Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Berlin Man Who’s Made Gallery Crashing A Performance Art
Every day Jambon spends a few hours compiling a list of gallery openings from websites such as Index Berlin and social media accounts. Then he begins...
How Europe Could Retaliate Against Cultural Products In The Trump Trade War
The ACI is a mechanism, introduced to prevent foreign countries from using trade policy to interfere with European democracy, that gives the EU broad...
How Our Brains Take On The Rhythm Of Music
Rather than passively perceiving music, the brain physically embodies it, synchronizing with musical patterns to produce sensations of timing, musical pleasure, and even the...
This Year’s List Of Most Endangered American Cultural Sites
This year, the list includes not only buildings, but entire communities, such as a smattering of islands off Florida's northwest coast. Cedar Key was...
Portland Center Stage Says It Will Close Without Emergency Funding
On Thursday, the theater company launched a $9 million emergency fundraising campaign, saying that unless it can raise the first part of the funds,...
What Happens To Hollywood Storytelling As Trump’s Projection Of America Changes?
“Historically, Hollywood has played a double role in U.S. soft power: It gave the country global relevance as a source of popular culture that...
Kennedy Center CEO Demands Consequences For “Les Miz” Artists Who Decline To Perform
Ric Grenell, reacting Wednesday to headlines about cast members of Les Misérables who are planning to boycott President Donald Trump’s scheduled appearance next month, demanded career-altering consequences for...
How To Respond Thoughtfully To Offensive Comments
Rather than freezing, fleeing or fighting, I propose that you forge. Forging ahead is an intentional approach to engaging with people who say or write...
AMC Says Movie Box Office In Q1 Was “An Anomaly”
“Anyone trying to draw any conclusions about the success or appeal of movie theatres from the results of the first quarter of 2025 is...
Paris Museum Show Reminds Us About The Dangers Of Political Suppression Of Art
This French museum’s show offers a flashback to the era when, apart from the works including those displayed here, the artists who created them...
Disney Reports Robust Business At Its Theme Parks
The company said operating profit at its domestic theme park division had climbed 13 percent from a year earlier, to $1.82 billion. Revenue increased...
Can Hong Kong Grow As A Cultural Center?
The concept of “cultural-retail” has seeped into the fabric of Hong Kongers’ lives, with new properties such as Airside and The Henderson finding inspiration...
Classical California Radio Is Thriving
The sheer size of Classical California’s listenership is remarkable in the face of algorithmic streams and the wide array of music available only a...
Every Arts Director At The NEA Resigns
All 10 directors who oversee grants in various disciplines of the arts — such as museums, theater, design, and folk and traditional arts —...
Up Next: Taxing Endowments?
In recent years, the idea has made the leap to the MAGA right. Along the way, it has become something very different: not a...
Public Media Gears Up To Fight Elimination Of Federal Funding
It’s an attack on the free press, and the very idea of an American public sphere: where information and ideas flow freely, everyone has...
Immersive Dance That Brings It To The Audience
Dances that put artists and audience members in close proximity—whether they’re immersive, invite (or demand) audience participation, or have moments where the fourth wall...
An Opera Production In South Dakota That Shows What Opera In A Community Can...
The most enthusiasm was reserved for Delta David Gier, who was closing out the South Dakota Symphony’s season with one of the ensemble’s great...
Soprano Picked To Lead Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
Patricia Racette, who made her debut at the Met in 1995, is known for her portrayals of Puccini heroines. She has also ventured into...
Our Depopulation Crisis
Fewer working-age adults entails a shrinking tax base, even as the need for public services swells. Education, healthcare, infrastructure, public safety and welfare will...
How Do You Tariff Foreign Films? Here’s A Better Way To Help The Movie...
While tariffs are unlikely to have the effect Trump claims he wants, a federal tax credit program for filmmakers—something California politicians spent years advocating...
Trump’s Kennedy Center CEO Attacks Lin-Manuel Miranda And “America’s Got Talent”
Ric Grenell complained after Monday’s episode revealed that Miranda, who has declined to perform at the venue after its Trump-led makeover, will be mentoring contestants in...
The Uncertain Future Of One Of The Smithsonian’s Most Popular Museums
Now it is in the cross-hairs of President Trump, who issued an executive order in March that seeks to address what he described as the Smithsonian’s...
How LACMA’s New Building Will Change The Art Inside
The discussion offered a glimpse into the animated debate that the museum’s 45 curators have been engaged in over the last five years, reimagining...
How Spotify Came To Own The Music
If you spend enough time on Spotify, it’s easy to sense, inchoately, that the platform is taking advantage of everyone involved. - The Nation
