MOST RECENT AJBLOGS

Shruthi Rajasekar shares her unique process of fusing genres

- Aaron Dworkin

Strengthening Adoption of Arts/Health Practices through Research: A Five-Point Plan 

- Sunil Iyengar

The Ephemeral Nature of Public Art: Sealed Today, Concealed Tomorrow? (Knox Martin edition)

- CultureGrrl

‘The Highest and Most Difficult Achievement of Art’

- Jan Herman

Sometimes There’s a Pretty Good Reason to Swim Upstream

- Alan Harrison


 

DANCE

Here’s Benjamin Millepied’s First Big Event With His Paris Dance Project

- The New York Times

Paris Opera Ballet Is Creating A Junior Company

- Pointe Magazine

This Brave Choreographer Has Created The Fourth Movement Of “Jewels” That Balanchine Never Got Around To

- Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)

Meet The First-Ever Winner Of The $50,000 Knight Choreography Prize

- Miami New Times

Exit Interview: Stoner Winslett On Her 44 Years As Artistic Director Of Virginia’s Richmond Ballet

- Pointe Magazine

The Joys Of ‘Relaxed’ Ballet

- CBC

IDEAS

Neuroscience Study: Negative Artist Bio Information Influences Perception Of Their Art

- PsyPost

Is AI Leading Us To Rethink Art?

- The New York Times

How AI Is Leveling The Field For Small Organizations

- Harvard Business Review

Is AI A Threat To Our Egos And Sense Of Self Worth?

- Psychology Today

Is Technological Change Outrunning Our Ability To Evolve?

- Phys.org

Why Do We Read News? Anxiety? Entertainment?

- NiemanLab

Time To Ban Smartphones In Schools

- The Walrus

The False Gods Of AI

- The Walrus

Study: Links Between Conservative Political Viewpoints And Creativity

- Psychology Today

In Search Of Books That Elicit Feelings, And Maybe Some Connection

- Reactor Magazine

AI Might Not Actually Be Trying To ‘Come For’ All Of Our Jobs

- Fast Company



 

ISSUES

AI’s Art Style Problem

- Artnet

Can Saudi Arabia Really Remake Itself Into A Welcoming, Glamorous Travel Destination?

- The New York Times

Canada Needs To Rethink Humanities Education

- The Conversation

New Zealand’s Creative Sector Is Becoming Financially Unviable

- The Big Idea

The Kind Of Job “Most Artistic Leaders Only Dream Of”

- The New York Times

The Arts Are Being Strangled By Increased Costs

- The Conversation

Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Owns Important Downtown Buildings. Now What?

- Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Faculty Sue Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts Over Abrupt Shutdown

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Temple University Is Considering Merger To Save Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Now That Ron DeSantis Has Stopped Picking Fights With Them, Disney Plans To Invest $17 Billion In Disney World

- AP

The Delicate Politics Of Firing Your Funder

- The Observer

Alternatives to Higher Education Are Proliferating

- Persuasion

Edinburgh’s Arts Community Up In Arms As One Of Its Favorite Venues Is Put Up For Sale

- The Guardian

Ticketmaster Was Hacked, Exposing 560 Million Accounts

- The New York Times



 

MEDIA

SAG-AFTRA Files Unfair Labor Practices Complaint After Layoffs At Chicago Public Radio

- Chicago Tribune (MSN)

Here Comes AI That Will Let Viewers Create Their Own Episodes Of TV Shows (Uh-Oh)

- The Hollywood Reporter

Netflix And Ava DuVernay Settle Defamation Lawsuit Brought By Central Park Five Prosecutor

- Variety

The Pitfalls Of Today’s Movie Criticism

- The Smart Set

Be Prepared: A Weird Summer For Movies

- The Atlantic

More Public Radio Layoffs, This Time In Louisville

- Inside Radio

Canada’s Film Industry Is Struggling To Survive

- CBC

How Hollywood Got Trapped In A Doom Loop

- Los Angeles Times

Bringing Nollywood To Hollywood

- The New York Times

This Game, Seven Years In The Making, Shows What The Indie Gaming Industry Stands To Lose

- Wired



 

MUSIC

Los Angeles, City Of Opera

- Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Florida Grand Opera Appoints A New Director

- Miami Herald (MSN)

San Francisco Opera, On A Financial Cliff, Looks To Asia

- Anonymous

The Astoundingly Rapid Fall Of Conductor François-Xavier Roth

- Van

Mitsuko Uchida Gets Testy With The New York Times (And Arguably Disses Her Colleagues)

- The New York Times

Royal Swedish Opera Fined $300,000 For Workplace Death Of Stage Technician

- AP

How Spotify Got Itself Into Several Great Big Messes At Once

- Slate (MSN)

Symphony For 1000 Smartphones

- The Guardian

Are Big Concert Ticket Sales Finally Softening?

- NPR

Inside Student Life At The Curtis Institute Of Music

- The New York Times

San Francisco Symphony Board President And CEO Give Their First Interview Since Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Resignation

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)

Exit Interview: Antonio Pappano On His 22 Years As Music Director Of London’s Royal Opera

- The New York Times

Big Shift In Popularity Of Giant Music Festivals

- The Guardian

Is Queen’s Song Catalog Really Worth $1 Billion?

- BBC

The Orchestra Messiah?

- The Critic

Even More Trouble For The Philly Pops: A Lawsuit By Its Former Jazz Director

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Ruth Reinhardt Named Music Director Of Rhode Island Philharmonic

- Pizzicato

Massive Copyright Lawsuit Over 1000 Reggaeton Songs Moves Forward

- Variety



 

PEOPLE

The Queen’s Double Has Died

- The New York Times

Dick Van Dyke Wins Another Emmy At 98

- Variety

Scenes From The Fraud Trial Of Ozy Founder Carlos Watson

- Nieman Lab

Ben Vautier, Fluxus Co-Founder Who Declared “Everything Is Art,” Commits Suicide At Age 88

- Artforum

Douglas Chrismas, Once One Of L.A.’s Top Gallerists, Convicted Of Embezzlement

- Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)

Hugues Gall, Civil Servant Who Reformed The Paris Opera, Is Dead At 84

- Forumopera (France) (via Google Translate)

The Brilliant Art Of Being A Critic: Peter Schjeldahl

- Washington Post

What It Takes To Mount A Film Festival In The Greatest City In The World

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

The Cascade Of Calamities At Georgia Ensemble Theatre

- ArtsATL

Two Seattle Companies Say They Will Merge

- Seattle Times

Broadway Box Office Grosses And Attendance Are Basically Flat From Last Season. That’s Worse Than It Sounds.

- The Hollywood Reporter

Subscriptions Now Come In Many Flavors. What’s Working?

- American Theatre

Why Was The New Deal’s Federal Theater Project So Inspiring? It Never Took Theater’s Virtue Or Relevance For Granted

- The Atlantic (MSN)

How Broadway’s Latest Revival Of “Cabaret” Became A Red-Hot Ticket Despite (Or Because Of) Wildly Divergent Reviews

- The Washington Post (MSN)

In An Unexpected Development, Disney Princesses Have Been Leading A Diversity Charge On Stage

- American Theatre

The Three Friends From Texas Who Have Become Broadway Stars

- The New York Times



 

VISUAL

Archaeologists Discover Stunning Blue Room In Pompeii

- Euronews

Finally Fed Up With Instagram, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Artists Leave For Startup Rival

- TechCrunch

Folks In Portland, Maine Can’t Agree On Whether Or How To Expand The Museum Of Art

- The Boston Globe (MSN)

Remember When The Berkshire Museum Sold Its Norman Rockwells And Other Art? Here’s What It’s Doing With The Money.

- The Boston Globe (MSN)

Roy Lichtenstein At 100

- New York Observer

When Seven Artists Withdrew Their Work From An Exhibition, San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum Had A … Er, Thoughtful Response

- The New York Times

Israel Museum’s Roof Damaged By Fire In Possible Arson

- Artnet

Adobe Called Out For Selling Ansel Adams-Style AI Work

- The Verge

“Fake” Dega Bought For $1000 Online Turns Out To Be Real

- Artnet

Is This Year’s Maligned Venice Biennale The New Globalism Frame?

- Artnet

See What Thomas Heatherwick Plans To Do With An Empty Island In Seoul’s Han River

- Dezeen

Faced With Declining Attendance, Some U.S. Museums Are Trying “Radical Hospitality”

- The New York Times

Climate-Protesting Art Vandal Strikes A Monet At The Musée d’Orsay

- AP

Tokyo To Get Its Own High Line Park

- Bloomberg

Ghost Bikes Are Street Art, But Who Are The Artists?

- The New York Times

Inside The Last Of New York’s Original Artist Lofts

- The Guardian (UK)

How An Ivory Coast Graffiti Artist Became The World’s Top Seller

- BBC

To Succeed In The Art World, You Need Talent, Hard Work, And A Serious Dose Of Luck

- The New York Times



 

WORDS

Sacre Bleu! Why Are English-Language Books Filling Europe’s Bookstores?

- The New York Times

Book Publishing Is A Collaborative Art. Time To Acknowledge Everyone Who Works On It

- LitHub

Baillie Gifford Just Gives Up On Sponsoring Literary Festivals

- The Guardian

Sales Of Audiobooks Are Solidly Growing

- Publishers Weekly

Costco To Stop Selling Books

- The New York Times

Zines: A Brief History

- Quartz

Prominent Publisher Lays Off Seven

- The New York Times

Two More Brit-Lit Festivals Give Up Sponsorship By Baillie Gifford

- The Guardian

The Free Library Of Philadelphia Has A Much-Loved Author Events Program. Its Entire Staff Just Resigned.

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

NY Times Sues Worldle Over Its Wordle-Sounding Name

- BBC

Audiobook Sales In The U.S. Reached $2 Billion In 2023

- Publishers Weekly

The Louisiana Librarian Who Sued The Wingnuts That Said She Was Giving Kids Porn

- The Guardian

A White Canadian Journalist Just Published A Book About Traveling The US In Blackface

- CBC

A Plea And A Manifesto For More Middle School Books

- School Library Journal