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Here are today’s AJ highlights. Hollywood’s “oracle” narrates an industry cruising toward structural collapse, from streaming economics to vanishing theater audiences (The New York...
The Oracle Of Hollywood As It Cruises To Disaster
Matthew Belloni has become a narrator of the industry’s troubles during the most transformative period since the birth of television, brought on by the...
Phillips Collection To Controversially Sell Masterpieces To Buy New Art
“Like many of my museum colleagues,” said Eliza Rathbone, chief curator emerita at the Phillips, “I’m deeply saddened and appalled that the Phillips Collection...
A $500M American Dream Museum?
Visitors to Washington have a new, free attraction: the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream. After a $500 million renovation of two former banks...
What Explains Boomers’ Addiction To Ellipses?
There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. ‘OK . . .’ ‘Thanks . . .’ ‘See you next...
Inside The BBC’s Political Crisis
Instead of addressing the criticism, the BBC was silent for seven days. In the vacuum, a wave of headlines became a flood of unchallenged...
Guy Cogeval, Former President Of The Musée d’Orsay, 70
A "free spirit and nonconformist, often impetuous, the passionate lover of the 19th century left his mark on the Parisian museum from 2008 to...
The Corporatization Of Our Music
Three record companies—Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group—control more than 80 percent of all recorded music released through a recognized...
Why Online “Critics” Should Review Broadway Previews
Imagine a painter still layering colors on a canvas while a stranger posts, “This looks messy and unfinished!” That’s what happens when someone reviews...
Increasingly, That Music You Like On Spotify… Was Made By AI
This month, an A.I. country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, and passed three million streams on...
African Publishers And “The Wakanda Problem”
"When we listen to audiobooks produced in the West, they have a Wakandan accent," said Eghosa Imasuen, executive director of Narrative Landscape Press in Lagos, Nigeria....
Creator Of The AI Actress Tilly Speaks Out
“As a creative, I have really enjoyed creating her,” she says. “It’s been just like a writer creating characters. You fall in love with...
What Nigeria’s New Museum of West African Art Is Attempting To Do
Nigeria's stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics on the week it was...
The BBC’s Impact On World History
The BBC’s founding father, John Reith, set out what he saw as broadcasting’s true purpose. In the wake of a destructive global conflict, he...
How Did The Muppets Fail So Spectacularly On Broadway?
The Muppets’ long-overdue Broadway debut is over almost as soon as it began, the show now closing this Sunday. It was originally scheduled to run until...
Federal Museums Reopen And Count Up The Losses
In addition to staff furloughs and suspended or canceled programs, the 2018-2019 shutdown resulted in a loss of some $5 billion, according to the American...
New Study: Listening To Music Significantly Reduces Risk Of Dementia
Researchers looked at data spanning a decade and involving more than 10,000 relatively healthy people, aged 70 and older, in Australia. People who listened...
Five Art Gallery Apps To Help You Explore
For a decade, See Saw has reigned as the app for art world denizens, but the last year has seen the arrival of new apps and...
Not One Of Hollywood’s Big Star Movies This Fall Has Become A Hit
Not one of the 25 dramas and comedies that movie companies released in North American theaters over the past three months has become a...
Sound System Culture Is Taking Over UK Art And Fashion
There has already been a clear increase in the number of Japanese-style listening bars across the UK, but the visual arts trend is also harnessing sound...
University Decides ROI On Investment In Its University Press Is Insufficient And Closes It....
Bucknell University Press is on track to shut down by the end of this fiscal year. Demise of the press is raising broader questions...
As We Prepare To Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday, Is There A Recognizable American Classical...
Is there a unifying theme around the kinds of music being written in the classical world that could indicate an “American style?” (And, as...
Is It Time For Museums To Ban Selfies?
For some institutions, a ban on selfie-taking could be an operational choice, tied to staffing levels, available space, or the types of objects on...
