Weekend Reading: February 17 Edition

Around Columbus

• ICYMI, Columbus Underground spoke to the cofounders of Brother(hood) Dance! ahead of their performances at the Wex this weekend.
• Bobby T. Luck previewed his new show at Pizzuti Collection.
• Saturday, Wex Visitor Experience staffer and house DJ Dorian Ham will celebrate the one-year anniversary of his spinning series Candy Rain at The Oracle.
• Speaking of Dorian, “My Black History,” his annual social media series on lesser-known luminaries of color for Black History Month, is back! Check his feed for regular updates.
• If you haven’t been able to stop by CCAD to watch Michael Mercil read the news, The Dispatch has you covered.
• Artist Rafael Rosado will be joining us at the Wex Sunday for a storyboarding workshop for kids in conjunction with this month’s ReelAbilities Film Fest screening.
• Thursday, musicians Phil Maneri and Trista Hill will offer a musical response to Tiffany Lawson’s gallery show at Streetlight Guild.
• And next weekend, Scrawl, Watershed, and Methmatics are among the bands lined up for Lost Weekend’s anniversary show on Friday. But don’t forget, Scrawl cofounder Sue Harshe will be with us the night before to share a live soundtrack for A Temperamental Wife.

Around the globe

• California artist Ruben Ochoa is taking a creative, social justice-focused approach to showing at Frieze LA.
• Here’s a rundown of notable celebrity sightings at Frieze, with a special shout-out for Catherine Keener.
• The Mellon Foundation committed $125 million to supporting art centering mass incarceration.
• Four major foundations have banded together to dedicate $5 million for funding Latinx curatorial positions.
• The Tate Britain will rehang its permanent collection to devote more space to women artists.
• Following an extensive renovation, the National Museum of Women in the Arts will reopen in October.
• Amid all the hand wringing about AI art vs. human artists, The Washington Post focused on its curiosity factor and positive potential.
• Art21 connected with Christian Marclay to discuss his use of sound.
• Artist Nick Cave podcasted with Financial Times.
• Who do we talk to about creating a program like this in the US?
• Architectural Digest revealed its 2023 WoW List, featuring new feats of architecture and design including Michael Heizer’s desert installation The City.
• Our friends at No Evil Eye Cinema have announced a set of upcoming short courses as part of the satellite film school program Film Futura.
• Variety considered what this year’s crop of Best Documentary Feature Oscar nominees says about the world.
• Indiewire fixed on one of our current obsessions: the title credit font for Rian Johnson’s Peacock series Poker Face.
• The New York Times took a trip to Miyazaki Land.
• Mike Leigh announced the start of a new film project.
• Here’s a first look at the latest from Jennifer Reeder, the Berlinale selection Perpetrator.
• After a shocking incident involving a ballet director, a critic, and dog excrement, The Guardian’s arts critics shared some of their own horror stories.
• The lineup for the 2023 Jacob’s Pillow fest was announced, including Mark Morris’ tribute to composer Burt Bacharach as well as a tribute to David Bowie. And performances will stream for those who can’t make the event in person.
• Here’s the last word on Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show.
• British dancer Kate Stanforth shared some thoughts about people who have a problem with her performing with the aid of a wheelchair.
• Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has a new project on the horizon.
• Forensics experts confirmed that the cause of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s death in 1973 was actually murder.
• Actor Racquel Welch died at the age of 82.
• Actor Stella Stevens passed away at 84.
• And De La Soul cofounder David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy the Dove, passed away at the age of 54. Here’s a good start for a commemorative playlist when the group’s songs become available to stream next month.