Weekend Reading: March 31 Edition

Around Columbus

• Executive Director Gaëtane Verna joined the panel on WOSU-FM’s All Sides Weekend.
• And WOSU Public Media shared from the archives a 1991 segment on our Peter Eisenman-designed building.
• Ohio State’s Kristin Poldemann provided an update on construction around campus, including the arts district.
• Blockfort is having a garage sale on Sunday.
• Sunday also brings the return of Craftin’ Outlaws.
• Joe Camerlengo released a new album, deeply inspired by becoming a parent.
• Maggie Smith excerpted her new book in The Cut.
• Columbus writer Rachel R. Miller wrote an extensive piece on minicomics by femme-identifying artists in the 1990s.
• Ohio Arts Council dropped a new artist talk with Duarte Brown.
• Curious about the Fine Arts Exhibition at the Ohio State Fair? Thursday afternoon, OAC has a webinar for artists to learn more about entering their work.
• And Thursday evening, Columbus Museum of Art will host a talk between Gina Osterloh and Sheilah ReStack.
• Another Thursday option: a reception for The Art of the News at The Billy.
• And looking ahead to Friday, Jacoti Sommes is among the featured performers at April’s Frequency Fridays.

Around the globe

• Andy Warhol lovers, act fast! The Warhol Foundation has partnered with eBay on a fundraiser auction of Polaroids, books, and more that ends April 3.
• There’s a new podcast out with Bushra Rehman, author and sister of current Wex exhibiting artist Sa’dia Rehman. The siblings will hold a public talk April 29.
• Art collector Myriam Ullens was shot to death, allegedly by her stepson.
• University College London released a new study linking arts participation to a longer, healthier life. As the story notes, it’s one of over 70 research papers published in the past five years coming to the same conclusion.
• Angélique Kidjo and Arvo Pärt won the 2023 Polar Music Prize.
• Demas Nwoko was awarded the Venice Architectural Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
• Sarah Lucas won the New Museum’s inaugural Sculpture Prize.
• Kevin Beasley, whose work was included in our 2018 show Inherent Structure, released a new book and LP set.
• The Louvre became part of the story surrounding French citizens’ response to a new policy that raises the country’s retirement age.
• Hyperallergic found another example of cultural prescience on The Simpsons.
• Police seized an ancient bronze statue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• The Time 100 Leadership series dropped this week; Frank Gehry, Ibram X. Kendi, and Martin Scorsese are among the featured creatives.
• Cauleen Smith spoke to Harper’s Bazaar about the restoration of her 1998 film Drylongso. Smith was a contributor to Cinetracts ’20 and Drylongso will screen at the Wex in June.
• Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund formally apologized to Argentinian artist Lola Arias over using her name in his 2017 art world satire The Square.
• Ebertfest announced its lineup for next month, including screenings of Wings of Desire and Tokyo Story.
• Filmmaker Ari Aster put together a great watch list to prep for his new film, Beau is Afraid.
• Performance union Actors’ Equity is forming its own PAC to raise money for federal candidates who support more funding for the arts.
• Batsheva Dance Company announced on Facebook that it joined Israel’s general strike.
• Artist Ann Wilson passed at the age of 91.
• Documentarian Michael Blackwood died at the age of 88.
• And Darcelle XV, the nation’s oldest performing drag queen, died at 92.