ArtsJournal: Arts, Culture, Ideas

Stories

What Value Does (And Doesn’t) The American Public See In Higher Ed Today? Here’s Some Data

"Opinions vary markedly — by subgroup and by which aspects of colleges people are considering. Find out who said what about how degrees help graduates, how college compares with alternatives, how important different functions are, and more. You can filter by five different demographic factors." - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Scottish Government Proposes Culture Funding Cuts

The £6.6m cut had been reversed earlier this year after a campaign by people working in the Scottish arts but it was reintroduced in September's autumn budget, with ministers pledging to make up the shortfall in the 2024/25 budget.

A Dance Team — And A Sisterhood — For Women Who Use Wheelchairs

"Chelsie Hill, 27, is the founder of the Rollettes, a dance team … formed in 2012 (which) performs all over the country. … More than a decade after she started the Rollettes, Ms. Hill’s story has spread far beyond the group to include mentorship and education." - The New York Times

Jamie Bernstein Talks About Bradley Cooper’s Biopic Of Her Dad

It turns out that Bradley Cooper is one of those all in, passionate, driven, focused people, not unlike Leonard Bernstein. And we didn’t know it at the beginning at all. - BachTrack

The Prado Is Showing Viewers The Back Side Of Some Of Its Greatest Paintings

"The idea of the new show, called 'Reversos' (On the Reverse), is to take the viewer beyond the surface of an artistic image and to encourage them to see the physical painting, its back and its frame as objects that conceal – but can also reveal – secrets, stories and meanings." - The Guardian

The Hot New Platform For News Publishers? Messaging On WhatsApp

"We talked to 13 major publishers around the world about how they’re using Channels. They stressed it’s too soon to define an official Channels strategy, especially since WhatsApp doesn’t offer much in the way of metrics. … Still, they shared some of what they’re seeing early on." - Nieman Lab

Let People Trying To Make A Living As An Author Tell You Just How Hard That Is These Days

There are reasons (plural) why editors warn writers not to quit their day jobs, even after the first book is published and sells reasonably well. - Esquire

The Most Astonishing Piece Of Conceptual Art In London’s Marina Abramović Retrospective Is In The Gift Shop

Columnist Adrian Chiles suggests a title: "Empty Glass Half Full." - The Guardian

Let The Unpacking Begin: What Lessons Can Be Taken From The Months-Long Hollywood Strikes?

"In truth, we’ve learned a ton. The industry’s problems with overproduction and the disconnect between capital expenditures and audience return were writ large on SAG-AFTRA and WGA picket lines. … The biggest takeaway is that Hollywood's labor contract negotiating process needs to be taken apart and rebuilt for the modern era." - Variety

Assault Case Against Dustin Lance Black Thrown Out Of Court

Citing "inconsistencies and weaknesses in her evidence," a London magistrate dismissed the case brought by BBC presenter Teddy Edwardes against the Oscar-winning screenwriter over an August 2022 altercation in a nightclub. (She says he twisted her wrist; she then hit him in the head, causing brain injury.) - The Hollywood Reporter

After 13 Years, “Sleep No More” Will End Its New York Run

"Created by the British theater troupe Punchdrunk, … the Macbeth-inspired immersive theater experience that is hosted in three empty, hulking warehouse spaces in downtown (Manhattan) will say goodbye early next year on its 5,000 performance." - AP

The Actors’ Strike Is Over: The Studios And SAG-AFTRA Have A Deal

"The two sides spent the last several days putting the finishing touches on the deal, which will see the first-ever protections for actors against artificial intelligence and a historic pay increase. The deal will see most minimums increase by 7% — 2% above the increases received by the Writers Guild." - Variety

How Our Brains Store And Retrieve Words

"I’m intrigued by how words are organized in our mental dictionaries. Everyone’s mental dictionary is a little bit different. And I’m even more intrigued by how we can restore the content of our mental dictionaries or improve our use of them, particularly for those who have language disorders." - The Conversation

The Illustrators Being Replaced By AI

“The funny thing is, in so much science fiction it was theorized that robots, A.I., all this stuff was going to take over the drudgery, the hard labor, and free up humans to do creative work. Instead the A.I. is taking over the creative work, and we’re all stuck doing the hard labor.” - The New York Times

New AI Can Identify AI-Created Writing With Accuracy

Using machine learning, the detector examines 20 features of writing style, including variation in sentence lengths, and the frequency of certain words and punctuation marks, to determine whether an academic scientist or ChatGPT wrote a piece of text. - Nature 

Our Free Newsletter

Join our 30,000 subscribers

Latest

Don't Miss

function my_excerpt_length($length){ return 200; } add_filter('excerpt_length', 'my_excerpt_length');