Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Shocker: Bog Iger Returns To Run Disney
“I am deeply honored to be asked to again lead this remarkable team, with a clear mission focused on creative excellence to inspire generations...
Why We Should Read Old Books
The great books are great because they speak to us, generation after generation. They are things of beauty, joys forever — most of the...
Elon-Twitter Is Melting Down. Time To Fly The Coop To… Tumblr?
For those disgusted or confused by Musk’s antics, there is an alternative: Just go back to Tumblr, where the antics are better. - The...
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Calls On Other Theatres To Protect Artists And Artistic Mission
The Victory Gardens crisis was unsettling enough to spark conversations among board members at other nonprofit theaters, worried about the message sent to artists...
Beneficiaries Of The UK’s Arts Funding Readjustments?
Disabled people often face barriers in the arts world, and this funding will help the organisation in supporting creatives at all levels, including those...
The Luxury Of Believing That Nothing Is True (Tired Yet?)
Thinking that some things are true would no longer be an unquestioned assumption: we would understand why we ought to think that some things are true....
Dancer Has Leg Amputated, Then Carries On Dancing
"After my amputation, it's kind of the same way. I don't look the same as other 21-year-olds my age, but I can still make...
New AI Tools Are Changing How We Think About Images
Our machines have crossed a threshold. All our lives, we have been reassured that computers were incapable of being truly creative. Yet, suddenly, millions...
One More Reason To Hate TicketMaster: Site Shuts Down After Being Swamped By Taylor...
Millions of fans were locked out. In a later deleted blog post published by Ticketmaster on Thursday, the company said that 3.5 million people registered for...
Gentle Ukrainian Film Critic, Become Soldier, Become Vivid Chronicler Of A War
War has always provoked remarkable writing. Anton Filatov’s blog posts on Facebook are a 21st-century version of this, and they have gained him a...
We’ve Reduced Communication To Stories (And That’s A Problem)
There is a growing trend in American culture of what the literary theorist Peter Brooks calls “storification.” We’ve relied too heavily on storytelling conventions...
The Vietnam Memorial Changed The Way We Think About Monuments. Subsequent Memorials Didn’t Follow
It was the most consequential monument of the 20th century, and it reinvigorated the making of monuments and memorials in Washington. And yet, despite...
Inside The Museum Of Broadway
“Through the history on the timeline, we have tried to show the idea of Broadway’s consciousness and American consciousness. The issues are all there,...
Was Classical Music’s Racial Awakening A Mirage?
Performing arts spaces must be saturated with music by diverse composers and performers, but we cannot do this in a performative way. - I Care...
Joan Didion’s Estate Auction (Sunglasses for $27,000?)
Among the 224 items up for grabs, both the photograph (a 1968 portrait of Didion by Julian Wasser) and the table (an oak desk...
Analyzing How Visitors See Cultural Heritage Sites Through Their Social Media Posts
Tourists have often registered their experience by posting reviews, photographs, and comments on social media. Such data offer an unprecedented, though particular, view of...
Qatar’s Feast Of New Architecture Awaits The World Cup
Since winning the bid to host the World Cup in 2010, the Gulf state has focused on transforming itself into "a beacon of art and...
This Year’s Grammy Nominees
The 65th GRAMMY Awards, will air live on Sunday, Feb. 5, from Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena. - Grammy.com
Report: Younger Americans Are Listening To Less Music, More Podcasts
While the share of Americans listening to spoken word audio increased across all age groups, it increased the most for those ages 13 to...
Art Basel Miami Ramps Up The Security
Art Basel Miami is the annual neon orgy of high-octane contemporary art, endless wealth, and celebrity bacchanalia where the art world’s most prominent high...
As It Turns 100, More Need For The BBC Than Ever
Is this the beginning of the end for BBC radio? The history of the medium provides some answers about the role radio still plays...
How AI Is Being Used In Creative Work
AI-generated content can be of higher quality than content created by humans, due to the fact that AI models are able to learn from...
Being A Writer Of Books In A Shrinking Market
Most books don’t succeed either in terms of sales or critical unanimity. Most writers don’t earn a living wage from their writing. Tenure-track appointments...
Can We Be Done With The Idea Of Longtermism?
Longtermism is a technocratic dream that purports to give some of the wealthiest people in the world the ability to plan the far future...
Historian Picked To Lead Courtauld Institute
Curator and art historian Mark Hallett has been named as the next director of London’s Courtauld of Institute Art. He will succeed Deborah Swallow,...
