Weekend reading: August 12 Edition

Around Columbus

• Last weekend, Franklinton art space The Vanderelli Room had a late night visit from white supremacists. Writer and fellow gallerist Scott Woods had some thoughts about it.
• ICYMI, we dropped a new podcast with jaamil olawale kosoko and Wex Film/Video Studio Editor Alexis McCrimmon talking Syllabus for Black Love.
• This weekend, Festival Latino is taking over Genoa Park.
• August 9 is now Dolly Parton Day in the state of Ohio, following a visit from the legendary singer and children’s literature warrior.
• Tuesday, BQIC will host a Black Power Book Club online.
• And Transit Arts is having its Monthly Open Mic the same night.
• Ohio Arts Council is looking for a new grants coordinator.
• Local computer art legend Charles Csuri is in the spotlight on Artnet this week.
• Looking ahead, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is hosting a book sale next Friday afternoon.
• Columbus African Festival is happening Friday in Franklin Park.
• New local artist printing resource Lone Crow is having its official opening Saturday.
• Canadian force of nature Peaches is coming to town next Saturday.
• And artists Laura Larson and Whitney Hubbs will be leading a workshop on artistic practice in September.

Around the globe

• Here’s an insider take on the best museum bathrooms around the world. (Not being part of the Wexner Center proper, the bathrooms in Mershon Auditorium were ineligible).
• An investigation of a long con in Brazil turned up a painting by Tarsila do Amaral worth over $59 million hidden under a bed.
• There’s a mad dash underway to protect Ukrainian art and monuments.
• In the US, a new crop of “Monuments Men” is being trained in cultural property protection.
• Canada is altering its copyright law to benefit artists.
• And a new law in New York will require museums to indicate if artworks on view passed through Nazi hands.
• Marina Abramovic spoke to Artnet about how her artistic practice could change your life.
• Filmmaker Lars von Trier has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
• The New York Times wrote about how the Netflix-streamed Indian film RRR has become a hit in the US.
• Welcome to the age of “streaming’s memory hole,” where films can just disappear from public access.
• A new book covers dancer, actress, and Black icon Josephine Baker’s time as a spy for the Resistance.
• Climate change is having an impact on outdoor performance.
• Modernism in art is generally accepted, so why is modernist music having such a hard time connecting with audiences?
• The Washington Post shared advice on fighting back against book bans.
• In other culture war happenings, The Guardian examined the sustained attacks on Drag Queen Story Hours.
• We’re saddened by the death of Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake this week at the age of 84. Miyake was a recipient of the Wexner Prize in 2004.
• We also lost pop music trailblazer Olivia Newton-John this week. She was 73.