Good morning: An eventful week. 'Nuff said. Here are this week's AJ highlights:
Cal Shakes Veterans Mourn, And Remember Former artists of the California Shakespeare Theater reflect on its unique, progressive audience and the cultural shifts that have impacted the company, questioning how the theater community can retain relevance in changing times. – San Francisco Chronicle
Building The Great Native American...
Good morning. Since the early days of the internet, people have been trying to figure out how our screen lives compare to our real-life versions. Clearly there are differences: "The upshot of device-mediated encounters is that they may be benign in single instances but collectively they are alarming. The larger question is where we are headed with such encounters....
Good morning: The ticketing industry is rife with scams, fake tickets, outrageous fees and frustrating service. Customers get lured to websites that aren't official but pretend to be. And TicketMaster's lock on the industry as well as its monopolistic behavior in owning venues and controlling ticketing make for a mess. This report from the excellent independent arts site CultureOC...
Good Morning: What happens when you make things easy? Getting any music you want. News traveling in rivers of stories. Distraction to fill in every available crack in your day. Do we value the music, the news, the distractions more because its easy to get? Or because it's so ubiquitous do we lose investment in seeking out music or...
City Of Miami Beach Steps Up To Replace Arts Funding Canceled By Gov. DeSantis After Florida’s governor cut state arts funding, Miami Beach committed nearly $1 million to support local arts, highlighting the city’s commitment to its cultural institutions. – Artnet
Dallas Art Museum Director To Step Down Amid Expansion PlansAugustin Arteaga’s departure during a major museum expansion has raised...
Good Morning: Here are some AJ highlights:
Quincy Jones, 91 Renowned for his profound influence on Black popular art and his ability to bridge musical styles, Quincy Jones leaves an indelible legacy that shaped modern music. Starting in the late 1950s, he brought social and professional mobility to new heights in the music industry. – The New York Times
David...
Good Morning: The Bay Area has long had a thriving theatre scene, rich in new work. But theatres are falling by the dozens now, and while there are plenty of reasons specific to each case, this is starting to feel more like a systemic shift. More in American Theatre
Who Owns Wheel Of Fortune? Sony and CBS are in a...
Good morning: Measuring success when it comes to art has aways been problematic. Sales numbers hardly tell the real story. Attention has become the primary currency online. But the first cracks in the tyranny of the social web, which opaquely chooses winners and losers in the attention algorithm wars, may be starting to show. There is increasing evidence that...
Good morning: There are growing calls for a fundamental rethink of the structures that underpin New York's cultural life. "In its early days, the pandemic acted as a magnifying glass by revealing growing inequalities in our society and how the lack of affordable healthcare, housing, education, and living wages significantly impacted most Americans, including artists and cultural workers. The...
Good morning: Just what is the obligation of an arts organization to participate in civic life? Former League of American Orchestras' CEO Jesse Rosen makes the case that healthy democracies require the active engagement of its artists. What point is there in having values if you don't defend them? Read the argument on Post Alley.
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Good morning: The illusion of the digital world is that we have access to everything and that culture is infinitely available. The reality is that culture stored digitally is fragile and easily erased. The Internet Archive points to the fragility of creative work made in the digital age. How to preserve it?
Contemporary Artist Chosen To Supply Bayeux Tapestry's...
Good morning: Why do we just assume that our digital technology is just better? See the resurgence of vinyl recordings. There's something about the tactile mechanical operation of gadgets and gizmos that is sooo satisfying. And the fringe subgenre of Steampunk might have something to teach us about our interactions with technology. See Joshua Rothman's article in The New...
Good morning: This might not seem like an arts story, but it's big. The Copyright Office just granted the right for McDonald's franchisees to repair their McFlurry ice cream machines. "Section 1201 of the DMCA makes it illegal to bypass a digital lock that protects a copyrighted work, such as a device's software, even when there is no copyright...
Good morning - Los Angeles' LACMA has announced it will open its new Peter Zumthor building in April 2026. Construction of the controversial project is 90 percent complete, officials say. "LACMA has likened Zumthor's design to a kind of living organism. Indeed, the raw concrete is already showing signs of weathering, with water stains and other irregularities." Read more...
Good Morning: Here are five highlights from this week's stories:
Why Is The Art World Focusing On Photography Just As AI Images Are Becoming Harder To Detect? "Art dealers are focusing more on photography at a time when AI-generated images are becoming indistinguishable from real photographs. This trend is sparking debates about authenticity and the future role of AI...
