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Weekend reading: August 13 edition

Erik Pepple & Melissa Starker

Aug 13, 2021

Pictured above: Installation view, "Immersive Van Gogh," via Instagram @vangoghcolumbus

Out of the Past, image courtesy of CAPA

2021 Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo
It's Aminah Celebration Days all weekend at the Columbus Museum of Art.
The CAPA Summer Movie Series continues Saturday night with the series premiere of a film noir essential: Jacques Tourneur's Out of the Past. Make it a Saturday of classics with our screening of It's Always Fair Weather in the afternoon!
Columbus's own Bela Koe-Krompecher curated a playlist to accompany his new book Love, Death and Photosynthesis. We'll host a virtual talk with the author August 31.
Artists, you have until August 16 to submit a proposal for a permanent mural to be located on the sidewalk in front of Stonewall Columbus.
Amy Lyn Brand is the featured artist for August in the dollhouse-sizes S.Dot Gallery
CCAD’s Beeler Gallery announced its fall schedule.
Here's a rundown of the humble origins of the Eisner Award-winning Clintonville comic shop The Laughing Ogre.
DJ Krate Digga and one of the artists selected for Art for Life are the featured guests for the next BAM Thursdays, August 19 at Columbus Museum of Art.
Looking ahead to next weekend, the People's Mural of Columbus celebration on Saturday, August 21 debuts a new piece of public art on the south side, inspired by the work of Hanif Abdurraqib.

Choreographer score by nora chipaumire, courtesy of the artist and UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance

A large sculpture by Yayoi Kusama was washed out to sea by a typhoon. (Fortunately, it was successfully fished out.
Artforum chimed in on the immersive Van Gogh exhibitions touring the country.
Art in America continued its "Hard Choices" series with a multiple-choice quiz on whether you're fit to work in a gallery.
Here's the latest peek at the always-interesting work of conservators—this time, the crew at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
As some film distributors insist on going back to the practice of in-person press screenings, critics like Justin Chang of Variety and NPR are speaking out about how doing their job might put them in danger.
Meanwhile, Chang's peer, New York Times film critic A.O. Scott, had a fascinating conversation with Marc Maron about the nature of critical thinking.
Here's a review of the new Bill T. Jones documentary that highlights what it can offer dance educators who'll be returning to the classroom.
UCLA's Center for Art and Performance commissioned scores by choreographers including past Wex artists Ann Carlson, nora chipaumire, and Faye Driscoll, and it's selling the works they've created as a fundraiser for the artists and the institution.
California-based portraitist Hung Liu passed away last weekend at the age of 73. The artist was preparing for a major show this fall at the National Portrait Gallery.