Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How Book Prizes Really Work
In every prize I’ve ever judged or heard firsthand reports of, everything else is up to the judges and their idiosyncrasies. There’s no input from anyone...
Why The Pittsburgh Symphony’s Budget Jumped By $7M
Special concerts, especially the live-with-film concerts, are now programmed further in advance and are more predictable in terms of their revenue. This has led...
The Wrong Way To Criticize The Humanities
This poorly argued case that it may be time to restrain the principles of academic freedom and faculty autonomy is not helping the situation....
Canadian Art Forger Used His Children In Scheme
Labeled Canada’s largest art fraud ever by investigators, the scheme has been the subject of a prolonged court battle that culminated last year in...
How A Self-Published Book Became A Mega Bestseller
Theo of Golden is one of the bestselling books currently making all the lists right now, but its beginnings are a little unorthodox. It was written...
How To Open Up Elite Universities?
It seems possible to push wealthy colleges like Princeton to enroll more working- and middle-class students. They surely need that push, because our most...
LA Sound Studios See Sharp Decline In Business
L.A. soundstages surveyed by permitting office FilmLA were 93 percent occupied as of 2019. That number has fallen to 62 percent as of last year. With...
Conservative Groups Pressure FCC To Punish ABC
Conservative groups are preparing to urge the Federal Communications Commission to revoke Disney’s broadcast television licenses, two representatives told POLITICO — a step that...
A New Kennedy Center Mystery
For weeks, a tarp obscuring the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center has baffled observers, prompting speculation about the Washington, D.C., arts complex...
When Ice Cream Beats the Vermeers
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The Museum of Ice Cream and its cousin the Museum of Balloons are printing money while traditional museums count their deficits (The New...
Executive Director – Kansas City Ballet working with Management Consultants for the Arts
Kansas City Ballet (KCB) seeks a strategic and visionary leader to co-lead one of America’s longest-established professional ballet companies.
Executive Director – The Town Hall
The Town Hall (Town Hall), the storied performance hall in the heart of New York City’s theater district, invites applications for its Executive Director position.
What Makes A Rhythm Propulsive
What makes a rhythm distinctive or catchy? The answer lies in the pattern that underlies the structure. Much of human creativity beyond rhythm and music...
It’s Expensive To Enter Australia’s Art Prize Competitions. But Hard To Give Them Up
In today’s landscape, prizes are no longer a nice little extra, or a back pat that arrives at the end of a long and...
Do We Have A Facts Problem Or An Interpretation-Of-Facts Problem?
Citizens can agree on verifiable facts and still inhabit different worlds, because facts do not interpret themselves. To see why, we need to look...
DePaul Museum Just Closed. But Its Collection Will Stay On Campus
The DePaul Art Museum announcement came two months after the university laid off 114 full-time and part-time staff. Administrators referenced financial troubles due to a...
Stratford Festival Artistic Director Retires After 40 Years
Antoni Cimolino, whose gentle stewardship of this juggernaut of a theater, especially during that existential COVID crisis, was as sure as it was self-effacing,...
Arena-Sized Aida Canceled
Said a spokesperson for TEG (Ticketek Entertainment Group): “Unfortunately, the ongoing conflict and instability in the Middle East has resulted in massive increases in...
The Think Tank Leading Trump’s War On Education
The think tank has crafted model legislation to remake colleges and universities as race-blind institutions, fueled the campaign to oust Claudine Gay as president...
LA’s Dance Scene Is Contracting. Now It’s Just Survival
“A lot of the challenges that are happening right now are of the times. They’re reflecting what’s going on in our country, and I...
A Hacker Used Claude To Score Free Tickets To Every Free Music Festival
Security researcher Ian Carroll used the AI tool Claude Opus 4.7 in April to discover a technique that allowed him full access to the...
New Seizures Of Looted Met Museum Art: Total Now $95M
Investigators since 2017 have seized more than 120 artifacts from the Met ranging in value from $20,000 to $26 million, plus hundreds of smaller...
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts seeks Chief Growth & Impact Officer
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts seeks Chief Growth & Impact Officer. Annual salary is in the range of $140,000 to $150,000.
General Custer And The Changing Cultural Record
Artists and writers have interpreted and reinterpreted George Armstrong Custer, who died in a storied battle that just had a major anniversary. - The...
What I Learned About Myself Through Translating
“Translators like to say, we discover our authors,” writes translator and novelist Anton Hur. “But maybe we’re wrong. Maybe the books choose us.” -...
