Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Yusef Cat Stevens Is Back. What Do We Think About That?
For devotees of Stevens’s classic material, it can feel as though he’s making amends for having walked away from his music all those years...
Blockbuster Hollywood Talent Deal: CAA To Buy ICM
Creative Artists Agency is acquiring its rival ICM Partners in a blockbuster deal that will consolidate the ranks of major Hollywood agencies as the representation industry...
Ban Critical Arguments About America’s History? It’s A Familiar Tactic
We found the same arguments used by anti-radical activists as they sought for years to ban from public schools and universities Howard Zinn’s best-selling...
Now Stabilized, Could Notre Dame Reopen In 2024?
“We’re officially saying that the cathedral is now saved, that it’s solid on its pillars, that its walls are solid, everything is holding together....
How Digitization Is Changing The Essence Of Collecting Culture
The collector is the only one who decides how to arrange her possessions, ordering books by author, title, theme, or even (unfortunately) color of...
A Tonys Ceremony Full Of Apprehension
What you had all night was a temporal mash-up: Broadway’s past jockeying for space with Broadway’s future — a future that at the moment...
That Punk Beethoven?
Who are the supposed punks of the classical music world? It seems that, for many commentators, any composer who went against the grain in...
The Battle For Good Sentences
A sentence might sound promising in your head but crumble during its translation to the page. It might get maimed when shaved or become...
Updating Books For The TikTok Era
Amazon’s Kindle Vella spotlights the growing market for episodic stories, designed for mobile devices, unfolding as larger narratives over time. - GeekWire
Is Social Media Eroding Our Appreciation Of Art?
From influencing creation, curation and perception, there’s no denying social media is changing the way we experience art. It’s an effective tool for generating...
Looted Ancient Gilgamesh Tablet Returned To Iraq
The Oklahoma-based company Hobby Lobby—whose billionaire owner Steve Green founded the Museum of the Bible in 2018—purchased the tablet from Christie’s for nearly $2m...
Sundance Institute’s Head Of Indigenous Inclusion Reflects On 20 Years Of Programming
Bird Runningwater has built upon the organization’s foundations of Indigenous inclusion, helping to develop a pipeline of Indigenous creative talent and expand their cultural...
A Revolution In How/Why We Work
The moral structure of work is up for grabs. And with labor-friendly economic conditions, workers have little to lose by making creative demands on...
Newly Discovered Fossil Footprints Suggest Humans Were in North America 21,000 Years Ago
Until now, scientists believed humans travelled south into the Americas when this ice barrier began to melt – 16,500 years ago. But we have discovered ...
Kristy Edmunds Named New Director Of Mass MoCA
Edmunds has been a leading voice in the arts in Los Angeles, having steered CAP UCLA since 2011. - Los Angeles Times
What Social Media Needs To Learn From Traditional Media
Even if there were a dozen major social networks, each one would still need to deal with the content dilemmas plaguing the existing juggernauts....
Poetry: The New Digital Divide
Online discussion has created a new landscape for the consumption and production of poetry. To outsiders, there is either a swarm of names or...
Big Changes In Theatre During The Pandemic, Right? Well…
In many interviews I’ve included a simple question: Apart from a pandemic-necessitated lockdown and now a tentative reopening, have you actually seen change in...
Twitter As A Critical Medium?
I learned a lot about myself as a critic while live-tweeting, and a lot about criticism: about how and when opinions are formed, and...
Turnaround: Benin Artists Offer Contemporary Bronzes To British Museum
The Ahiamwen Guild of artists and bronze casters says it wants to change the terms of the debate by giving the British Museum contemporary...
New Metropolitan Opera Radio Host Named
Only the fifth person to serve in this capacity, Debra Lew Harder follows in the footsteps of former legendary voices of the Met, Milton...
French Pianist Colette Maze, 107, Releases Her Sixth Album
It's that humor, a sense of optimism and her beloved piano that have buttressed and comforted this centenarian through an often difficult life. Maze...
What’s Behind The Proliferation Of All Those Immersive Van Gogh Rooms?
At least five companies — including, controversially, one major museum — have stepped up with immersive exhibits based on the life and work of the famous...
Thirty Years Ago Nirvana Changed Seattle Music Forever
The album represents a moment in time when everything about Seattle culture changed. The very words “Seattle music” meant something different afterward, both in...
The Met Museum Is Selling Art To Raise Money. Should It?
As sloppy as AAMD’s new rule is, being born of a rattled, anxious moment, it’s clear who it’s intended to help, and it’s not...