Weekend reading: August 6 edition

Around Columbus

• Hey, did you hear? I Like Tomorrow, our current Box presentation by filmmakers Nancy Andrews and Jennifer Reeder, is now viewable online.
• We’re proud to share a terrific piece from Easter Seals Central Ohio about expanding accessibility to the arts, written by the Wex’s own Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall.
• Friday, 934 Gallery opens Gridlock, a show of work by Elizabeth Nelson.
• And Kim Rohrs has a show of time-based paintings opening at Blockfort.
• Saturday is Gallery Hop. Things to see include the group show 6 plus 1 featuring Amanda Love at Hammond Harkins Galleries, the works by Jeffrey Hirst and Marco Querin at Brandt-Roberts Galleries, and there's a talk with sound artist Craig Matis at Sean Christopher Gallery. 
• Jerry Roth, author of the novel On the Tip of My Tongue, will stop by The Book Loft on Sunday.
• Columbus's own Maggie Smith is starting to get the attention she deserves for her brand new book, Goldenrod.
• Tuesday, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus is having a social hour to kick off this year's fest activities.
• And on Wednesday, Mid-Ohio Filmmakers Association is having a get-together at Studio 35.
• Here’s a piece from a Milwaukee journalist (?) on the history of the nearly 100 year-old Lincoln Theater.
• The award-winning local architecture firm Moody Nolan has committed to building and donating a house in every city in which it works through its initiative Legacy House. The first one was built on an empty lot in Linden.
• The Deliver Black Dreams project has brought a new mural to the West Side.
• MOCA Cleveland has rebuilt its board after a year that included a controversial cancellation of an exhibition by Shaun Leonardo depicting violence against Black bodies.
• Looking ahead, Franklinton Friday events include a show of posters from Ohio Prison Arts Connection at Wild Goose Creative and Christy Whittmer, Manami Ishimura, and Natalie Portney at ROY G BIV.
• Also next Friday, Green Lawn Abbey has an outdoor screening of this writer’s favorite episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell.

Around the globe

• Heartbreaking news in the film world last week: fire destroyed São Paulo’s Cinemateca Brasileira, home to South America’s largest film collection.
• Tuesday night, a virtual panel of artists like Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill and Laura Ortman will discuss the concept of giving gifts, in a program presented by MoMA and the American Indian Community House.
• The New York Asian Film Festival kicks off this weekend with a virtual component. Here’s a guide on what to watch.
• The 24th annual Reel Black Men Short Film Festival also launches this weekend with works by artists ranging from a Philadelphia high school junior to Cinetracts ’20 contributor Charles Burnett.
• Film writer Girish Shambu covers diverse, grassroots streaming initiatives such as Another Screen that aim to take the work of shaping the film canon out of the hands of institutions.
• Here’s a case for why more awards need to follow the lead of the Gothams and move to gender-neutral acting categories.
• Here’s a new profile of Kerry James Marshall from The New Yorker.
• John Waters is among the latest additions to the board of the Baltimore Museum of Art.
• In other major appointments, Shanta Thake has been named chief artistic officer of Lincoln Center.
• The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has a new exhibition highlighting the work of natives in the comics industry, with an emphasis on artists of color such as Charles Johnson.
• According to T Magazine, the music of Arooj Aftab, who’ll be performing at the Wex in November, is a must for your summer dinner party playlist.
• After fleeing to Taiwan, Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong discussed China’s crackdown on artists in his home country.
• Members of Pussy Riot have fled Russia after experiencing similar political pressure.
• A group of architects and journalists put together their picks for the 25 most important works of post-WWII architecture.
• Another group of architects considered the possible future of Thomas Heatherwick’s Vessel now that the Hudson Yards installation has been shuttered following a fourth person committing suicide by leaping from it.
• Here’s a story on Piney Wood Atlas, a valuable resource for artists seeking unconventional residency opportunities.
• New findings suggest that Neanderthals may have experimented with abstract expressionism.
• Artist Matteo Rattini trained a neural network to create sculpture based on Instagram suggestions to explore how social media is influencing the art world.
• Lastly, there’s new scrutiny of mega philanthropist Doris Duke’s supposedly accidental killing of an employee in 1966.