after the J. Paul Getty Museum learned of its illegal excavation.
• Starting in May, Keith Haring’s mural for the students at Iowa’s Ernest Horn Elementary School will be displayed at the Stanley Museum of Art.
• Houston, Texas has broken ground on the Rothko Chapel expansion, a $42 million project that’s expected to be completed by 2026.
• As we approach the 100th birthday of Surrealism, take a look at the legacy of this transformative shift in art history.
• Cinemas and film distributors are finding new life in older movies. like Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy and Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run.
• Uncropped, the documentary celebrating photographer James Hamilton, tempts the viewer to pause the movie for a closer look at his iconic body of work, according to a New York Times review.
• Shelley Duvall has returned to acting. The New York Times checked in with what the star of The Shining has been up to.
• Following reports that Quentin Tarantino has dropped plans to make The Movie Critic, The Hollywood Reporter got the full story of what happened.
• On the subject of movie critics, here’s a piece about the death of Ithaca, New York film writer Bryan VanCampen and the state of local film criticism.
• President Biden signed the bill requiring TikTok to find a buyer if it wants to stay in the US market. Fast Company argued that this move is missing the big picture.
• Cher, Mary J. Blige, and A Tribe Called Quest are among the latest inductees to the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
• A nationwide survey suggests people with education in music are better employees.
• Here’s a piece on the work of “jazz detective” Zev Feldman, who’s found rare recordings by Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, and more.
• The Washington Post celebrated the legacy of jazz icon Duke Ellington on what would’ve been his 125th birthday.
• Jazz artist Esperanza Spalding and dancer Acosia Red Elk are among the recipients of a 2024 Doris Duke Artist Award.
• Fearing a clampdown from politicians, the Smithsonian Institution has canceled events featuring drag performer Pattie Gonia.
• Publishers of children’s books are taking a new approach to dealing with book bans.
• The Onion was purchased by a group of digital media veterans working under a name inspired by a book written by the website’s staff.
• Actor Chris Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, have demolished the iconic 20th-Century Zimmerman House, outraging architectural advocates.
• Artist, filmmaker, journalist, and activist Lourdes Portillo died at the age of 80.
• Laurent Cantet, the filmmaker behind the incredible 2008 drama The Class, passed away at 63.
• Helen Vendler, a reputation-making poetry critic, passed at 90.
• Mike Pinder, the progressive founding keyboardist of the Moody Blues, died at 82.