Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Indiana Legislature Passes Bill That Could Slash Hundreds Of University Degree Programs
More than half of the bachelor's degrees offered at Indiana's public colleges and universities could be eliminated under an eleventh-hour provision slipped into the...
Edinburgh Fringe Loses Major Sponsor, Seeks City Help
No new sponsor has been found for the Fringe to replace Johnnie Walker, Fringe chiefs have admitted, as they draw up plans to demand...
Survey Of Tech At Non-Profits: Haves and Have-Nots
The findings reveal a sector at a crossroads, where organizations that can afford to modernize are pulling ahead, while those that can’t fear being...
Trump Asks Congress To Cancel Funding For Public Broadcasting
The proposal, sent to lawmakers by White House budget director and key policy architect Russell Vought, asks Congress to “rescind,” or repeal, $8.3 billion...
Seattle International Film Festival Lays Off Twenty Percent Of Its Staff
“SIFF leadership has been addressing the need to cut expenses in an intensive way since the summer of 2024: reducing administrative costs and significantly...
The Lakota Project: Two Musical Traditions Come Together on the Plains of South Dakota
Classical institutions like to talk a big game about making social justice a part of their mission, but the South Dakota Symphony and the...
How a Giant 13-Ton Piece Of Public Art Was Rescued In Minneapolis
Inspired by the mid-20th-century discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, an ancient collection of biblical and historical writings, “Scroll” stood 27 feet high and...
McNulty: Here’s What Play Ought To Win The Tony This Year
There was a time not so long ago when the future of the Broadway play was in serious doubt. The threat hasn’t gone away,...
Meet The New Director Of Juilliard’s Dance Division
She was a member of the innovative Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and was among the last group of dancers to be trained by the...
Six Pianists Advance To Van Cliburn Finals
The Cliburn’s jury has selected the six players advancing to the final round of its competition in downtown Fort Worth June 3-7. - Fort...
Study: Your Brain Is Rewired When You Listen To Music
When you listen to a steady rhythm, your brain doesn’t just process it—it reconfigures itself in real time. A new study introduces FREQ-NESS, an...
Giant Music Labels Are Negotiating Licensing Deals With AI Music Generators
Music industry executives have expressed cautious optimism about AI technology while defending copyright protections. - Music Business Worldwide
Why Are So Many Music Festivals Dying?
This year, more than 40 festivals have already been canceled, according to one count.- CNN
Copyright Has Become A Puzzle In The AI Landscape
Such is the convoluted logic puzzle around AI and copyright that it seems no one can fully solve—where both sides have compelling, seemingly reasonable...
NEA Takes Back Pride Grant Awarded To Philadelphia Orchestra
“The Philadelphia Orchestra is a nonprofit organization that believes in the power of music to bring people together, create understanding, and speak to the...
The Practical Reason Trump’s New Sculpture Garden Won’t Happen
Artists, curators and critics who have reviewed the recent request for proposals have a more practical worry: America doesn’t have enough quality sculptors or museum-caliber foundries...
Disney Laying Off Hundreds Across Its Entertainment Divisions
The bulk of them are across divisions of Disney Entertainment, including marketing for both film and television as well as television publicity, casting and...
After Decades Of Defense Of The NEA, It’s Stunning To See It Brought Low
If it remains at all, it will be as a sham vehicle through which the administration will fund its favored projects, such as non-Equity...
Tourist Jumps Fence, Damages Terracotta Warriors In Xian
The tourist was visiting the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Xi’an, a city in western China that was the capital during several ancient dynasties, when...
What Henry James Knew About The Act Of Criticism
Criticism, done well, is performance. Criticism done best opens the lives of writers, as well as their literature. Henry James’ speech on Balzac (which...
Dana Gioia’s Memoir: Critique Or Pining For A Time That Has Passed?
Old men are entitled to a little nostalgia, and Gioia isn’t the only postwar culture hero looking to escape, to some extent, into the past....
Study: Americans Increasingly Get Their News From Sources They Don’t Trust
While Americans get news from social media, they often don’t see those sources as trustworthy. And while Democrats see most traditional news sources as...
Canadian Museums Facing Storage Crisis
Museums in Canada face several challenges to housing and preserving their collections, let alone displaying those items. And overcrowding is becoming a bigger issue, experts say,...
The Creative Industries’ “Napster Moment”?
If copyright protections were to be stripped away, then so begins the unraveling of the entire value proposition that union members past and present...
500 Broadway Artists Versus Patti LuPone
More than 500 Broadway artists are calling for "accountability, justice, and respect" after theater legend Patti LuPone received widespread pushback over recent comments she made about fellow...
