Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Mass Resignations Of Documenta Selection Committee: “No Room For Ideas”
“In the current circumstances we do not believe that there is a space in Germany for an open exchange of ideas and the development...
Matias Tarnopolsky: Why Cultural Diplomacy Is Important
"It may seem naïve to argue that a symphony orchestra can help solve the world’s problems. But a lifetime in music has convinced me...
Can This Enormous Music Archive Be Saved?
The Arc preserves copies of every recording in all known formats. It has electronically catalogued more than 400,000 sound recordings and digitised 200,000 with the...
Newest-Gen Versions Of AI Image Creators Upend Everything
With the advent of AI image synthesis, it's looking increasingly like the future of media creation for many will come through the aid of...
Seattle Indie Radio Phenom KEXP Buys San Francisco Station
KEXP has purchased San Francisco’s KREV 92.7 radio station, and pending FCC approval, “will be taking full ownership and operation” of the station “within...
Why Spoilers Don’t Really Spoil Your Favorite Shows Or Books
In a series of psychological experiments published in 2011, researchers in California found that knowing the end of a story did not diminish readers’ enjoyment. In...
Comparing The 233 Surviving Copies Of Shakespeare’s First Folio (Fascinating Differences)
None of the folios were identical; sometimes a letter or word would be different, evidence of the typesetter at William Jaggard’s London printshop tinkering...
Obsolete? Schools Are Getting Rid Of Their Librarians (But Here’s What’s Being Lost)
Some K-12 decision makers perceive school librarians as little more than quaint remnants of a bygone era. And if the number of our nation's...
African Art Is Prospering, Powered By Social Media
Today, for the booming young population of Africa and its diaspora, the relationship is more direct. There’s a reciprocity of inspiration, fueled by a multitude of...
Why Is New Zealand’s Creative Economy Growing Faster Than National GDP?
"It’s heartening to see the strong GDP growth in the arts and creative sector over the past year despite the ongoing challenges from the...
Learning From Dancing Robots
Choreography is a way to start conversations about how bodies make meaning, whose bodies matter, how bodies interface with technologies. Dance is a way...
Want To Understand The Media Revolution? Take a Look At This 2018 Story About...
With all its decades of episodes, well-known characters, and worldwide brand recognition, Sesame Street has more than 5 billion views on YouTube. That’s impressive, but ChuChu...
What The Vegas Sphere Says About Our Relationship With Art
The Sphere is a distillation of an evolving relationship among art, artist, and technology—somewhere between a warm embrace of and a final surrender to...
But Tattooing A Scannable Barcode Of Your Favorite Song On Spotify Seemed Like Such...
A growing cadre of music fans have joined the Spotify tattoo craze as a conversation starter or a way to commemorate sentimental favorites like...
He Thought He Had Stumbled Into Owning A Chuck Close Painting. Then He Tried...
The auctioneer started the bidding at $40,000. Mr. Herman perked up. The camera crew leaned in. Then: crickets. By 1:32, with no live bids,...
I’m A Teacher. How I Went From Fighting AI To Using It To Help...
Redesigning assignments to force students to go back and critique, fact-check, and evaluate AI tools may also give them pause the next time they...
After Criticism, New Zealand Arts Funder Creates New Funding Model
After conceding the heavily criticised Arts Grants and Annual Arts Grants models (as well as the universally unpopular application cap structure) were no longer...
Why Logic Won’t Save You
Except for a few special cases, logic can’t tell you whether the premises or conclusion of an argument are true. - Aeon
National Book Awards Loses Sponsors Over Speech Fears
Rumors that authors would take a stand regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict during the ceremony were flying in the days leading up to the event,...
Vandal Attacks National Gallery In DC
In an email, National Gallery spokesperson Anabeth Guthrie said a member of the climate activist group Declare Emergency vandalized a wall in the West...
OMG – Did Streaming Just Turn Into Cable TV?
You need to take a hard look at whether these offers are really a bargain or if this is the slippery slope to paying...
The “Robin Hood” Fund Embedded In The New Actors Contract With Studios
SAG president Fran Drescher wanted a fund over which SAG had broad discretion to redistribute money among its members. “She wanted her Robin Hood...
Problematic: Dismissing Ideas By Calling Them “Problematic”
In ordinary conversation, social media, and even mass-media and academic publications it has now become routine to come across the claim that such and...
South Coast Repertory Theatre Loses Its Leader After 44 Years
Paula Tomei is SCR’s first and only managing director, and she steered the Tony-winning institution through many years of growth, transformation and challenges. During...
Want To Know More About Dance? Here Are The Year’s Best Dance Books
Wendy Perron (and friends) take a look at the year's best dance books. - Wendy Perron