Weekend reading: March 5 edition

Erik Pepple & Melissa Starker

Mar 05, 2021

A young boy peeks his head out from behind a big yellow curtain

Around Columbus

An image of a painting depicting three people, from left: a man with hands on his hips wearing a blue shirt, a seated woman in a red dress looking at a seated man in a chair. The words A Portal of Myths appear above them.

A Portal of Myths by Harry Underwood

The Gallery Hop for March includes Sean Christopher Gallery's anniversary show.

Lindsay Gallery is gearing up for reopening with a mini online show of paintings by Nashville’s Harry Underwood.

Franklin Park Conservatory is calling on Black artists to submit work by April 11 for Resilience in Nature, a juried show copresented by All People Arts, Creative Women of Color, Maroon Arts Group and Transit Arts.

Columbus writer Hanif Abdurraqib spoke to musician/producer Devonté Hynes for Artforum.

Around the globe

1972 image of Angela Davis making her first national television appearance on the program Black Journal. Davis wears a black shirt and sits in front of a dark red background.

Angela Davis making her first national television appearance in 1972 on the program Black Journal, via American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

The big art world news this week: NFTs, aka non-fungible tokens. Here's a primer on this new digital way to build a collection.

And here's what some people did to help ensure an NFT work by Banksy maintains its value.

New York International Children's Film Fest kicks off this weekend, it’s all online, and there’s a discount available for Zoom fans! Use the promo code WCA2021 to save $3 off Single View tickets and $5 off All Access Passes! Learn more at nyicff.org. 

MUBI has launched a new app for creating personalized video messages with clips from your favorite films.

Starting Saturday, the spring edition of the time-based media fest Strangelove will feature the work of filmmaker and Wex friend Jennifer Reeder.

Also starting Saturday, the Smithsonian American Art Museum is hosting streamed screenings and a discussion with Coco Fusco.

Monday night, writer Charles Taylor, who shared his thoughts on Pauline Kael for this blog, will virtually discuss Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller for the film's 50th anniversary.

The Alamo Drafthouse has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The New York Times has a roundup of dance tutorials that even novices can handle.

Here’s one writer’s experience poring through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and finding interviews with Black civic leaders and newsmakers like Angela Davis. 

There's a new book with a strong case for the neurological benefits of engaging with art.

French-Algerian artist Kader Attia will curate the next Berlin Biennial.

"The State of Artistic Freedom 2021" report is out from the Copenhagen nonprofit Freemuse and the findings are not good.

Another previously unknown painting by Jacob Lawrence has been discovered.

Barbara Ess, artist and publisher of the 'zine Just Another Asshole, passed away at the age of 73.

Top of page: from the documentary Curtain Up!, streaming as part of the New York International Children's Film Fest, image courtesy of NYICFF.

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