Weekend reading: November 6 edition

Around Columbus

• It’s Gallery Hop weekend. The Wex will be participating virtually and on site alongside multiple Short North spaces, Sean Christopher Gallery among them.
• The experimental animation series Malt Adult is also back on Saturday, with a program streaming at 8 PM that includes new works by Lily Shaul and local animator Anjali Tewani.
• Creative support group Mother Artists at Work have a group showcase online and at 934 Gallery this month.
• The Riffe Gallery has also refreshed with an exhibition of work from the Quilt Surface Design Symposium with artists like Deborah Griffing and Sue Cavanaugh. There’s also a virtual gallery tour available.
• Former Herman Miller designer Don Staufenberg has a show of mixed media work that just opened at the Dublin Arts Council.
• Ace of Cups owner Marcy Mays continues the club’s outdoor series, joining a Thursday lineup with Bloodthirsty Virgins and Amy Turn Sharp.
• Next weekend, the doc Re-Story: Transforming Veteran Stories into Art, produced by CCAD students Madeline Anson and Madison Van Buren and featuring local artist Leni Anderson (all three are seen at top of page), will stream as part of the National Veterans Film Festival with a livestream Q&A on Friday.
• Sadly, CD102.5, the much-loved and locally owned alternative station, has moved off the FM airwaves, but it’s still streaming online.

Around the globe

• While traveling to New York City right now is probably out, you can experience the architecture of the Guggenheim Museum through a new audio tour.
• Muncie, Indiana might be doable, however, and The Bob Ross Experience is now open there.
• David Hockney and Billie Eilish are among the artists to create work for a fundraiser auction for the families of Black women killed by police.
• Here’s an interesting piece on the aesthetic evolution of activism graphics on Instagram.
• Patti Smith and Paul Rudd were among the performers who made impromptu public appearances related to the election.
• As we wait (and wait) for the several battleground states to be called, take a look at the murals commissioned from Black artists around the country—including Cleveland’s Isaiah Williams—by the Biden-Harris campaign.
• Or you can take in soothing artworks by the likes of Vija Celmins and Sam Gilliam.
• Or hear about the voting experiences of artists like Sam Durant and Wendy Red Star.
• In related news, here’s where the Democratic candidates stand on the arts.
• And a reflection on what this election could mean for the arts.
• In a brilliant marketing move, Los Angeles artist Gretchen Andrew tricked Google’s search engine into showing her work among top election search results.
• Not getting your fill of conspiracy theories on social media? Here’s a list of conspiracy thrillers on film including must-sees The Manchurian Candidate and They Live.
• Emmy Award-winning journalist Imara Jones argued for a decentralized news media in Hyperallergic.
• Ever wonder how Jenny Holzer secures the rights for the text she uses in her artworks and her new app? Here’s your answer, along with other art law pointers.
• Artist Residency Award recipient Jaamil Olawale Kosoko was featured in the latest episode of the livestream series Black Dance Stories.
• There’s a new book on the influential 1970s dance group the Grand Union; it counted Yvonne Rainier and Trisha Brown among its members.
• Actor Sean Connery passed away at the age of 90.
• Speaking of Bond, the new 007 will be a woman of color, actor Lashana Lynch.
• Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars talked about scoring On the Rocks, the new film by his wife, Sofia Coppola.
• Residents of Jersey City just approved a new property tax to support the arts.
• William Kentridge is obsessed with COVID data.
• As he should be; numbers are climbing in Ohio and around the country. If you want to stay inside, you might get some use out of the Guardian's list of “culture to cheer you up”?