Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Study: Using AI Doesn’t Reduce Work, It Intensifies It
In an eight-month study of how generative AI changed work habits at a U.S.-based technology company with about 200 employees, we found that employees...
France’s “Inalienable” Problem In Repatriating Museum Art
The principle is currently set out in two French legal codes, including the Heritage Code, which applies to public museum collections. Under the principle, nothing...
How Sundance’s Move To Boulder Could Reinvent The Festival
Sundance’s move to Boulder is coinciding with a fortuitous moment in the specialty film space, with an uptick in post-pandemic interest from younger moviegoers....
Paramount Sweetens Its Offer To Buy Warner
On Tuesday, the Skydance-owned company said it would pay Warner shareholders an added “ticking fee” if its deal doesn’t go through by the end...
Report: Trump “Obsessed” With Kennedy Center Makeover
Overhauling the Kennedy Center has become a fixation for Trump—and no detail is too small for the real-estate-developer-turned-president. - The Wall Street Journal
France’s Le Pen Planning Makeover Of French Arts Scene
Marine Le Pen’s party is concocting plans to replace a vital, vibrant arts scene with a retrograde movement that would glorify the country’s past....
A New Iron Curtain Between Russian And American Dance
A new iron curtain now separates American dance and Russian dance, bringing an abrupt end to a rich dialogue that spanned centuries. Swan Lake and The Nutcracker,...
LACMA’s New Galleries To Open April 19
That Sunday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will kick off two weeks of priority member access to the galleries, with general admission beginning May 4. -...
How Washington National Opera Left The Kennedy Center
“It has nothing to do with the name change. It is strictly dollars and cents, and the Kennedy Center’s inability to understand the economics...
Can English National Opera’s New Leader Revive The Company’s Fortunes?
“I like this construction of London and Manchester,” he tells me, at the Coliseum. “And I like the spirit of pioneering, of becoming an opera...
If I Can Write A Novel In A Day With AI And It Takes...
Through Hart’s teaching business, Plot Prose, she’s working on a proprietary piece of software that can “generate a book based on an outline in less...
Report: Enrollment At Australian Art Schools Has Plummeted
New research published in the Australian Journal of Education this week found fewer students in high school and university were choosing to study the creative...
A Campaign To Prohibit UK Police From Using Lyrics As Evidence In Court
Campaign groups want a change to the victims and courts bill, which is currently making its way through parliament, to stop police from being...
The Enormous Power Of Small Book Shops
How, against all odds, has City Lights managed to remain a vital symbol of literary dissent and free speech? How, after more than seventy...
Hollywood Unions Begin New Contract Negotiations
The sides will be negotiating in a Hollywood far different from 2023. Production has slowed significantly industrywide, as many entertainment companies struggle to adjust...
Indians Don’t Buy Books. So Why Do They Have So Many Literary Festivals?
If most middle-class homes are devoid of book-- if you can sit in an airport departure lounge or train all day and not see...
A Worldwide Shortage Of Tenors?
When men do join singing groups, they often avoid the tenor section. The tenor voice is “a cultivated sound”, says John Potter, author of...
Report: Canadian Artists Have Multiple Jobs
One in every 10 employees in the arts, culture, and heritage had multiple jobs in 2025, compared with just 5.6% of all Canadian employees....
We’re Not Ready For The Ways AI Will Disrupt Jobs
The immediate risk to employment may not be AI itself, but the way companies, seduced by its promise, overinvest before they understand what it...
Let’s End The Justification Impulse: Art Is Water
Art has inherent value, and public and private investment in the arts should not require a strong demand for continuous justification. The social benefits...
How Artists Collaborating With Scientists Can Make The Message Sing
Research shows that emotion, storytelling and “intergenerational influence” – ideas flowing from children to adults – can outperform dry facts alone. Throughout that previous...
Justice Department Investigating Netflix’s Business Practices
The Justice Department is investigating whether Netflix has engaged in anticompetitive tactics as it probes the streaming giant’s proposed acquisition of Warner Discovery’s studios and...
Bedoya: The Imagination Of Democracy
We already carry muscle memory: voting, organizing for fairness and equity, creating the beauty of art expressed in what we share between us —...
Spotify Adds Physical Books To Its Service
The tech platform is launching Page Match, a tool that will allow readers to scan a page of a printed or e-book using their...
Longtime Musician: The Music Industry Is Broken
I’ve spent roughly 20 years in the Australian extreme metal scene – clubs, festivals, support slots with bands like Napalm Death, Psycroptic and Gorguts...
