Weekend Reading: November 1 Edition

Around Columbus

• Saddest local news of the week: Longtime downtown DIY arts space Skylab is getting evicted. But a GoFundMe has been started to raise funds for a new location.
• Maggie Smith contributed to this Harper’s Bazaar piece on the art that authors have turned to during a divorce.
• Sunday, Ohio Craft Museum kicks off its annual holiday sale and exhibition.
• Columbus’ own Laura Larson and Gina Osterloh are among the wealth of artists who’ve contributed limited edition prints to this election year’s States of Change fundraiser. Other contributors include Sofia Coppola and Annie Leibovitz, and prints are available through the weekend.
• Comics publisher Ken Eppstein talked up a rerelease of Nix Comics work in compilation form. (Disclosure: this writer’s husband, Bob Ray Starker, created the art that illustrates the story.)
• Filmmakers, ICYMI, entries are being accepted through December 4 for the 2025 Ohio Humanities Film Fellowship.
• Ohio State’s Office of Academic Affairs is accepting proposals through November 18 for visiting artists for the 2025–26 academic year.
• No Place Gallery has a new show from Stefan Hoza on view through November 16.
• Wednesday morning, Greater Columbus Arts Council is serving up free breakfast and networking for local artists.
• Thursday, Sarah Gormley Gallery opens a career retrospective for Adam Brouillette.
• Also Thursday, Mark Lomax Trio performs at Columbus Museum of Art in connection with the Ming Smith exhibition August Moon.
• It’s Franklinton Friday this coming Friday, with attractions including open artist studios at 400 West Rich.
• And next Saturday, McConnell Arts Center is having an open house for its 15th anniversary.

Around the Globe

• Saddest national news of the week: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences slashed the staff of the Academy Film Archive.
• The Oscar-nominated short Red, White and Blue dropped on YouTube and promises a donation to support reproductive rights for every view.
• The Gotham Award nominations were announced, with Sean Baker’s Anora and RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys leading the pack.
• Godzilla Minus One filmmaker Akashi Yamazaki will be reuniting with the iconic giant lizard.
• Atlas Obscura took a Halloween week dive into the history of the jump scare.
• Metrograph is adding a biannual print publication to its growing cinematic empire.
• Ken Burns discussed his new documentary project on Leonardo da Vinci.
• Atlanta-based nonprofit South Arts is now offering emergency grants to artists impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
• The anonymous artist behind the mysterious, politically themed sculptures that have been popping up around the country spoke to CNN.
• A new Manhattan mural by artist Phil Buehler recognizes the Ukrainian children abducted by Russian forces.
• There’s a renewed call for systemic change to New York’s arts and culture sector.
• The Studio Museum in Harlem received a major gift from the Ford Foundation.
• Cecilia Vicuña and Julian Charrière received MOCA LA’s inaugural Art and Environment Prize.
• Here’s a piece about the often unsung work of art handlers.
• Dezeen ran an A to Z of mid-century modern design.
• The Baltimore Sun is the latest legacy media outlet to gut its arts coverage.
• The Internet Archive issued a warning about the fragility of our digital cultural record.
• The Guardian checked in on the five-year research project Neurolive, which collects data on how dance affects our brains.
• Employees of the late Steve Albini’s Chicago recording studio are working to keep the struggling business afloat.
• Ska-punk legends Fishbone released a new single.
• Chilean author Antonio Skármeta died at 83.
• Filmmaker and Andy Warhol collaborator Paul Morrissey passed away at 86.
• Ohio-born comic actor Teri Garr died at the age of 79.