Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Icelandic Language Is In Danger Of Dying Out
“Having this language that is spoken by so very few, I feel that we carry a huge responsibility to actually preserve that. I do...
Conceptual Frame: An Art Installation You Have To Really Commit To See
The Frattini Bivouac is not staffed, ticketed or mediated. Anyone can enter it, but only after a six-to-eight-hour ascent on foot across scree, moss...
English National Opera Chief Leaves To Run Roundhouse
Jenny Mollica will step down from her current role in summer 2026 to become CEO of London music and arts venue Roundhouse. Mollica will succeed...
Warning: Florida’s New Education Dictates Are A Return To McCarthyism
“History should never be rewritten to match the politics of the day, as history has valuable lessons to teach.” - APNews
We Live In An Age Of Self-Optimization. Where Did This Notion Come From?
This culture of self-quantification in the pursuit of self-improvement long predates social media, algorithms and targeted advertising. In fact, we can trace its roots...
Education Is Flapping Around Trying To Figure Out AI’s Role In Teaching, Learning
Even as a significant proportion of their students are submitting AI-generated work, they proudly reassure each other that their courses are too demanding or...
New Emphasis On Dancers’ Mental Health
Dancers began to question their careers and who they were apart from being dancers. Some saw their bodies change. Some decided to have children. And many...
What Does News Independence Mean After BBC Mess?
The resignations come as the BBC enters a decisive period. The renewal of its royal charter in 2027 will define the corporation’s funding model...
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Resolves Suit By NPR Following Trump Cuts
The arrangement resolves litigation filed by NPR accusing the corporation of illegally yielding to Trump's demands that the network be financially punished for its...
The Oracle Of Hollywood As It Cruises To Disaster
Matthew Belloni has become a narrator of the industry’s troubles during the most transformative period since the birth of television, brought on by the...
Phillips Collection To Controversially Sell Masterpieces To Buy New Art
“Like many of my museum colleagues,” said Eliza Rathbone, chief curator emerita at the Phillips, “I’m deeply saddened and appalled that the Phillips Collection...
A $500M American Dream Museum?
Visitors to Washington have a new, free attraction: the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream. After a $500 million renovation of two former banks...
What Explains Boomers’ Addiction To Ellipses?
There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. ‘OK . . .’ ‘Thanks . . .’ ‘See you next...
Inside The BBC’s Political Crisis
Instead of addressing the criticism, the BBC was silent for seven days. In the vacuum, a wave of headlines became a flood of unchallenged...
Guy Cogeval, Former President Of The Musée d’Orsay, 70
A "free spirit and nonconformist, often impetuous, the passionate lover of the 19th century left his mark on the Parisian museum from 2008 to...
The Corporatization Of Our Music
Three record companies—Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group—control more than 80 percent of all recorded music released through a recognized...
Why Online “Critics” Should Review Broadway Previews
Imagine a painter still layering colors on a canvas while a stranger posts, “This looks messy and unfinished!” That’s what happens when someone reviews...
Increasingly, That Music You Like On Spotify… Was Made By AI
This month, an A.I. country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, and passed three million streams on...
African Publishers And “The Wakanda Problem”
"When we listen to audiobooks produced in the West, they have a Wakandan accent," said Eghosa Imasuen, executive director of Narrative Landscape Press in Lagos, Nigeria....
Creator Of The AI Actress Tilly Speaks Out
“As a creative, I have really enjoyed creating her,” she says. “It’s been just like a writer creating characters. You fall in love with...
What Nigeria’s New Museum of West African Art Is Attempting To Do
Nigeria's stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics on the week it was...
The BBC’s Impact On World History
The BBC’s founding father, John Reith, set out what he saw as broadcasting’s true purpose. In the wake of a destructive global conflict, he...
How Did The Muppets Fail So Spectacularly On Broadway?
The Muppets’ long-overdue Broadway debut is over almost as soon as it began, the show now closing this Sunday. It was originally scheduled to run until...
Federal Museums Reopen And Count Up The Losses
In addition to staff furloughs and suspended or canceled programs, the 2018-2019 shutdown resulted in a loss of some $5 billion, according to the American...
New Study: Listening To Music Significantly Reduces Risk Of Dementia
Researchers looked at data spanning a decade and involving more than 10,000 relatively healthy people, aged 70 and older, in Australia. People who listened...
