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Community takes center stage in ‘Time…with Baba Shongo’

A new exhibition opening at William H. Thomas Gallery on Sunday, Dec. 21, pays tribute to gallery founder Baba Shongo Obadina and the larger community that has come up around the vital East Side arts space.

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The unpredictable work of artist Leah Wong

The Columbus artist, whose ‘Moving with Skylight’ is currently on view in the 2025 Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Riffe Gallery, continues to embrace the element of surprise in crafting her three-dimensional installations.

The Returning Artists Guild continues ‘Imagining Abolition’

The collective will commemorate a sprawling group exhibition now on display at the Columbus Metropolitan Library with an opening reception on Saturday, Dec. 6.

Sahar Tarighi takes a more intimate look at displacement, identity 

The artist’s new exhibition, which opened at the Franklinton gallery ROY G BIV in mid-November, will remain on display through Friday, Dec. 5.

Michael Hambouz and Ali El-Chaer strike a balance in Gazala Projects exhibition

‘It kind of feels like we’ve known each other forever. And that kindred spirit is something I haven’t always felt being in an art show. It just feels right.’

Florian Meisenberg explores the human condition within ‘Der Ekel’

The New York-based artist’s new exhibition, on display at No Place Gallery through late December, includes a massive, Gay Street-facing painting that covers two of the gallery’s windows and reads at night as a glowing x-ray of two giant figures in recline.

Shannon Downey draws on community to help move the needle

The Chicago crafter and activist, who had to cancel a planned Columbus stop this week due to illness, on the federal surge currently causing chaos in their hometown, the importance of fighting back, and the ways that embroidery can help to foster difficult conversations.

Artists explore ruin, reconstruction in ‘Converge’

Alissa Ohashi and Janelle Bonfour-Mikes will utilize simple tools to explore a range of complex ideas in creating a performance installation at ROY G BIV Gallery on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Gaëtane Verna out as executive director of Ohio State’s Wexner Center for the Arts

OSU provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda sent an email to staff late Wednesday afternoon to announce that Wexner Center for the Arts executive director Gaëtane Verna would be stepping away from her role effective immediately.

Sarah Schmidt puts old ghosts to rest with new ‘Gassy’s Gas ‘N Stuff’ short

The animator and Columbus expat’s latest Adult Swim cartoon will debut on Halloween.