MOST RECENT AJBLOGS

Adrian Rodriguez talks about the importance of young people in the arts

- Aaron Dworkin

Charming Landscape Sketches

- Jan Herman

Will Europeans Curate Our Receding Cultural Past?

- Joe Horowitz

Neil Barclay talks about the evolving landscape for BIPOC organizations

- Aaron Dworkin

Combating American Isolationism with Cultural Diplomacy

- Joe Horowitz


 

DANCE

The Struggle For Pregnancy Protections And Parental Leave In The Ballet World

- Elle

Japan Has A Big Ballet-Fan Community. Now It’s Working On Homegrown Ballet.

- Financial Times

Training A New Generation Of Dancers For A Different Kind Of Career

- ArtsATL

Doris Duke Theater At Jacob’s Pillow, Literally Risen From Ashes, Is Now One Of World’s Highest-Tech Dance Venues

- The New York Times

India’s Most Progressive State Is Arguing Over Zumba Classes

- BBC

Can Japan Build A National Fandom Around Home-Grown Ballet?

- Financial Times

IDEAS

How Ancient Water Clocks Changed Our Notions Of Time

- Aeon

How Leisure Became Digital

- The Walrus

How Did Our Notion Of School Get Locked Into A Rigid Model?

- Asterisk

What We’re Learning About Creativity From AI

- Quanta

What If Getting Better Is a Con?

- Plough

What If Efficiency Doesn’t Make Us Better?

- The New York Times

Google’s AI Summaries Of Recipes Are Going Away

- Nieman Lab

We Have To Trick Our Brains To Align Short-Term Fun With Long-Term Achievements

- The New York Times



 

ISSUES

The BBC Fired A Presenter After Tons Of Allegations, But What Happens To The Show’s Unaired New Season?

- BBC

Oakland Eliminates Its Top Arts Manager Position

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)

How Trump’s BBBill Will Impact Non-Profits

- Chronicle of Philanthropy

Creative Tree Of The Year?

- The Guardian

Kyoto’s Overtourism Problem May Be Even Worse Than Amsterdam’s Or Barcelona’s

- New York Magazine

Turns Out It’s Hard To Convict A Celebrity In A #MeToo Criminal Case

- The Hollywood Reporter

Another Ohio County May Use Cigarette Taxes To Fund The Arts

- Akron Beacon Journal (Yahoo!)

Trump Administration Threatens Harvard Accreditation

- The Wall Street Journal

How Journalism Is Using AI

- CJR

Missouri Governor Vetos Arts Funding

- KCUR

California Legislators Save State Fund For Boosting Pay At Small Arts Orgs

- KQED (San Francisco)

Well, At Least New Hampshire’s Arts Funding Budget Is More Than $1

- WMUR (Manchester, NH)

Trump White House Objects To Display At Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

- ARTnews

Edinburgh Festivals Struggle To Attract Corporate Sponsors After Baillie Gifford Boycotts

- Financial Times



 

MEDIA

In A Tough Hollywood Job Market, YouTube And Other Social Media Provide Aa Rare Bright Spot

- Anonymous

How Slow-Motion Became The Movies’ Go-To Effect

- The New Republic

Afghan Seen In Documentary “Retrograde” Was Killed By Taliban; His Family Sues Filmmakers

- The Hollywood Reporter

How Websites Are Coping With The Collapse In Referred Traffic

- New York Magazine (MSN)

HBO Returns, Conceding Its Brand Change Was A Colossal Blunder

- Los Angeles Times

YouTube Is Being Overwhelmed By AI Slop. So Some New Creator Rules…

- Fast Company

Actors Unions Approve New Video Game Contract, Ending Strike

- Deadline

Trump-Announced TikTok Sale Raises Questions

- The Hollywood Reporter

Now That Trump’s “60 Minutes” Lawsuit Is Settled, Can Paramount Go Ahead And Sell Itself To Skydance? Um, Probably?

- Variety

SAG-AFTRA Formally Ends Its Video Games Strike

- The Hollywood Reporter



 

MUSIC

How Is Winnipeg’s Music Festival Thriving While Other Events Are In Deep Trouble?

- CBC

The Multitude Of Ways Trump Is Preventing Musicians From Other Countries Getting To The US

- Seattle Times

Gilberto Gil, Giant Of Brazilian Music, Has Retired From Live Performance

- The New York Times

How The Grateful Dead Made Live Music Sound Great At Concerts

- The Atlantic

The Company Making Big Operas Work In A Small Theater

- The New York Times

Barcelona’s Opera House Names Jonathan Nott Its Next Music Director

- Moto Perpetuo

Music Industry Projections For The Next Seven Years

- Music Industry Blog

Universal Music VP On Copyright, Creativity, And AI

- Music Business Worldwide

Curtis Institute Of Music’s Newest Building Severely Damaged In Fire

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Owain Park Of The Gesualdo Six Named Next Chief Conductor Of BBC Singers

- BBC Music Magazine

Opera’s Colorful History Of Translation

- Nightingale Sonata

La Scala’s New Rule: No Beach Wear

- The Guardian

3000-Year-Old Babylon Hymn Deciphered By AI

- Artnet

The Rehabilitation Of Valery Gergiev Begins? (Maybe Not)

- Moto Perpetuo

Why A Labor Movement For Musicians Is So Difficult

- The Baffler

Stravinsky’s Arrangement Of The Star-Spangled Banner Alarmed The Boston Police

- Open Culture



 

PEOPLE

Eric Idle, Embarking On A Post-Cancer Tour Of The UK, Has Some Choice Words For The US

- The Guardian (UK)

Did Shakespeare Really Smoke Weed? The Answer Is Yes.

- Literary Hub

Scrappy Indie Publisher John Martin, 94

- The New York Times

My Nightmare Job Taking Care Of Patricia Highsmith

- The Yale Review

Paul Libin, For 67 Years One Of New York Theater’s Leading Producers, Is Dead At 94

- Deadline

Peter Sellars And A Life Wrapped In Art

- The New York Times

Richard Greenberg, Tony-Winning Playwright of “Take Me Out,” Has Died At 67

- The Washington Post (MSN)

Jim Shooter, Dead At 73, Editor Who Saved Marvel Comics (And Arguably The Entire Industry)

- The New York Times (The Spokesman-Review)

Don’t Expect A Michael Douglas Comeback

- The Guardian (UK)

Carla Maxwell, Who Figured Out How To Keep Modern Dance Companies Going, Has Died At 79

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

The Avignon Festival Copes With Ever-Increasing Temperatures

- The New York Times

Bay Area Theatres Are Folding. The Theatre Landscape Is Collapsing

- KQED

Oscar Wilde’s Forgotten Play About Russian Revolutionaries

- The Guardian

Abrupt Leadership Change At Minneapolis’ History Museum

- The Star-Tribune (MSN)

Disgraced Producer Scott Rudin’s Return To Broadway Is Set

- The Hollywood Reporter



 

VISUAL

A Washington Post Art Critic Does Seven Midwestern Museums In Five Days, Returns With Ideas

- Washington Post

Does It Matter if That Art You Liked Was Fake?

- The Guardian

The Bayeux Tapestry Was Too Fragile To Move. So Now It’s Visiting England? What Changed?

- The Guardian

Casing The Joint: Homeland Security Descends On Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts

- Artnet

Remember The Collective That Sold Pieces Of A Damien Hirst Painting Dot By Dot? Look At What They’re Up To Now.

- ARTnews

Museums Are Rethinking The Environmental Costs Of Collection Climate Controls

- The Art Newspaper

Gen Zers Are Flocking To NYC Art Schools

- Gothamist

Is A Deal At Hand To Return The Parthenon Marbles? Britain’s Right Wing Sure Thinks So.

- The Guardian

Is The Summer Group Show Disappearing From Art Galleries? No, But …

- ARTnews

Roadshow: America’s Midwest Art Museums

- Washington Post

The Bayeux Tapestry To Return To UK – First Time In 1000 Years

- The Conversation

Abu Dhabi’s Enormous National Museum Will Open This December

- The Art Newspaper

Trends In Painting In A Hyper-Imaged Culture

- Artnet

Third Year Of A Slumping Art Market

- The Art Newspaper

After Centuries Of Neglect, One Of Fra Angelico’s Earliest Frescoes Has Been Restored

- Artnet

For The First Time In Over 900 Years, The Bayeux Tapestry Will Be Seen In England

- AP

The Art Of Protesting Amnesty For The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists

- The Guardian

Barcelona’s Museum Of Forbidden Art Closes After Protests

- Artdependence



 

WORDS

When A Writer Becomes A Bestseller, She Longs Never To Be Recognized In Public

- The New York Times

Famous Art Detective Arthur Brand Recovers Stolen Documents So Historic That They’re UNESCO-Listed

- France 24

Does America Really Have A Youth Literacy Crisis?

- Vox

Australia’s New Funding Body For Literature And Writers: What Will It Actually Be Doing?

- ArtsHub (Australia)

Training AI To Transcribe Cursive (Because So Many Younger Americans Can’t Read It)

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

US Print Book Sales Fell Slightly In First Half Of 2025

- Publishers Weekly

The Radical 1960s Language Experiment That Left Students Unable To Spell

- The Guardian

No Translation? No Problem

- LitHub

What Human Audiobook Narrators Think About The Rise Of AI

- The Guardian (UK)

Reading Aloud To Each Other Isn’t Just For Little Kids

- Slate

Summer Reading, By NPR

- NPR