Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Trump Fires Director Of The National Portrait Gallery, Calling Her “Highly Partisan”
The dismissal marks the first action Trump has taken against the Smithsonian Institution since an executive order he signed earlier this year that promised...
What Ethical Considerations Do Artists Have For Work Based On True Stories?
Artists that take inspiration from the headlines are often accused of “profiting” off these stories; whether that’s acceptable is a moral question, since as...
The Power Of Cultural Exchanges To Project National Power
Reputation is part of national security, and the U.S. has historically enhanced its reputation by building relationships through cultural tools. - The Conversation
What You Can Tell About The NEH’s New Priorities From This Summer’s Grants
Look to this year’s “Summer Stipends.” These are small grants given to scholars to support new research, and the NEH typically gives out close...
Why Did Rome Fall? (It’s Complicated)
Rome was always an enormous shapeshifting laboratory of experiments in governance, administration, and interregional trade. Crucially, the military troubles punctuating the third century taught...
Could AI Be Used To Create False Memories?
Psychological studies have long shown how memories can be shaped by cues, doctored images, or repeated misinformation. What AI adds is scale and precision. -...
FCC Commissioner Warns Of Threats To Free Speech
“The point of all these actions is to chill speech,” Gomez told the small crowd. “We all need to understand what is happening and...
The Emmys’ Late Night Problem
This is not a new problem but the TV Academy has not made any changes to the talk or variety categories to address the...
Can The Designer Of The Iconic iPhone Give AI Its Breakout Device?
The news of his move to OpenAI felt something like learning that LeBron James was joining the Miami Heat: Jony Ive had become synonymous...
Romantasy Is Publishing’s Hot New Genre
Sales in the genre have electrified the publishing industry, reaching nearly 20 million in 2023 when U.S. book sales overall dipped. While there is no...
Chicago Art Institute Director Returns To Work After Airplane Incident
Rondeau has been on a voluntary leave since the April 18 incident in which police were called to a United Airlines flight after it...
Why Bad Ideas Seem To Spread So Easily These Days
It was simply that, when people who once functioned on a need-to-know basis were all of a sudden forced to adjudicate all of the...
Everyone Sees Color Differently
Colour, as many people understand it, is the property of a thing. That light is green. The sky is blue. But scientifically, that’s not...
A Year Of Firsts For The International Booker Prize
It’s a year of firsts for the International Booker: this is the first time that a collection of stories has won; it’s the first...
Barry Diller’s Juicy Memoir: Postcard From A Hollywood That No Longer Exists
These days, two factors are pushing the fun out of memoirs. For one, the entertainment business itself is, as has been much remarked, a...
How AI Is Changing Theatre
We’re currently “embedded in the fourth industrial revolution” and points out that, like in previous revolutions, there is always a period of disruption and...
The Universe Beyond Human Sight (As Revealed By Technology)
Venturing even a tiny bit beyond the red edge of the rainbow, into the undiscovered country of the infrared, is a transformative experience: it...
This AI Is My Dance Partner
“When I’m dancing with her, I feel her feeding energy back to me. It’s not quite like being on stage with another human, but...
Charlotte Symphony Busts Through Its Fundraising Goal
The orchestra unveiled details of its three-year comprehensive campaign in April 2024, after having already quietly raised $41 million since 2022. As of Wednesday,...
The Case That The World Is Still Getting Better
Rutger Bregman, 37, is a Dutch historian who has written best-selling books arguing that the world is better (mostly meaning wealthier, healthier and more...
Diversity Is Now Deeply Embedded In Today’s Theatre
"After a weekend of seeing four very different plays at four unique theatres, the word that hung in my mind was diversity. So many people...
The Influential Women Movie Critics Of Boston
During the height of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Boston’s daily newspapers employed some of the nation’s best-known film critics. All of them were women. They...
Diplomatic Row After Iranian Film Wins At Cannes
Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the prestigious Palme d'Or for his film It Was Just an Accident on Saturday, a political drama inspired by his time...
How The Cartoon Channel Made A Case For Animation And Fell Prey To Corporate...
Cartoon Network is an excellent case study for how the conditions of media conglomeration shape how media is made and curated. And in making...
The Point Of Mass Education? Obedience?
In the vast majority of education systems, you still see these disciplinary and coercive roots very embedded in the character of how schools today...
