Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Scrappy Melville House Publishes Jack Smith Reports
Founder Dennis Johnson said such “crash publishing” required hard work and help from printers, retailers and more. But the Jack Smith Report, he said,...
What’s Your Writing Worth To An AI Company?
“They’re trying to establish the idea that the rights to train on books are worth $5,000. You can’t do that by going to the...
Trump Seizes Control Of The Kennedy Center
Trump plans to announce the dismissal of multiple members of the Kennedy Center board as soon as today, a group likely to include recent...
How Machines Have Supported Creativity. A History
David Hajdu strives to refute the ages-old criticism that art made with machines is cold, soulless and artificial. In fact, he argues, machines have...
India’s Giving Few Details On The World’s Largest Museum It’s Building
While India’s grandest state museum project of the 21st century forges ahead, crucial details remain unknown to both the public, as well as some...
How The Trump Administration Is Impacting Artists And Arts Institutions
These changes won’t necessarily stop artists from making work or museums and galleries from showing work, but they could be forced to rethink how...
David Hare: London’s National Theatre’s Retreat From Repertory Is Diminishing Culture
Funding cuts and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have pushed the venue towards fewer plays with extended runs, often featuring a high-profile name...
Why Are Arts Workers Who Make Things Work Not More Appreciated?
According to the report, employee confidence is low (scoring 51.2 out of 100), reflecting “growing concerns about job security and advancement opportunities”. Hence around...
The Tortured History Depicted In “The Brutalist”
Pointing out its solecisms and caricatures is also a way of trying to find something concrete to hold on to in this gas giant...
Emergency Action: Brooklyn Museum To Cut Ten Percent Of Staff
In addition to the layoffs, officials said that senior leadership will take salary cuts of 10 to 20 percent; the annual number of exhibitions...
UK Artists Had High Hopes For New Arts Policy From Labour Government. What Happened?
"There is no sense that Labour has yet grasped the delicate interconnected forces that underpin the arts. It is not OK to shove everything...
France Slashes Its Culture Budget
The embattled French prime minister, François Bayrou, is struggling to limit the budget deficit to 5.4% of GDP this year. Museums and cultural heritage...
Time To Start Charging Admission At UK Museums?
"We charge tourists to visit Westminster Abbey, a West End musical or the National Theatre. What’s so different, morally or culturally, about charging for...
Six Reasons I’m Giving Up On Vinyl And Going Back To CDs
If vinyl is supposed to be the best-sounding format, then why are so many modern pressings disappointing right out of the sleeve? Many modern records...
What’s The Real Story About Vinyl Records’ Comeback?
Realize that some of the statistics you’ll see online are nonsense, and vinyl sales are likely much bigger than the announced estimates. Ignore the...
As New York’s Larger Galleries Struggle, There’s A Surge In New Small Galleries
A range of tiny galleries have opened in Downtown New York since the onset of Covid, filling basement spaces, dingy storefronts, and one-room units...
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum Roils Canadian Film Industry
Trump’s 25 percent tariffs threat, while paused for 30 days, has left uncertainty looming over a domestic film and TV production sector inextricably tied...
Louisiana Court Ruling on Copyright Termination Stirs Chaos In International Copyright System
The court concluded that a termination under US law applies globally – or, at least, in all the countries that participate in the Berne Convention,...
Architects’ Growth Business: Data Centers
It’s a subset of the architecture business that has surged in recent years. During the Covid pandemic, the demand for cloud-based online services from...
How Bluetooth Speakers Have Ruined Music
How we listen has shrunk. Not in every instance, but often enough to be worthy of attention. The culprit is the single speaker—as opposed...
Musk Attacks Wikipedia
Musk’s latest attack—“Defund Wikipedia until balance is restored!” he posted on X last month—coincided with an update to his own Wikipedia page, one that described the Sieg...
New Orleans’ Superdome As Cultural Icon
The building has welcomed Mardi Gras parades, graduations, the Republican National Convention and Pope John Paul II. In the words of Doug Thornton, its...
US Opens Investigation Of Shen Yun
The investigation is being overseen by the United States Department of Homeland Security and the State Department, as well as federal prosecutors in Manhattan....
Trump Disbands President’s Council On Arts And Humanities
The announcement comes as the Trump administration dismantles diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives across federal agencies, including museums. - Hyperallergic
Boycotts Aplenty! Giller Prize Cuts Ties With Lead Sponsor Over Protests
The Giller Foundation, which administers Canada's richest fiction prize, said its 20-year relationship with Scotiabank ended Monday. But organizers of the No Arms in...
