Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
In Praise Of… The Louvre Heist?
Surely, to everyone outside the republic, a pair of cat burglars cleverly robbing a museum in broad daylight and escaping—Beep! Beep!—on mopeds is very...
First Came AI. Now The “De-Skilling” Of Humans
Now that chatbots are going the way of Google—moving from the miraculous to the taken-for-granted—the anxiety has shifted, too, from apocalypse to atrophy. Teachers,...
The Hidden Gem Of A Concert Hall In The Library Of Congress
Perhaps the most famous commission became one of America's most iconic pieces of music. Aaron Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring, written for dancer and choreographer Martha Graham,...
Drummer Jack DeJohnette, 83
Able to bring dynamic, highly musical playing to open-minded free jazz, R&B-leaning instrumental grooves and everything in between, DeJohnette is perhaps best known as...
Study: Podcasting Listenership Is Heavily Dependent On Who The Host Is
Eight in ten listeners say the host is one of the main reasons they listen to their favorite show, and more than half would...
Lessons From A Failed Utopia Near Phoenix
Located about 70 miles north of Phoenix, Arcosanti is the only “arcology” — Paolo Soleri’s portmanteau for compact, self-sufficient communities that fuse architecture and...
Pitchfork Is Experimenting With Reader Ratings
Pitchfork has historically been a one-sided affair. While it ran the occasional reader poll, there was no way for readers to directly voice their opinion on...
YouTube Paid The Music Industry $8 Billion In The Past Year
“Today’s $8 billion payout is a testament to the fact that the twin engine of ads and subscriptions is firing on all cylinders,” said...
Symbolically, The White House Is…
The White House was never meant to be a palace, nor the Oval Office a throne room. The East Wing was the living artery...
Why It Doesn’t Bother Me That My Students Are Using AI
It seems wrongheaded to feel wistful for a time when students had far less information at their fingertips. And who can blame them for...
Japanese Museum To Sell Treasures To Pay Off $50M Legal Debt
Sotheby’s said the items to be sold are estimated to draw bids in excess of $50 million. Any extra proceeds not needed to retire...
Opportunity Knocks: German Company Whose Ladder Was Used In Louvre Heist Wants To Sell...
“When you’re in a hurry, the Böcker Agilo carries your heavy treasures,” the ad boasted under a photo of the lift parked outside the...
Kennicott: Why Images Of The White House Being Torn Apart Are So Shocking
There are subtle differences between the images of authoritarians and elected leaders, in body language and other details. Is the leader acting as a...
Why Horror Movies Keep Evolving To Scare Us
By playing with metaphor, imagery and narrative, horror has always addressed hard truths about death, decay and the human condition that mainstream productions tend...
Why We Travel
There’s something about motion that triggers creative thoughts. This has been true for a long time. Charles Darwin’s budding theory of evolution jelled while...
What The $55B Electronic Arts Sale Means For The Creative Economy
The acquisition reinforces consolidation trends across the creative sector, mirroring similar deals in music, film and television. Creative and cultural industries have a “tendency for bigness,” and...
Inside The Fashion Magazines (When They Mattered)
Palmer divides editors at her unnamed magazine into two categories: “the privileged (Workhorses) and the super-privileged (Show Horses).” Not since the 1980 publication of...
Why We Need A Commons
The structure of our societies is such that when you’re wealthy, availability of The Commons is of negligible benefit. However, when your private command...
Dancers In Estonia’s National Ballet Have Been Working Second Jobs As Taxi Drivers To...
The opera house issued a public appeal to the Riigikogu Cultural Affairs Committee on Thursday, stating that if the current lack of funding continues...
The Jewel Thief Underground Where The Louvre Jewels May Land
“Everybody in the business is talking about this right now,” said Robert Wittman, a former art-crime investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who...
The FTC Is Suing Ticketmaster. Now Ticketmaster Is Scrambling To Reform Scalping
Under the new policy, Ticketmaster says it will limit all individuals and entities, including professional resellers, to a single verified account tied to a...
A Bay Area Project To Find Artists Affordable Housing
By adapting the community land trust model — a strategy long used to preserve affordable housing for teachers, city workers, and other essential labor...
Those Who Are Resisting Using AI
As the tech industry and corporate America go all in on artificial intelligence, some people are holding back. - Washington Post
American Wins The International Chopin Competition
Eric Lu, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts, won the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, becoming the first American since 1970 to receive the top...
The Art Of Forgery Is Everywhere
We have faked historical bindings, fake manuscripts, and fake letters by famous people like the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. We have books about impostors from...
