Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Executive Director— Springboard for the Arts
Springboard for the Arts, an artist-centered community and economic development organization, seeks an experienced leader to serve as its next Executive Director.
Book Publishers Fire on Zukerberg
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The big publishing houses filed their long-telegraphed class action against Meta yesterday — and notably, Mark Zuckerberg is named individually, with the complaint...
The Many Controversies Dogging This Year’s Venice Biennale
The 2026 Venice Biennale has experienced waves of uncertainty that have only grown in strength as the public opening of the world’s most prestigious...
Media Mogul Ted Turner, 87
The media business is full of big-talking executives. But Turner’s outsized public persona — some called him the “Mouth from the South” for his...
Can The UK Theatre Touring Model Be Saved?
“It doesn’t feel as though we have recovered any meaningful ground since the pandemic, and the fact that venues and their teams remain under...
What Research Tells Us About How Memory Works
The idea of photographic memory is simple and powerful: Experience is captured objectively, stored completely and retrieved perfectly. See it once, keep it forever....
How A Change In SEC Reporting Might Change How Hollywood Studios Behave
The SEC is proposing to change its rules, allowing for public companies to report financials semi-annually rather than quarterly. Will major studios buy in?...
So Just How Big is the Culture Audience? (comparisons that may make you rethink)
By revenue, the nonprofit arts sector is small — about $73 billion in organizational spending compared to $1.17 trillion in total US arts and cultural production. Disney's annual revenue alone is larger than every US nonprofit cultural institution in the country combined. But the map of audience shows something entirely
In An AI Economy, Human-Made Becomes Luxury Good
We don’t value human creations solely for their beauty or their price tag. We also value them because they embody deliberate labour and expertise....
Indianapolis Symphony CEO to Step Down
James Johnson began his tenure with the symphony in 2018 after serving as president and CEO of the Omaha Symphony Association. Since then, Johnson has overseen...
Big Book Publishers Band Together To Sue Meta Over AI Plundering
Five leading publishers and a best-selling author filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday, alleging that the tech...
The Met Gala Was A Failed Opportunity To Make The Case For Art
“Fashion is art” was meant to encourage attendees to think about how every human body is a canvas, and about how making an item...
What This Year’s Tony Nominations Say About International Theatre
While it’s too early to tell which of the nominated shows will go on to have an international life, we can find some hints...
The Joslyn Art Museum seeks Director of Learning & Engagement
The Joslyn Art Museum seeks Director of Learning & Engagement. Estimated salary range of $100,000 to $110,000.
Pulitzers Land, Institutions Wobble
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This year's Pulitzers were announced. Bess Wohl's Liberation took Drama (Playbill). Gabriela Lena Frank's Picaflor, premiered last year by the Philadelphia Orchestra, won...
Trends In Biennale Artists And Their Work
The most-visible type is an artist who digs into the history of colonialism, surfaces some charged document or symbol, and highlights it by doing...
Media’s “Find Us” Problem
Broadcast once provided a predictable, repeated structure built into daily life. As the “tune-in” habit has eroded, we haven’t been deliberate enough in designing...
What We Lose When “The Late Show” Goes Away
The cancellation of Colbert’s show right before a deal that needed government approval has given his exit an additional resonance. - The New York Times
Study: Relocating New Orleans Needs To Start Now Because Of Climate Change
The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded...
Just How Long Should An Arts Leader Stay?
As one artist told ArtsHub: ‘Artistic director and executive director jobs are so few and far between in Australia that it is no wonder that...
The Tiniest Particles In The Universe Don’t Tell You What The Universe Is
We are taught from a young age that matter is made of atoms, built from particles such as electrons, and electrons are not built...
What Happened To The Viral Kid Dance Stars?
Watching these dancers online was like looking into a crystal ball: There was the future of dance. But did that promise bear out? -...
AI Actors, Scripts Won’t Be Eligible For Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that only performances “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with...
Personal Encounter: Music That Reflects Back Grief
"Having my own churning emotions echoed back to me in this way was a stunning experience, one that, perhaps paradoxically, lifted me out of...
Lisa Anita Wegner Longlisted for Johnny Depp’s The People’s Artist
Haus of Dada asks that you take a moment to vote for the astonishing Lisa Anita Wegner to be recognized as The People’s Artist.
