Hundreds of freelancers anxious about intellectual property ownership are objecting to a new Wall Street Journal contract and are withholding their services. "It is perhaps the most unified and the most angry I have ever seen the photojournalism community, and may be a bellwether for the visual-media industry," noted freelancer Daniella Zalcman at the Columbia Journalism Review. Zalcman pointed to "change in the ownership terms for images produced on assignment and language that allowed the Journal to sublicense images with no restrictions and no exclusion for companies developing AI technologies."

  The big news from the Whitney Biennial this week is that Pat Oleszko, the 79-year-old performance artist who repeatedly crashed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in the ‘70s, has taken home the 2026 Bucksbaum Award. This comes as a surprise to many in the media, who note that the award of $100,000 has generally served to elevate mid-career names—or sometimes a newly minted breakthrough artist. This year the jury unanimously voted to celebrate a half-century ...