Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How Misinformation Infects A Community
Social connections establish pathways of influence that can facilitate the spread of germs, mental illness and even behaviors. We can be profoundly influenced by...
Republicans Propose Big Cuts To NEA, NEH, Kennedy Center Budgets
House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee recommended 35 percent cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)...
Jacob’s Pillow Gets A New Modern Addition
It is unmistakably a work of contemporary architecture, a radical departure for Jacob’s Pillow. As such, it must be judged not only on how...
US Senate Votes To Kill Funding For Public Broadcasting
The measure, known formally as a “rescission package,” is a request from President Donald Trump to take back $9 billion in funds that Congress...
What The UK’s Redesigned Money Will Say About Its People
The invitation to contribute to the redesign will therefore show two things. It will tell us how the country sees itself. It will also...
Why The Nazis Stole A Piece Of The Bayeux Tapestry
Nazi interest in the Bayeux tapestry may seem surprising to British people, where the tapestry is considered a symbol of a singularly significant moment...
How TikTok Is Changing The Ways We Communicate
Because we’re social creatures, your recommendation page will pressure you to watch or participate in these trends, so you can feel caught up on...
When Condé Nast Was Fat And Sassy (And Really Successful)
What these editors have in common more than some Horatio-Alger-with-a-pica-ruler climb is that they were good at their jobs. They had strong visions and...
Four Smithsonian Museums Shut For Days Because Of HVAC Issues
The Hirshhorn, Asian Art, African Art and American Indian museums have been closed for about three days. - WTOP
The Kinds Of Books You Want To Read Over And Over
There are certain books where even if you’ve already solved the murder, even if you already know how it’s all going to turn out,...
AI-Powered Robots Are Carving Sculpture From Stone. They Might Soon Be Changing The Way...
The 2-year-old company is turning this aging warehouse into a modern stonecutting factory capable of quickly producing highly detailed decorative facades, museum-grade marble sculptures,...
France’s Art Galleries Are Under Stress As The Market Changes
“We’re having trouble attracting young people, whereas in other countries, like China, buyers are on average in their thirties,” Magda Danysz, vice president of...
Public Broadcasting’s Last Ditch Efforts To Save Public Funding
Congress is expected to vote on that proposal, known as a rescission request, by the end of the week. If approved, it would end...
Mark Morris After 45 Years
Morris’s dance impulse is still very much alive. “We’re far from that time, 40 years ago, when it was a group of my peers,”...
Poll: Public Broadcasting Is Overwhelmingly Popular With The American Public
Over half of Republicans (58%) and three-quarters of Democrats (77%) support federal funding for public radio. And 59% of Republicans and 76% of Democrats...
AI Companions Are Getting Really Good. But We Lose Something Creatively Important
Solitude is the engine of independent thought—a usual precondition for real creativity. It gives us a chance to commune with nature, or, if we’re...
NYTimes Removes Four Longtime Critics From Their Beats
The quartet of Times critics — television critic Margaret Lyons, music critic Jon Pareles, theater critic Jesse Green and classical music critic Zach Woolfe...
How Italian Towns Selling Houses For €1 Changes Culture
The campaigns seemed to me to have been largely successful – some towns had sold all their listed properties. By attracting international buyers to...
Rethinking Origins Of The Blues
What is original, real, and distinctive about black Southern culture is still often distorted or dismissed as primitive. And that is true not only...
An Ancient City Off The Coast Of Italy Re-emerges From The Sea
For centuries, Aenaria had existed somewhere between history and myth. Today, its rediscovery is reshaping Ischia's story – and offering travellers the rare chance each...
Why Putting Tariffs On Foreign Films Is An Idiotic Idea
The tariff idea arises from the worldview that treats international exchange as a threat — and cultural expression as just another import to tax....
The Frustrations Of Advocating For The Arts
Advocacy emerges from discontent. In the arts, it’s often borne of witnessing creative practice undervalued, institutions destabilised and public funding eroded. These grievances are...
Why We Choose To Ignore Useful Information Right In Front Of Us
If the saying ‘knowledge is power’ is true, then most people hold an indefinite amount of power in their pockets. And, in this light,...
Recent Rulings On AI And Copyright Leave The Issue More Confused Than Ever
On certain key points, the two judges disagreed with each other—so thoroughly, in fact, that one legal scholar observed that the judges had “totally...
Artnet Staff: Our Favorite Art Books Of All Time
The books that made impressions on people who care about art. - Artnet
