Archives for December 2016

Five Notable Stories From This Week’s ArtsJournal – Blockbuster Mozart?

December 18, 2016 by Douglas McLennan Leave a Comment

This Week: Mozart outsells every CD this year?... How artificial intelligence is changing thinking... Why should artists be entrepreneurs?... How the West dominated global culture... Zadie Smith speaks out about multiculturalism. Was Mozart The Best-Selling CD Of The Year? That's the claim. Universal Classics says that a major Mozart release this fall has sold 1.25 million CDs so far, more … [Read more...]

This Week’s Top ArtsJournal Reads: An Artist Identity Crisis?

December 4, 2016 by Douglas McLennan Leave a Comment

This Week: The next wave of arts journalism layoffs begins... Lots of debate about the role of artists in the Trump era... Prominent Canadian artists petition the government to "fix" support for creativity... It's getting harder to define what "home" is... Is "mindfulness" overrated? Three More Big City Newspaper Arts Writers Call It Quits: A new wave of reductions in arts coverage have … [Read more...]

David E. Myers on How Should we Measure Art?: “A sophisticated approach to “measuring” incorporates all of the above, with clear delineation of how each plays a part if…” Nov 3, 16:20
Tom Corddry on How Should we Measure Art?: “Reading this brought to mind John Cage’s delineation of different ways to experience a Beethoven symphony–live in concert, on a…” Nov 3, 01:58
Abdul Rehman on A Framework for Thinking about Disruption of the Arts by AI: “This article brilliantly explores how AI is set to revolutionize everything, much like the digital revolution did. AI tools can…” Jun 8, 03:49
Richard Voorhaar on Classical Music has Lost a Generation. Blame the Metadata (in part): “I think we’ve lost several generations. My parents generation was the last that really supported, and knre something about classical…” May 15, 12:08
Franklin on How Subsidy for Big Tech Wrecked the Arts (and Journalism): “Language, yes; really characterization. Investments and margins don’t become subsidies and taxes whether or not markets “are working” – I’m…” Mar 8, 07:13
Douglas McLennan on How Subsidy for Big Tech Wrecked the Arts (and Journalism): “So what you’re arguing is language? – that investments aren’t subsidies and margins aren’t taxes? Sure, when markets are working.…” Mar 7, 21:42
Franklin on How Subsidy for Big Tech Wrecked the Arts (and Journalism): “Doug: You can, if you like, buy a jailbroken Android, install GrapheneOS, and sideload apps from the open-source ecosystem at…” Mar 7, 16:17
Douglas McLennan on How Subsidy for Big Tech Wrecked the Arts (and Journalism): “Franklin: Thanks for the response, But a few points: My Chinese solar panel example was to make the point that…” Mar 7, 12:46
Steven Lavine on How Subsidy for Big Tech Wrecked the Arts (and Journalism): “Terrific essay, with no prospect to a different future” Mar 7, 09:53
Franklin on How Subsidy for Big Tech Wrecked the Arts (and Journalism): “The economics of this essay are incoherent. The CCP was creating yuan ex nihilo and flooding it into domestically produced…” Mar 7, 08:49

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