Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Here Are Some Of Today’s Most Innovative Music Companies
As music and tech become more and more intrinsically linked, a crop of companies are focused on the role of AI in the industry....
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Director Jumps To Lincoln Center
Maria Manuela Goyanes is heading to New York’s Lincoln Center Theater, where she will be artistic director of LCT3, a black-box space devoted to...
100M Americans Now Pay For Streaming Music (But Growth In Subscriptions Has Slowed)
The RIAA reported that U.S. recorded revenue grew to $17.7 billion, an all-time high, while vinyl sales stayed strong, growing to $1.4 billion in...
Does Sleeping On An Idea Help Creativity?
Scientists are finding experimental evidence that supports what Edison and Dalí knew all along — that the transition between wakefulness and sleep is a...
Art Advisor Lisa Schiff Sentenced To 2.5 Years In Prison For Art Fraud
Authorities say that Schiff defrauded clients of her art advisory business out of roughly $6.5 million in connection with the purchase and sale of...
AI Is Upending Art Authentication
AI’s objective analysis has thrown a wrench into this traditional hierarchy. If an algorithm can determine the authorship of an artwork with statistical probability,...
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation seeks Vice President of Community Impact
Position Summary
The Vice President of Community Impact (Vice President) at NACF is a pivotal leader who combines strong program management with strategic planning skills....
The New Soap Operas — Told In 60-Second Chunks
They are called micro dramas — vertically filmed, under minute-long clips that together are often movie-length soap operas. But instead of waiting weeks to find out,...
Should The Getty Think About Moving?
In the fires’ aftermath, an unexpected but fittingly inconceivable thought came to mind. I found myself wondering: Should the Getty move? Should the Villa,...
Tate Museums, Citing Deficits, Cuts Seven Percent Of Staff
Approximately 40 roles have been impacted by the cutbacks, made through voluntary exits and hiring freezes. - Hyperallergic
AI And Writing: Looking Beyond Whether It’s Cheating
As a history and literature concentrator, most of my humanities courses strictly prohibit generative AI, viewing it as a shortcut that undermines learning. But...
Understanding AI: What’s The There There
Such is the prism of our information environment that AI discourse has become nearly as polarized as politics. Online influencers have sorted themselves into...
Seattle Cornish College of the Arts, Acquired By University, Lays Off Staff And Faculty
While officials presented the move — which comes amid a larger trend of consolidation in higher learning — as a way to ensure Cornish’s...
Idaho Teacher Ordered To Remove “Everyone is Welcome Here” Poster From Classroom
West Ada School District administrators stood firm on their statement that the sign — which displays an array of hands with different skin tones,...
Publisher Sold, Leaving Writers Wondering If They’ll Get Paid
The unique selling point of the publisher, launched in 2011 by QI researchers John Mitchinson and Justin Pollard, and Crap Towns author Dan Kieran,...
The New Yorker Parts Ways With Its Art Critic
Jackson Arn, who joined the magazine in 2023, was accused of making inappropriate overtures to some of the attendees and appeared intoxicated at the...
Inside Trump’s Meetings At The Kennedy Center (Unions? What Are They?)
"Somebody replied that, in a break with the past, the center would be doing some shows not affiliated with Actors’ Equity, the union representing...
To Use A Movie Intimacy Coordinator (Or Not)
Some professionals say the decision of whether to use an intimacy co-ordinator should rest with more people. - CBC
The UK Is Losing About 40 Libraries A Year
According to those who depend on them, local libraries are far more than a repository of books - they are community focal points and,...
Graydon Carter And The Golden Age Of Magazines
The truism has it that most great New York magazine editors come from away—from the West or the Midwest or across the Atlantic—and arrive...
We Worry To Much About Misinformation At The Expense Of Focusing On What’s True
There are two errors we must avoid if we want to get closer to the truth: we shouldn’t believe things that are false, and...
Italian Newspaper Publishes First All-AI Generated Edition
The initiative by Il Foglio, a conservative liberal daily, is part of a month-long journalistic experiment aimed at showing the impact AI technology has...
Why Beckett Is Perennially Relevant (But Especially Now)
Beckett is perennially timely because his works concern themselves with those eternal questions that the political emergencies of the day cannot override. Even as...
Fast Company’s List Of 2025’s Most Innovative Architects
Innovation doesn’t have to mean reinventing the wheel: Often it just means making it better, more relevant, and a lot easier to use. -...
Trump Tours Kennedy Center, Declares It Substandard, Vows To Fix It
“It’s in tremendous disrepair, as is a lot of the rest of our country, most of it because of bad management,” Trump told reporters...
