The Increasing Accusations That Everything Is Made With AI
“Solutions like Proudly Human and Not by AI aim to be broader, covering published text, visual art, videography, and music, but the verification processes...
Dali Made Some Iffy Choices, Including Layering Whites And Then Varnishing Them
“Dalí prescribes this very method, deeming zinc white the color with which ‘you will achieve the most absolute whites in your picture.’ But chemically...
How That Guy Is Reshaping The English Language
“The president uses verbs to evade responsibility and even proclaim a new form of leadership. Perhaps surprisingly, this is true even when Mr. Trump...
Portland State University Eliminates Its Once-Storied Dance Program
PSU’s “dance program had once been a cornerstone of Portland’s artistic community, even as it struggled against decades of intermittent support, administrative turnover, and...
An Atlanta Theatre Loses Its Lease, Asks Its Audience For Real-Estate Leads
“According to producing artistic director Rachel May, Synchronicity’s programming, partnerships, and community impact have never been stronger, and the theatre’s leadership is actively engaged...
Behind The Scenes In The Final Days Of Hacks
“As they shot the finale, Einbinder wept often. Even Smart, a tough cookie, misted up a few times. The creators’ eyes stayed mostly dry.”...
Why We Desperately Need A Silent Film Of Super Mario
“Mario has always belonged to an older generation of comedy. … Charlie Chaplin built a legacy on the notion that a body can be...
Dear NYT Freelancer Who Used AI To ‘Write’ A Book Review, You’ve Missed The...
“The role of the critic isn’t to summarise or repackage art, but to actively participate in a conversation about it,” and using AI isn’t...
PayPal And Other Online Payment Systems Seem To Be Silencing Media Sites They Don’t...
“Payment services don’t have any incentive to consider the value of controversial and unpopular speech or how it may benefit our society.” - LitHub
After 11 Years In Court, Heirs Reclaim A Modigliani Looted By The Nazis
“The claim, registered in a New York lawsuit filed in 2015, has long been disputed by the Nahmad family, a prominent dynasty of art dealers that...
The Feminist History Of Baseball’s Biggest Musical Moment
“At a time when women did not yet have the right to vote, but were playing in women's leagues and filling the stands at occasional Ladies Days,...
AJ Chronicles: The Excellence Problem and Why it Matters
I don't mean to be pedantic, but I think defining what we mean by excellence really matter if we're really going to figure out the place of AI in creativity. Four stories this week suggest layers to this debate:
Maribeth Stahl shares why Data, Depth and Discovery are critical to fundraising
Maribeth Stahl, Chief Development Officer of The Cleveland Orchestra, shares why Data, Depth and Discovery are key ingredients for successful fundraising.
Chandler Center for the Arts seeks Arts Center Manager
Chandler Center for the Arts seeks Arts Center Manager. Salary in the range of $110,780.80 to $160,596.80. Please see link for full details.
Vice President, Division of Media Arts Ventures, Emerson College
Emerson College invites applications and nominations for a visionary leader and experienced manager to serve as its inaugural Vice President for Media Arts and Ventures.
Clowns March Through Bolivia’s Capital To Protest New School Law
“The (fully-costumed) clowns gathered in front of the Ministry of Education in La Paz to oppose a decree published in February. The new mandate...
HarperCollins Partners With AI Company For Animation
HarperCollins has announced a multi-year partnership with Toonstar, an “AI-powered” animation studio, to adapt a slate of the publisher’s titles into original YouTube series. -...
When Does Bach Cease To Be Bach? Or, What The Hell Did Jean Rondeau...
Next month the hipster harpsichordist is doing the cycle three different ways: the usual manner, for solo keyboard; arranged for strings, flute and continuo...
German Artist Sentenced To Jail In Absentia In Moscow For Art Mocking Putin In...
A German artist who created carnival displays mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to 8 1/2 years in prison by a...
What Age-Verification Laws Are Really About: Centralized Control And Censorship
The letter characterizes this tech, also known as “age assurance,” as a tactic for the “centralization of power.” The letter notes, “Those deciding which...
What’s This? Optimism In LA’s Classical Music Scene?
Arts philanthropy is essential but elusive. Even so, there is a curious — and hopefully not delusional — optimism in classical music, L.A. style....
For Better And (Definitely) For Worse, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Life Reflected His Architecture
“As the architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable once noted: ‘There is a kind of collective schadenfreude in the revelation of defects in great buildings and flaws...
Documents: Ticketmaster Raised Fees After All-In Pricing Was Forced On It
The Federal Trade Commission last May began requiring Ticketmaster to disclose concert ticket fees upfront – a practice known as all-in pricing. But documents obtained by...
A Crisis In Writing? Let’s Consider It Historically
For the first 40,000 years of its existence, it was simply an abstract symbolic system to process complex data; only in the last 3,000...
China Orders Audit Of All Its Museums After Nanjing Scandal
China has ordered a sweeping, nationwide audit of its state-run museums after a scandal at one of its top institutions revealed that national treasures had...
