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Weekend reading: November 19 edition

Melissa Starker, Creative Content & PR Manager

Nov 19, 2021

Artist Jimmie Durham installs the work The Banks of the Ohio at the Wexner Center in 1992

Jimmie Durham crafts the head of the serpent for The Banks of the Ohio, his contribution to Will/Power at the Wexner Center for the Arts, September 26–December 27, 1992. photo: Darnell Lautt

Around Columbus

Sharon Udoh and Paisha Thomas perform together on the Lincoln Theatre stage

Sharon Udoh of Counterfeit Madison and Paisha Thomas perform together during a February 2020 Wex Artist Residency Award concert at the Lincoln Theatre

Holiday maker fairs are in full swing, with the Harvest Market at Bridge Park and Not Your Mama’s Craft Market in the Short North on Saturday, and more coming over the next few weeks.
Also Saturday, All People Arts opens its latest group exhibition Every Story Told.
Artists, you have until November 30 to sign up for this CCAD December class on grant writing.
And heads up, wordsmiths: applications are being accepted for a new director of the Ohio University Press.
Here’s the remarkable (but sadly, not unusual) family story of multitalented artist Paisha Thomas.
Here’s a terrific new profile of Saeed Jones.
Here’s the latest national press love for Hanif Abdurraqib, plus a new pic of him rocking a sweet sweater.
934 Gallery is accepting entries for the January show at 934 at CMH Gallery, Universal Hand Signals.
And a great big thanks to the Greater Columbus Arts Council for including us in its latest round of operating support grants, alongside institutions like CATCO and BalletMet Columbus.

Around the globe

Still from Robert Greene's documentary Procession

Robert Greene's Procession; image courtesy of Netflix

Virtual gallery Young Space debuted a new show built around the themes of presence and absence. Xander Hoffman and Martha Zmpounou are among the dozen artists featured.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture just launched its highly anticipated online portal, the Searchable Museum.
On the occasion of a new show of large-scale works at Hauser & Wirth, Glenn Ligon offered his ideas for how art institutions can do better.
The new Disney+/Marvel series Hawkeye takes a huge amount of inspiration from Matt Fraction’s run of the comic. We just so happen to have a recent conversation with the writer and artist Elsa Charretier here.
Writer Ben Okri made a case for why artists must confront the climate crisis.
This week in retro trends making a comeback, politicians and school board members are now talking about burning books that deal with race and LBGT issues…
…And China is taking a page from the histories of the Third Reich and Communist Russia with its plans to become an international film player by producing more “patriotic” films.
Documentarian Robert Greene, a past Unorthodocs guest, spoke to IndieWire about his new Netflix film Procession.
After his latest film, A Hero, was submitted as the official Academy Award selection for Iran, two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi blasted the government and recommended it reverse that decision.
Subtitles, once considered a barrier that limited viewings of foreign language films, are increasingly popular with younger audiences.
They’re so popular, in fact, that there aren’t enough translators to keep up due to issues with heavy workload for low pay.
The entertainment union IATSE reached a deal with film and TV producers to avoid a strike.
Here’s an inside look at the work of foley artists.
Today’s Fresh Air has a twofer of heavy arts hitters: Twyla Tharp and Gordon Parks.
Museums in Austria are closing again amid a new, countrywide COVID lockdown.
Sandman creator Neil Gaiman called out MoMA for not crediting Tony Abruzzo, the comic artist who made the inspiration for Roy Lichtenstein’s Drowning Girl.
Pace Gallery is getting into the NFT business.
KAWS is going after counterfeiters.
Scientists Julia F. Christensen and Dong-Seon Chang have quantified why dancing makes people feel good.
A New Zealand Maori tribe has less-than-good feelings about its ceremonial dance being appropriated by anti-vaccine protestors.
Conceptual artist Agnieszka Kurant shared insight into her fascinating work.
Photographer Mick Rock, the man behind the iconic covers for Lou Reed’s Transformer and the Stooges’ Raw Power, died at the age of 72.
We’re also sad to report the death of artist Jimmie Durham at the age of 81. Durham created the ambitious installation The Banks of the Ohio from mud, glue, and PVC pipe at the Wex for the 1992 exhibition Will/Power.

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