Weekend Reading: November 23 Edition

Around Columbus

• First off, let’s all give a hell yeah to former Wex Path Fellow Reg Zehner curating a show at No Place Gallery.
• Saturday, Brothers Drake Meadery is hosting a holiday shopping opportunity featuring work by 83 Gallery artists, including Wex projectionist and photographer Rachael Barbash.
• Photographer Katie Forbes spoke about her current show in Franklinton, which is focused on victims of police violence.
• Sunday, you can get your alt holiday fix with History of Krampus.
• Here’s a great write-up of the current Riffe Gallery show on the links between art and health.
• And a write-up on the current show at Blockfort.
• This week, local artist Henry Hess made a cameo alongside his family in the latest episode of HGTV’s House Hunters.
• This coming Wednesday, the main branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library is hosting its Holiday Open House with a holiday train display and the lighting of Topiary Park.
• Looking ahead to next weekend, Ohio State’s Department of Art is hosting MFA Open Studios at two locations on Friday.
• Also, Fuse Factory is hosting the latest Frequency Fridays.

Around the globe

• In the wake of the Q Nightclub shooting, the New York Times fixed on the demonization of drag queens.
• The Independent Spirit Awards nominations are out, with the hit highbrow-lowbrow fantasy Everything Everywhere All at Once leading the pack.
• Gather the family around your favorite listening device for this podcast with the creators of Netflix’s new animated series Oni: Thunder God’s Tale.
• Mickalene Thomas spoke about her response to the works of Claude Monet for a show in Paris.
• Here’s a heartwarming story about San Francisco area activist Alan Marling and his text-based work trolling Elon Musk.
• And here’s an interesting history lesson about the Red Orchestra, a WWII resistance force in which artists had a solid presence.
• An Asheville Art Museum board member commented publicly about reports of worker mistreatment. How did that work out?
• With climate change activists gaining so much coverage for vandalizing artworks, The Atlantic decided to focus on activist artists who think beyond stunts.
• A Pittsburgh-area band is illustrating how music can help manage schizophrenia.
• Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding shared some well-chosen words for why she’s leaving a teaching position at Harvard.
• In response to the gutting of a Chicago theater company, D.C.-based Woolly Mammoth Theater Company is looking for cosigners to publicly commit to supporting new theater work.
• Vulture delved into the life and work of Octavia Butler.
• Tech writer and educator Shelly Palmer gamed out the specific ways AI could infiltrate the creative workforce.
• George Lois, designer of classic Esquire magazine covers that are still revered over a half-century later died this week at the age of 91.
• Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson died. He was 75.
• And don’t forget! Giving Tuesday is happening next week.