So who exactly is the arts audience, and how and why do they engage? We've got some more data. A new report gives some shape to the arts audience in the UK. The report divides the audience into core attenders and more casual engagers: “The report gives new insight into this group of consistent arts attenders and participants. They are more likely to be women (57%, compared with … [Read more...]

What are the boundaries in artist/audience relationships these days? Do you have a problem with inclusiveness if you can't define what it is? Do we lose an essential part of the audience experience when movies go in-home? And what is to be learned about what audiences want from the big new insta-culture districts? Today's Audiences Expect To Interact With Artists In New … [Read more...]

We're Not Doing This Anymore: So we love libraries but we're going to them less. Perhaps it's because we have "library anxiety" (yes, that's a thing)? When finding things online is as easy as a click, navigating the clunky physical infrastructure of the real world can be frustrating at best, intimidating and off-putting at worst. Though many of us regard the live in-person … [Read more...]

My Audience, My Computer: Scientists fed images of all of Rembrandt's paintings into a database then had the computer create a "next" Rembrandt based on the artist's style. You can think of this as a story about the rapidly growing ability of artificial intelligence to function at a complex level. Or, like Peter  Schjeldahl, you can see it as the visual equivalent of fan … [Read more...]

1. How The Museum Experience Is Changing: Is it possible that the way we structure visits to the museum is out of step with the times? “If the lack of leisure is the fundamental problem the museum sector faces, it should address the issue directly, broadly and fearlessly... Meanwhile, researchers have determined that museum-goers are spending time in museums, but what … [Read more...]