Weekend reading: April 30 edition

Around Ohio

• This Saturday kicks off weekly pop-up appearances by Crafin’ Outlaws at the Columbus Museum of Art.
• The museum also shared an update on artist Bryan Moss and the pandemic times comic he’s creating.
• Wil Haygood, who led our 2018 Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change, is guest editor of the May issue of Columbus Monthly. It’s centered on the city’s longstanding racial divide.
• Here’s a thoughtful tribute to Bob Petric, the guitarist for Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments who passed away suddenly in April, from friend and former Wex staffer Jerry Dannemiller.
• Brandt-Roberts Galleries has a new group show for Gallery Hop of commissioned work around specific colors. Watercolorist Cody Heichel is among the artists featured.
• Next Friday, you can stream the latest edition of the Columbus Moving Image Art Review.
• In the news up north, The Cleveland Museum of Art is expanding to the city’s West Side.
• And Cleveland-based painter Michelangelo Lovelace passed away at the age of 60.

Around the globe

• Vulture put together an expansive post-mortem on this year’s unusual Oscars ceremony, including a piece on its highlight: Glenn Close doing Da Butt.
• Among the Oscar winners last Sunday: former Ohio State basketball star Mike Conley, for the live-action short Two Distant Strangers.
• And here’s a piece on a revolutionary aspect of Nomadland’s Best Picture win that few are talking about.
• The lineup from this year’s New Directors New Films is available virtually through May 8.
• TCM’s Classic Film Festival rolls out virtually starting Thursday.
• The LGBTQ-centered film event NewFest kicks off Friday.
• There’s a new card game inspired by the art collection of Agnes Gund.
• Here’s an eight-step guide for how to really look at art from Antwaun Sargent.
• When we look at art, psychology professor Ellen Winner wonders, what effect does it have on us?
• Big Bird is making an appearance on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rooftop, courtesy of sculptor Alex Da Corte.
• Here’s a chance to check in on New York’s Bodega cats via photos.
• Check out these intense polaroids by photographer Jim Goldberg.
• The Andy Warhol Foundation lost a suit filed to challenge the artist’s “fair use” of a Prince portrait.
• The Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art will reopen this month.
• Black comic book writers Eve L. Ewing and Evan Narcisse discussed their experiences on the job.
• Urban designer Thomas Heatherwick believes the pandemic will ultimately transform city spaces.
• The Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed.
• Art & Education’s “School Watch” series wrote up three experiments in alternative art education.
• Lastly, Creative Capital has released its “On Our Radar” list for 2021, with appearances by animator Jodie Mack and filmmakers Farihah Zaman and Jeff Reichert.