Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How The Arab Spring Changed Arab Literature
Tied to both the 2011 revolution and, to a lesser extent, the 1952 military coup that reshaped Egyptian society, the works reflect the ways...
Looted Ancient Sculptures From Palmyra Returned To Syria
The sculptures dating from the second or third century were smuggled into Switzerland in 2009 or 2010, before the outbreak of the Syrian war....
Met Museum Gets $125 Million To Jumpstart Modern Wing
The gift represents an important leap forward for the Met project, which is now expected to cost about $500 million and calls for creating...
Australian PM Introduces New Laws To Unmask Online Trolls
"The online world should not be a wild west where bots and bigots and trolls and others are anonymously going around and can harm...
Dance Companies Rethink Asian Stereotypes In “Nutcracker”
The changes are the result of a yearslong effort by performers and activists to draw attention to Asian stereotypes in “Nutcracker.” - The New...
How The Guerilla Girls Got Their Groove
“We discovered early on that if you could make someone who disagreed with you laugh, then you had a hook inside their brain. Once...
This Year’s ArtBasel Stupid Art Trick: Cheetos Dust!
Because taping a goddamn banana to a wall was not enough, no, the art world needed to do something even more stupid involving food....
A Global Shortage Of Paint
The pandemic has created a labor shortage of plant workers and drivers that has clogged up supply chains in the face of rising demand...
Is Society Failing, Post-Pandemic?
Jill Lepore: Of course, there is such a thing as society. The question now is how the pandemic has changed it. Speculating about what...
Study: Year Into Pandemic, Audience Values Arts More
65% of respondents said they preferred in-person to online cultural activities. Only 9% favored online experiences, while a more significant 26% is defined as...
Art Basel Miami Returns – But Will Collectors?
As Art Basel returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center from Thursday through Saturday with 253 galleries from 36 countries and territories, it meets...
Toronto’s 127-Year-Old Massey Hall Gets A Massive Update
The goal of restoring a building, preserving its character while also updating it to suit today's needs, was a monumental task done under the...
Crowdfunders Raised $50 Million In Crypto To Buy A Copy Of The Constitution. Now,...
Returning that much money has been a tricky process, though. Backers have to manually request refunds, so even a week later, tens of millions...
When Each Of Us Is Turning Into An Investment Opportunity
Parallel shifts in culture and technology are forging a new paradigm. The rules around how we create and capture economic value are being rewritten,...
France Inducts Josephine Baker Into Its Pantheon
On Tuesday, a coffin carrying soils from the U.S., France and Monaco — places where Baker made her mark — will be deposited inside...
Ode To The Intimate Pleasures Of The Harpsichord
The piano is the instrument of expressive individualism; the harpsichord is the instrument of a vibrant, discursive life of the mind. It is the...
Grappling With The Enormity Of Losing Sondheim
Sondheim deserves a spot on playwriting’s Mt. Rushmore, for his contribution to the theater is as significant from a literary as it is from a...
Team Finds Ancient Iliad Mosaic 100 Miles North Of London
A decade on from uncovering the remains of King Richard III under a car park, the university’s archaeological team have unearthed a Roman mosaic...
Hollywood Celebs Are Starting Their Own Creative High Schools
With so many projects in production, “there’s an enormous amount of jobs in editing, in visual effects, in makeup and hair, that we can,...
The Man Trying To Fix DC’s Broken Arts Commission
It is one of the country’s leaders in funding — its $38 million is one of the nation’s largest per capita — but it...
An Artificial Reality Of Self-Improvement?
If computers gave each and every one of us a better way to gauge where to put our resources and energy and everyone of...
“Superstar” Actor Arrested In Connection With Jan. 6 Riot
James Beeks, who performs in Superstar under the stage name James T. Justis, is charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia with obstruction...
US Libraries See Surge In Demands To Ban Books
“Social media is amplifying local challenges and they’re going viral, but we’ve also been observing a number of organisations activating local members to go...
Filter Me This, Batman: Yassify Takes On Famous Images
To “yassify” something is to apply several beauty filters to a picture using FaceApp, an A.I. photo-editing application, until its subject — be that...
A Surge In Ballroom Dance In South America. But…
Latin America’s ballroom scene is relatively new. It started in 2013 when a group of dancers began hosting vogue battles in Brazil, and has...
