Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Is The First AI Museum Really Art?
The sensory splash, co-founded by artists Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkılıç, showcases four more reality-bending galleries to explore — like the classic “Alice in...
The Philosophers Attempting To Explain This Baffling Time
That must have been revelatory at a time when most people seemed to believe that science was infallible. But expertise has been downgraded—and more...
How Billionaires Visit Museums
As exhibitions become more spectacular, donors expect engagement that goes beyond acknowledgment plaques. Exclusive access has therefore evolved into a sophisticated currency and is...
A Monolith Built To Record The End Of Planet Earth
“The purpose of the device is to provide an unbiased account of the events that lead to the demise of the planet, hold accountability...
Major Copyright Update: Japan Now Requires Performers Be Paid When Recordings Are Played In...
Japan has created a music right that will, for the first time, require performers and record companies to be paid when their recordings are played in public spaces such...
Blockbusters Are Dead? Tell That To Frida Kahlo Fans!
Tate was unprepared for the scale of demand. The gallery has said more than 41,000 tickets have already been sold for Frida: The Making of...
Granta Says It Will Stop Publishing Prize Winners Over AI Concerns
“For the sake of our own editorial integrity, the Granta Trust board has now taken the decision that we will no longer engage in...
Chief Executive Officer – SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young
SAY seeks a visionary CEO to lead its next era, advancing 25 years of life-changing support, advocacy, community, and impact for young people who stutter.
Concern: Paramount/Warner Merger Will Give Company Control Of Decades Of Archives
Skydance Media, through its acquisition of Paramount, already controls the CBS News archive. If Paramount succeeds in taking over WBD, it will also assume...
Kennedy Center Says It Isn’t Required To Book Any Shows
“The Court’s order did not affirmatively require the Board to reschedule programming that had previously been cancelled or to seek new programming,” the lawyers...
If Hollywood won’t bite, Make it Yourself
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Two writers this week set their own terms. Hayley Kiyoko wanted her song "Girls Like Girls" turned into a film; when Hollywood dragged...
Have Our Devices Dulled Our Sensory Experiences?
"The way we consume such content, by swiping idly on a glass screen, stands in stark contrast with the content of the content, the skillful manipulation...
Movie Theatre Box Office Has Surged This Year. So What Next?
“When we recognized that people want to go out, that they want to be treated with good service in a good theater with good...
The Obama Center: The Difference Between Libraries And Monuments
There is no question about its monumentality. It is at once colossal, haughty and ultimately inscrutable—as a great monument should be. The question is...
Why All The Conspiracy Movies Right Now?
Is this a trend? Are all these pictures related? Common sense, our trusted friend, tells us that life is random and arbitrary and that...
Last Remaining Chinese Theatre In America Seeks Emergency Funding
City records describe it as a 410-seat performing arts and film theater and the last remaining Chinese theater in any Chinatown in the United...
Study: Should News Organizations Label AI Use?
Audiences see journalism as a profession that requires specialized training and ethical integrity, making AI seem to some like a “cop out.” One said...
Why Writers Should Embrace AI
AI may well be terrible news for software engineers, but I think it’s an intriguing development for people who care about language and ideas...
An Expedition To Preserve The Sounds Of Church Organs
The show up at old churches in remote communities, preparing their solar-powered mobile studio, and recording instruments both humble and monumental, whose complex systems...
High Ticket Prices Are Keeping Fans Away From Concerts This Summer
Post Malone, Meghan Trainor and the Pussy Cat Dolls have all cancelled shows or entire tours in recent months — and while some of...
Art Galleries Are Not Okay
What went wrong? The short answer is: The art world expanded wildly, but the art market — the total dollar volume of art sales...
“Toy Story” Is One Of Disney’s Most Dependable Franchises
Analysts expect the fifth installment of Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story” franchise will pull in at least $150 million in the U.S. and Canada, with some...
Debating The Color Of The National Mall Reflecting Pool
The Reflecting Pool now evokes the joy of a Green Bay Packers victory. Or a high-school prank. Or St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago.It most...
David Hockney Was Working Class. Artists From The Working Class Have A Much More...
Through policies and schemes, previously unheard-of opportunities for people of his background began to open up, without which he would not have become the...
What Literature Teaches Us About Neurodivergence
Far from being a modern phenomenon, neurodivergence has a long history. In other words, people whose ways of thinking, sensing or behaving differed from...
