This Week: There's a creative divide in America but it's not where you think... Rethinking the modern concert hall in favor of the audience... Is glamour an ineffective sell for pop music?... A link between audience attendance and donations (not what you think)... Why has reading of literature declined? America's Creative Divide Isn't Where You'd Think: Conventional wisdom … [Read more...]

This Week: Tate goes for an artificial intelligence art project... UK has more amateur orchestras than you can shake a stick at... Does community storytelling take advantage of the storytellers?... Why the Louvre's attendance is down 20%... When data drives your art experience the art changes. Using Artificial Intelligence To Link News And Art: Tate Britain's prize for a … [Read more...]

This Week: Have orchestra pops concerts lost the pops thread?... A decade of experimenting with pay-as-you-will theatre in Charleston... NBC confirms a shift in how audiences want to watch the Olympics... Are middle class norms stifling the arts?... What do regular museum goers think about the art? New Thinking In "Popular" Classical Music: There was a time when pieces … [Read more...]

This Week: A look at online troll culture - were these awful people always among us?... Here's who goes to choral concerts... A look inside the brain as it watches movies... Lin Manuel Miranda's crusade against ticket bots. Online Trolls - Are They Getting Worse Or Does The Internet Just Make Them Visible? Time magazine devotes a cover to examining the culture of internet … [Read more...]

This Week: Cyber-fan bullying makes us scared about who the audience really might be... It's not enough to "reflect" diversity of a community to be diverse... If you want to build an audience try investing in your community... Pay-as-you-wish ticket schemes seem straightforward but they're not... Are the arts failing at delivering the audience experience? The Downside Of … [Read more...]