Weekend reading: May 6 edition

Around Columbus

• ICYMI, here’s a fine piece on our Mifune + Okamoto series from the Dispatch.
• It’s opening weekend for BHoles, an artist-created mini golf course at Blockfort.
• And the inaugural Columbus Alt Art Book Fair is also this weekend in Weinland Park.
• Applications are open to become part of Art Possible Ohio’s Teaching Artist Roster.
• It’s another full Thursday. First, there’s the CCAD Fashion Show, along with the annual best-of student showcase Chroma.
• Also, a book release and exhibition for poet Barbara Fant and her cover artist, April Sunami, at Lincoln Theatre.
• Shelbi Toone is working on a multi-pronged project about Aminah Robinson.
• On Thursday, the artists behind POCtober Sketch Book will chat about their work at Streetlight Guild.
• And BAM Thursday happens at the Columbus Museum of Art, with music and crafty vendors.
• Then on Franklinton Friday highlights include a solo show from Sister Thoma Swanson and the official unveiling of the neighborhood’s newest public artwork: a giant slingshot by Lundberg Industrial Arts.

Around the globe

• New work by Carlos Motta was covered by Artforum. (He’ll have another new project in our galleries this fall.)
• Here’s a take on the best historically-inspired looks at this week’s Met Gala.
• Kim Kardashian’s decision to wear a dress made historic by Marilyn Monroe was anything but a hit among conservators.
• Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Jampol, organizers of the 2020 exhibition Abortion is Normal, are working on launching a second edition in response to the leaked Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade.
• Artists including Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer also responded publicly to the news.
• And don’t forget: The Right to Choose, a limited-edition double-sided print by Laia Abril and Columbus-based artist Carmen Winant, is being sold to raise money for the National Network of Abortion Funds.
• Here’s a timely look at how abortion on screen has evolved in recent years.
• There was an interesting development at the New York prestige art house Metrograph around a screening of the 1979 documentary The Wobblies.
• Rome’s legendary Cinecittà Studios are getting an upgrade.
• Neon released a first look at the long-awaited return of David Cronenberg to the director’s chair.
• Liam Neeson took a creative approach to apologizing for racially insensitive comments.
• The Washington Post’s Sebastian Smee thinks this year’s Venice Biennale took an unwelcome turn toward the surreal.
• Winners of the 2022 New York Artadia Awards were announced.
• The Smithsonian has adopted a new policy on ethical returns.
• Marfa has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
• Here’s the latest report on Russian looting of Ukrainian museums.
• And a second worker from Ukraine’s Melitopol Museum has been abducted by Russian soldiers.
• Also, a disturbing story about a 1959 painting by Danish situationist Asger Jorn being defaced on livestream as a political statement.
• Artists B. Robert Moore and Esteban Whiteside have retooled the game of Monopoly to highlight the impact of gentrification on Black community.
• Lastly, there’s a new tool to learn about the locations where books are set in America, including books set in your hometown. Enjoy.