In the space of a week, we have lost two significant and iconic American institutions. But the shuttering of the Kennedy Center and the decimation of the Washington Post are neither isolated nor unrelated.
Archives for 2026
This Week’s AJ Chronicles: Context is Survival
Existential crises have a way of forcing clarity. Whether the arts and the larger creative world are in crisis I leave for you to decide. But with weekly news of financial and organizational meltdowns, political pressures and an almost primordial angst about threats of AI, some things may be becoming clearer about what matters and/or what works.
AJ Chronicles: This Week in the Great Culture Shift
This week, ArtsJournal looked at thousands of stories and collected 118 stories across culture. This is one person’s attempt to make sense of them.
Old Laws, New Ghosts: Why Artists are losing the Battle for AI
The fear and concern are real. The issues are real. But we’re trying to conjure up rules for 21st Century technologies with a 20th-Century vocabulary that’s ill-equipped for the job.
An AI “Digital Twin” for the Performing Arts
In the evolving world of AI, marketing is moving from getting messages out to engaging in dialog with the consumer. Messages get lost in the Sea of Messages. Persuasion asks what you’re interested in first and engages you in opportunities.
The Great Renegotiation: Five Ideas about where Culture is going in 2026
If 2025 is the year that 20th Century culture models stopped working, 2026 is the year we turn to building something new.