Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Idea Of “Timeless” Art Is Transitory
There was in the 19th century, a growing feeling that, far from there being universal standards of taste and beauty, every age needed to...
Inside Out 2 Becomes Pixar’s Top-Earning Movie Of All Time
Inside Out 2 finished Tuesday with $1.251 billion in global ticket sales, including $543.5 million in North America, where it’s already the third-biggest animated pic...
Florida Theatres Offer To Give Up Grants If Desantis Restores Arts Funding For Others
Leaders of The Orlando Fringe and Tampa Fringe described the governor’s description as inaccurate on Thursday at a news conference, but they said it...
Chicago’s American Academy Of Art To Close After 100 Years
The announcement blamed the pandemic and sought to frame the school’s demise in a broader context of falling student numbers: “The decision to close...
Inside The Fight To Save Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch
The story of the sprawling former estate of pop singer Michael Jackson took a new turn this week when Neverland Ranch stood in the...
Galleries: Shaping The Palm Springs Scene
The pandemic certainly shut down the social art scene. Inevitably, collectors became more comfortable purchasing art sight unseen. People of means found themselves restricted...
Is This The LA Philharmonic’s Next Music Director?
In L.A., Chan’s appearances at Walt Disney Concert Hall have already proved notable. Last year, she got her 15 minutes of unwanted viral fame...
Work Has Become Endless Meetings
The share of the typical white-collar workday spent in meetings has steadily increased for the past few decades, and it continues to grow by...
Rethinking How Bridges Function As Public Space
The span’s 25,000 square meters is so spacious that the bridge can also double as a new public square. Flanked at both ends with...
LA’s New Basketball Palace Is Stuffed With Art
Sculpture, murals and digital art installations by artists including Refik Anadol, Jennifer Steinkamp, Charles Gaines and Glenn Kaino will be on view throughout the...
Why Music Festivals Are So Vulnerable
The closest the festival circuit has to a trade body – the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) – lists 50 festivals as cancelled, postponed or closed...
The Art Of Casting
“If a show was a painting, we would do the initial sketch.” - The Guardian
How To Make Public Radio Sustainable? Combine Newsrooms
In the greater Appalachia region, the newsroom will bring together six public media outlets in Kentucky and Tennessee, with the possibility of adding more....
NYPhil Chief Suddenly Resigns
His departure comes as the orchestra’s musicians and the administration are in the midst of heated talks over a new labor contract; the current...
Report: Film And TV Production In LA Down 40 Percent From “Peak TV”
The tracking company found that production in the United States was down about 40% in the second quarter of 2024 compared to peak-TV levels...
Report: Cultural Projects Underway Internationally In 2023
We find the volume of new projects – both announced and completed – increasing, while we see the value of investment decreasing, reflecting the...
Shelley Duvall, 75
Before she fled Hollywood for her native Texas in the mid-1990s, Duvall had a thriving career as a versatile, one-of-a-kind actress and head of...
The Other Carnegie Halls
At the turn of the 20th century, he gifted six concert halls to different Steel City suburbs. The musical halls were built with uniformly...
Spotify Is Becoming A Social Network Around Music
Combined with the app’s 2023 revamp, which added a TikTok-like discovery feed, artist profiles where creators can hawk merchandise and concert tickets, as well as...
The Orchestra Breaking All The Rules
These novel approaches have allowed this maverick company to chart an enviable path in the US arts scene as a small-to-medium outfit that punches...
French Arts Sector Breathes Sigh Of Relief After National Elections
The French committee of art historians warned against the “xenophobic hold up of cultural heritage” and the union of art gallery owners said its...
A Theatre Redefining Diversity
BAD exists for actors who’ve been shut out of roles for being insufficiently white, thin or cisgender, who’ve not felt welcome in audition rooms...
Regal Movie Theatres Says It Will Spend $250 Million Upgrading Its Movie Theatres
The raise is intended to boost its already existing locations (425 theaters across the country) with enhancements like luxury recliners and other amenities. -...
How Desantis’s Elimination Of Arts Funding Affects The Tampa Bay Area
Although some entities — like the Tampa Museum of Art — expected to receive more than half a million dollars from the state, it...
How Turkey Is Trying To Remake Its Cultural Tourism
In the century since the creation of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923, Istanbul's population has soared from fewer than 1 million people to...
