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Sarah Rosalena’s exhibition at the Columbus Museum of Art at the Pizzuti, In All Directions, sets out to make and break patterns. Motifs repeat throughout: stars, spirals, fluted horns, hourglasses, rings, and rectangles. These shapes emerge and reemerge across woven textile and coiled clay, glass beads and smoked stoneware.

After a decade studying thousands of supernovae, astronomers are still perplexed by the enigma that led Einstein to his ‘greatest mistake’.

The spirit of creative collaboration is on display in gallery and museum shows this fall and winter. Across the United States, exhibitions focusing on

Bright, flickering galaxies called quasars were thought to pose a problem for our understanding of the cosmos – but new research shows Einstein was right yet again.

This month: Sarah Rosalena, Keith Haring, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Mister Cartoon, and more.

Participate in the city’s first Scent Week. Dance through the weekend at the Desert Hearts Festival. Celebrate Giant Monsters/Giant Robot at First Fridays. Catch a live taping of Go Fact Yourself.

Farewell to a friend of social harmony (1550–2000)