“Kim Sajet, who left her role as director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery after a high-profile clash with President Donald Trump in June, has landed a new post at the helm of the Milwaukee Art Museum.” - Artnet
Seven days a week, he has a video call with two fellow editors for his online outlet, called Steady — and then he gets down to writing and editing content for the newsletter, which goes out to well over half a million subscribers three times a week. - The New York Times
The creative director post is the first major initiative by Kim Noltemy, who became L.A. Phil president and chief executive last summer, and with it she proposes a possible rethink of the very nature of how a symphony orchestra might operate in the future. - Los Angeles Times
Over three years, the broadcaster will build the High Plains Civic Media Network, a system of part-time contributors (some of them volunteers), coordinated by a small editorial team, to provide news and features for its coverage area in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, eastern Colorado, western Kansas and southwestern Nebraska. - Nieman Lab
By training artificial intelligence to detect emotional signals in more than 600,000 European paintings spanning 600 years, the researchers found that collective shifts in artistic mood often aligned with historical moments of prosperity, hardship, or upheaval, from the rise of trade networks to the disruptions of new technologies. - Artnet
The current strategy of merely making A.I. bigger is deeply flawed — scientifically, economically and politically. Many things from regulation to research strategy must be rethought. One of the keys to this may be training and developing A.I. in ways inspired by the cognitive sciences. - The New York Times
I’ve rarely run across something that refuses to let me see it just one way, but one such resistor is “The Wizard of Oz” at Sphere in Las Vegas. The beloved 1939 film starring Judy Garland has been stretched and morphed and adapted to fit the enormous dome-shaped venue. - The New York Times
“(The judge) ruled against Equity’s claim that Spotlight is an employment agency … (and) concluded that Spotlight, a website widely used by U.K. talent and casting agents, is a directory service.” Spotlight said afterward, “We strongly believe that Equity launched cynical, performative and expensive legal proceedings against Spotlight as a publicity stunt.” - Variety
It turns out there are arts administrators — some of them right here in California — who understand the importance of innovative creative leadership. They understand that the key to attracting audiences in both the short and long term is to offer them something exciting and different and worth their attention, rather than warmed-over retreads. - San Francisco Chronicle
“We need to rebuild it from the ground up. I believe AI can help us do that, because as it lowers the cost threshold to produce stuff, and as every month goes by, it lowering it and lowering it, we can do more for less, and we can hopefully retain more ownership of those projects." - The Guardian
“Kokuho, which means ‘national treasure,’ has already grossed more than 10 billion yen ($68 million), making it the second-highest grossing Japanese live-action film of all time. ... It stars heartthrobs Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama, who portray longtime rivals and soulmates. They are both Kabuki ‘onnagata’ actors, (who) specialize in women roles.” - AP
Is it the idea that the art museum as we’ve understood it is under genuine existential threat, a relic of a battered Enlightenment worldview? Or is it the decision by so many museums in a period of extreme flux, by charging ahead with expansion plans by the dozen, to pretend that nothing has changed? - The New York Times
Is it time for Hollywood to concede that a lot of moviegoers in North America are never coming back? That movie theaters have permanently lost 20 to 25 percent of their customers? Those questions, which started as horrified whispers in studio hallways last year, have become more openly discussed in recent months. - The New York Times
In the end it comes down to a simple question. Western classical music as a living art form – do we want it or not? If not, then that is, of course, our prerogative. - Engelsberg
