Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
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Blockbuster news from Washington, where the Washington National Opera has decided to leave the Kennedy Center’s Opera House. The company plans to move its...
Washington National Opera To Leave The Kennedy Center
The resolution calls for the opera to move its performances out of the Kennedy Center’s 2,364-seat Opera House as soon as possible and to...
Philanthropist Ensures Live Orchestra For San Diego Opera
On Monday, San Diego Opera announced that Jacobs has committed $4.5 million to establish The Joan and Irwin Jacobs San Diego Symphony and San...
The Humanities Crisis Is Over. Uh-Oh.
There is no longer a crisis in the humanities. Our field’s long-running narrative of continuous crisis is over. The bad news: The crisis of...
The Poverty Of Living When Everything Is Ranked
Value capture occurs when you get your values from some external source and let them rule you without adapting them.” Because we live in...
Making Climate Change Real: When We Write About Places People Know
We have discovered that writing about local places that people are already connected to changes this dynamic and gives people a way to examine...
Science Fiction And The Art Of Predicting The Future
At odds with the outspoken desire for that which is novel and original in art, audiences also have a hunger for the familiar or...
Researchers Use AI To Decipher Tens Of Thousands Of Medieval Manuscripts
More than 32,000 manuscripts were transcribed in the space of a few months. - Inria
More And More Artists Being Asked To Help Finance Museum Shows Of Their Work
Across the US, artists report being called on to subsidise budgets for museum exhibitions, public commissions and even acquisitions. In some cases, opportunities evaporate...
Universal Music Chief Warns About “Irresponsible” Business Models For Music Taking Hold
“Let me be clear: UMG will not stand by and watch irresponsible business models take hold, models that devalue artists, fail to provide adequate...
Vancouver Symphony Backs Down, Says It Won’t Require NDAs In Harassment Settlements
On Tuesday, the VSO issued an open letter saying it would be ending the use of confidentiality agreements in cases of sexual misconduct, unless it is...
Overture Center for the Arts seeks Chief Financial Officer/Co-Chief Executive Officer
Overture Center for the Arts seeks Chief Financial Officer/Co-Chief Executive Officer. Overture Center offers a salary range between $170,000 and $185,000 with benefits.
An AI “Digital Twin” for the Performing Arts
In the evolving world of AI, marketing is moving from getting messages out to engaging in dialog with the consumer. Messages get lost in the Sea of Messages. Persuasion asks what you're interested in first and engages you in opportunities.
Elite Universities Are Cutting Their Art History Admissions
Amid widespread budget deficits, several top universities have suspended admissions to their art history graduate programs or cut the size of the cohorts they will admit,...
Movie Theatre Association Comes Out Against Warner Sale To Netflix
"We are deeply concerned that this acquisition of Warner Bros. by Netflix will have a direct and irreversible negative impact on movie theaters around the world,” Cinema...
A Plan To Map Europe’s Dance Heritage
That lack of recognition has real consequences. Across Europe, most public heritage funding is absorbed by monuments, libraries and museums. Dance, which exists only...
Kenneth Turan: I Lost My Library In The LA Fires. Should I Start Collecting...
My entire collection of something like 4,000 volumes, acquired one by one over all those decades, had turned to smoke and ash in the...
Renee Nicole Good Merch Pops Up On Amazon And Etsy
Less than 24 hours after the horrifying shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, merchandise related to...
Renee Nicole Good Was A Poet. Here’s Some Of Her Work
The bio from a now-private Instagram account belonging to Good describes her as a “Poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar...
The Mythology Of The Friend Group
If friend groups seem ubiquitous, so does a quiet underclass of people like me, bemoaning their lack of them. - The Atlantic
AI-Created Novel Loses Publication Prize After Being Voted Winner In Reader’s Choice
Contest-winning AI novel loses physical publication and manga adaptation after guidelines were updated to ban AI-generated works. - Automation
Are We Living In An Age Of Bad Painting?
Walking through Frieze London’s carpeted aisles in October, a long-developed hunch was confirmed emphatically: we are amid a deluge of bad painting. - The...
So How Are Libraries Going To Get Their Books Now?
The company faced several challenges in recent years, including a data breach in 2022 – after the company was acquired by a private investment...
Insider Art Market Predictions For 2026
If nothing else, the new year will likely reveal whether the art world’s pivot to the Gulf, and auction houses’ deepening emphasis on luxury...
New Vision For Your Car: An AI Companion
Across the show floor, the car emerged less as a machine and more as a companion as automakers and tech companies showcased vehicles that...
