Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Kennedy Center As De-Trumpification Warning
Trump’s threat to walk away from the Kennedy Center suggests an additional danger: He could lose interest and doze off, as if at yet...
Biggest Hits On Spotify Are From The 70s And 80s
On May 14, almost exactly 43 years later, Michael Jackson's Billie Jean was No. 1 again, prancing to the top of Spotify’s global chart...
Spotify Ditches Its Much-Hated Disco Ball App Icon
On Thursday an update to the Spotify iOS app switched the icon back to the well-known logo users are familiar with. That did away...
Please! Bring Back The Gatekeepers
Gatekeeper, here, doesn’t mean the patriarchal bogeyman of progressive fever dreams. It means the picky curator who maintains a necessary membrane between your half-formed,...
Landmark Ruling: German Court Rules Google Is Liable For What Its AI Overview Says...
The court also found that the AI overview made claims "that are not even made in the search results." None of the linked sources...
What’s Behind The Intense Interest In Celebrity Estate Sales?
The growing trend for auctions of deceased famous people’s personal items – which has boomed ever since the hugely popular Marilyn Monroe estate sale in...
Why Impressionists Were So Fascinated With Gardens
One answer lies in the sheer ubiquity and sensory intensity of gardens by the second half of the 19th century, when impressionism came into being. Social...
The Great Divide: Creativity Before And After AI
On one side are texts produced before the arrival of generative LLMs. On the other, everything that has followed—texts that might still be useful,...
Cleveland Museum Of Art Launches $600M Campaign To Sustain Its Future
“Visitors rightly expect exceptional exhibitions, meaningful educational experiences, digital access, welcoming spaces, and opportunities for deeper engagement. Those expectations require sustained investment. That challenge...
Trump Kennedy Center Board Appeals Judge’s Order On Removing Trump’s Name
The board voted Thursday to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper's May 29 ruling that said Trump's name was illegally added...
Creativity is Dead in the 21st Century? Really?
Good Morning,
A piece in the Yale Review asks whether the 21st century has been a creative blank space — two decades of remixing without...
Northwest Choirs – Executive Director
Northwest Choirs seeks a dynamic Executive Director to guide a leading youth choral organization into its next stage of growth, visibility, and sustainability.
AMC Postpones Interactive Movie Theatre Concert Series
The chain is partnering with live entertainment company Arena One to bring new technology to theaters. This tech would allow artists on a remote...
Demand For Workers With Creative Skills Is Growing
Nearly 50% of employers are looking to expand their workforce in the next three to five years. Video games, music, design and fashion were...
Has The 21st Century Been A Creative Blank Space?
The years from 2000 to 2025 as a period of creative emptiness and stagnation so intractable that it will be remembered (or, rather, is...
Why Pace Gallery Imploded
According to several people familiar with the call, Glimcher spent much of the meeting explaining why Pace had reached this point. The gallery had...
Wigmore Hall And Apple Music Launch New Digital Platform For Artists
Under a new artist-first model, Wigmore Hall will pay the full production costs for every release and will take no share of the recording...
EU Investigating Paramount/Warner Financing
The European Commission is investigating the $111 billion Paramount-WBD deal under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, looking at the approximately $24 billion being fronted for the...
After Strikes And Fiery Rhetoric Last Time, Why Were Hollywood Contracts So Easy This...
The top factor, perhaps, was the ongoing fallout from Hollywood’s contraction. It’s no small thing that, since 2022, studios have tightened their belts and...
Survey: Nearly Half Of Mid-Career Women Are Considering Leaving The Arts
While the inaugural survey revealed gaps in leadership roles and pay for women, this edition offers a more detailed picture of the structural pressures...
Carbon Fiber Violin — Meet Stradivari
Both the carbon fibre violin and the bow impressed with their dark, warm, and distinctive tone. From the very beginning, the two violins blended...
A New Penn Station We Won’t Dread Walking Into?
PTT's plan features a design by PAU and HOK that references the original beaux-arts station – unceremoniously demolished in the 1960s – and retains Madison Square Garden (MSG)...
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Web Video Is Coming To TV. But The Tyranny Of Web Format Is Problematic
How much do we want the internet to be television? A good gimmick for social-media content doesn’t automatically translate to interesting TV, a medium...
Condustor Ryan Wigglesworth On What The Classical Music World Is Now
A new generation – of concert-goers as well as performers – are essential to classical music’s future. Would a Ryan Wigglesworth born today still...
