Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How To Create? Brian Eno Has Ideas
How should we create things? The word “should” isn’t quite right, since there’s no correct way to be creative; still, when you’re actually creating...
After Aggressive Book Bans, Soft-Bans
"I think that is where the danger lies, because we can track the books that are being banned, but we can’t track books that...
ChatGPT Is Changing Our Writing…
The overuse of certain words and phrases leads to writing losing its personal touch. It becomes harder to distinguish between individual voices and perspectives...
500 Publishers Demand Frankfurt Book Fair Cut Ties With Israel
The coalition has made four demands of the Book Fair: to condemn Israel’s regime of genocide in Gaza and affirm the human rights of...
Shutdown Of Internet Archive Leaves Higher Ed In Limbo
Legal experts are uncertain how much this latest court decision will affect colleges and universities, though they expect institutions to tread carefully. - InsideHigherEd
Report: Twenty Percent Of Workers In Nonprofits Can’t Afford Basic Essentials
More than one out of five nonprofit workers cannot afford basic living expenses where they live—and the statistics are even worse for nonprofit workers...
Today’s AJ Highlights
Good morning: More than 43 percent of all websites on the internet run WordPress (AJ is one of them). The basic WP has always...
This Week’s AJ Highlights
Good morning: We collected 132 stories this week. That's a lot to sort through, so here are some highlights. Jump down to see all...
Today’s AJ Highlights
Good morning: It's no secret that humor sells, or at least that's what the research says. But interestingly, the use of humor in ads...
Canadian Music Companies Ask Government Not To Treat Streaming Like It’s Radio
Under those rules, streaming services that are not Canadian-owned and have more than CAD $25 million (approx. USD $18.5 million) in revenue in Canada annually are required...
Australian Court Allows Exhibition That Banned Men From Entering
The luxurious Ladies Lounge at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart had sought to highlight historic misogyny by banning male...
Malcolm Gladwell — Beyond “Tipping Point” (But Where’s The Internet?)
Gladwell has insisted that change happens neatly, and he’s sticking to it. Epidemics, he writes in the new book, are “not wild and out...
Report: This Spring’s Art Auction Season Was Worst Of This Century
A cursory glance at auction results over the last two years is enough to realize they have been middling at best, but JP Mei...
America’s Two Biggest Satellite TV Companies To Merge
DirecTV, founded in 1994 by Hughes Electronics, is owned by AT&T Inc. and TPG Inc., and has about 11 million customers. Dish, started in...
A National Trust For Local News Has Been Buying Up Newspapers Around America
The Trust’s newsrooms earn revenue from traditional sources: advertising and reader revenue, with events, commercial printing jobs, and branded content in the mix as...
How Austin Got A Museum Matching Its Cultural Vitality
It took the Blanton from good college art museum to global arts pilgrimage site in an instant. - Forbes
Exit Interview: Rufus Norris On Running London’s National Theatre
Known for his lack of grandness, Norris is reluctant to offer up high-minded pronouncements on his departure. - The Guardian
How Humor Sells
Research from Oracle indicates that 90% of consumers are more likely to recall a product or brand associated with a humorous treatment, and 72% would choose...
Today’s AJ Highlights
Dood morning: Here are today's highlights:
World’s First Museum of AI Art to Open in Los Angeles Refik Anadol, a pioneer in AI-generated artwork, will...
At Stake In Landmark Case: Can You Copyright A Rhythm?
Plaintiffs Clevie and Steely are seeking remuneration for a series of songs that not only sample “Fish Market,” but that interpolate or copy its...
Why Is Virginia Woolf This Fall’s Fashion Muse?
According to Claire Nicholson, chair of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and a retired lecturer at Cambridge University, “Bloomsbury dressing is creative...
The Art Market Is Plunging And Sotheby’s Is Scrambling
Sotheby’s had been riding a rollicking art market wave in recent years, bringing in at least $7 billion in sales annually and setting record-level...
A Gala Of Movies Created By AI
In some ways, the event had the trappings of a normal short film festival. There were awards and prizes, as well as appetizers, poke...
In Qatar: Library As National Cultural Museum
"In a library, you create your own narrative. The material in the Heritage Library is of such a caliber that it could be considered...
Ta-Nehisi Coates And The Power Of Words: No Wonder They Want To Ban Books
"I see politicians in Colorado, in Tennessee, in South Carolina moving against my own work, tossing books I’ve authored out of libraries, banning them...
