Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Good Morning
Big money dominates today’s headlines. Three media giants—Netflix, Paramount, and Comcast—are bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery (The New York Times), while a Frida Kahlo...
Superman Comic No.1 Sells For Record Price
A copy of Superman No 1 that was discovered in an attic in California last year has become the world’s most expensive comic book after selling...
BBC Is Now Losing $1 Billion/Year In Lost Licensing
The BBC is now losing more than £1bn a year from households either evading the licence fee or deciding they do not need one, according to...
Research: Students Learning With AI Say They Learn Less
The data revealed a consistent pattern: People who learned about a topic through an LLM versus web search felt that they learned less, invested...
Louvre President, Under Fire, Defends The Museum
Some, including a prominent art critic, have said she should lose her job, and she has been called to testify twice before Parliament. The...
Three Bids To Buy Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix, Paramount and Comcast submitted bids to acquire the Hollywood colossus, which owns the Warner Bros. movie studio, HBO, and cable networks like CNN...
Frida Kahlo Painting Sells for $54.7 — Most Ever For A Woman Artist
The 1940 canvas, “The Dream (The Bed),” topped the previous record held by a $44.4 million Georgia O’Keeffe, “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1” that sold...
We Think We Need To Get Bigger To Be Happy. That’s Wrong
We tend to believe that to be happier, we need to become bigger in our own mind, and in the minds of others. But that’s wrong....
Kennedy Center Boss Pushes Back Against NYT Story Of Gross Mismanagement
The NYT and the Senator’s letter writer are going to be embarrassed. We have a balanced budget, we’ve raised a whopping $117 MILLION under @realDonaldTrump -...
At The Intersection Of Physical Dance And Virtual Reality
As VR becomes more widespread, a growing number of dance artists and companies are exploring—and, in some cases, redefining—what this technology can do. -...
New York University, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Performing Arts Administration-Non-Tenure Track...
New York University, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Performing Arts Administration-Non-Tenure Track Position
Does “Sound Of Music” Still Hold Up After 60 Years?
“The filmmaking is, I think, up there with anything Hollywood's produced. And musically … there's not many musicals out there, if any, which have...
The Surveillance Workplace Is Coming For Us
For many workers, both remote and in person, the workplace has quietly shifted into a site of constant measurement—where every pause can trigger scrutiny...
What I Learned From The Difficult Book Club
None of us are academic philosophers, by any means; we have busy jobs and other pressing adult responsibilities. But the process has proved fruitful....
Warner Music Group Makes AI Rights Deal With Udio
The deals underline how AI is shaking up the music industry. AI-generated music has been flooding streaming services amid the rise of song generators that...
Seattle International Film Festival Bought An Iconic Theatre. It Didn’t Work So Well. Now...
Earlier this year, The Times spoke to a dozen current and former SIFF staff and board members, many of whom expressed profound concerns about both...
Why Is The New York Public Library Giving Away Books?
Usually you have to return books you get from a library. Today the New York Public Library will give books away — 1,000 books...
New $234M Record Sale For Modern Art
The 71-by-51-inch painting, named after its subject, was sold at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Tuesday evening for $236.4 million, including fees. It belonged...
Three University Leaders Discuss Challenges Facing Education
Many universities, not all, but many, were for a period of time deeply focused on identity diversity, and really not so focused on viewpoint...
Concern As Warner Brothers Sale Looms
Warners Brothers has had multiple owners over the decades. Three years ago, Warner Media, as it was called, merged with Discovery. And in June,...
This University Restructured, Eliminating Traditional Departments (And Humanities?)
The departments of English, classics, philosophy, world languages and Spanish and Latino studies, for example, will be grouped into the tentatively titled School of...
So What Is Progress, Really? Some Limits Are Good
“Modernity is a machine for destroying limits." This attack on limits is legible in a host of current phenomena, including mass immigration, free-market orthodoxy,...
For A Long Time Artists Have Been On The Leading Edge Of Culture. Maybe...
What about all the painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance that people still love to make and see? They’re not going away, but it’s...
French Art Establishment Opposes New Tax On Art
Under the legislation, France would become the only major market art center to impose a wealth tax on the mere possession of artworks, says the statement....
Nico Muhly On The Physical Translation Of Music Into Dancers’ Bodies
Watching a dance rehearsal as a score-addicted musician is surreal. You can have 30 people in the room, and only two of them will...
