Weekend reading: May 28 edition

Around Ohio

• Wex friends/Oscar winners Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar have wrapped their documentary on Dave Chappelle’s Covid-era outdoor comedy shows and the film is closing the Tribeca Film Fest. They also worked with Chappelle on his Netflix special 8:46.
• Greater Columbus Arts Council President Tom Katzenmeyer announced a new capital campaign to devote even more funding to local arts.
• Opera Columbus has a special celebration planned for its 40th anniversary.
• Here’s a column that shares thoughts from Cindy Foley, Executive Deputy Director at the Columbus Museum of Art, about how art drives all human progress.
• Enjoy a short film about Roy Lichtenstein’s time in Cleveland.
• Volunteers are being sought for the brand new art fest Tempting Fête, which debuts next Saturday with work from artists including Mary Barczak, Nora Daniel, and Sami Harthoom. 
• Historian and Columbus Black History Facebooker Rita Fuller-Yates has launched a new video series to share overlooked African American stories.
• And down south, Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park has announced its 2021–22 season.

Around the globe

• Author, filmmaker, and Cinetracts ’20 contributor Akwaeke Emezi was profiled in Time this week.
• Here’s a first look at the musical coming from filmmaker Leos Carax; Annette will open the Cannes Film Fest in July.
• Here’s a love letter to Ida Lupino, Hollywood actor and the only woman to direct a film noir.
• Amazon has acquired MGM; here’s how it might affect streaming access to the studio’s films.
• Dozens of artists are installing public art throughout Tulsa as part of the Greenwood Art Project marking the centenary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
• The New York Times ran an entire series on museums.
• Musée D’Orsay president Laurence des Cars has been nominated to be the first woman to run the Louvre.
• The Detroit Institute of Art shared its unique institutional funding model—something to consider as museums try to come back from pandemic closures.
• Going against precedent, President Joe Biden has removed members of the US Commission of Fine Arts who were installed by the previous president.
• After months of stories about loungewear dominance, here’s a piece on how the power suit gained its status.
• As more people emerge gather together, writer Olivia Laing considers the place of the crowd in art.
• Two fresh artist opportunities to share: the Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is accepting apps through June 30 and the Firelight Documentary Lab is accepting applications through June 15 for its 18-month fellowship program for filmmakers from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities.
• Is it real Andy Warhol NFT art that Christie’s auctioned off, or is it fake? (And how would you know for sure?)
• Theaters in New York are opening at full capacity but some venues are still waiting for Covid funding.
• Kathleen Andrews, a cartoon syndicate exec who helped introduce the world to Cathy Guisewhite and Garry Trudeau, passed away at the age of 84.
• Pioneering choreographer Anna Halprin died at 100.
• And Eric Carle, author of the beloved children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, passed at the age of 91.