Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Martin Mull, 80
Mull, who was also a singer-songwriter, rose to fame in the 1970s on Norman Lear’s satirical soap opera “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and its...
Why Architecture Is Obsessed With The New
Regularly reinventing architecture is exciting, but it faces a number of challenges. Architecture is an art, hence creativity is important, but it is an applied art,...
We Need To Rethink The Whole Idea Of School Grading
Our current system of grading reinforces practices set in a time far different from that of the present, with different values and ideas. As...
Many Of Those Traditional Grammar Rules Are In Error
Many “rules” beloved of self-appointed grammar constables were simply made up quite recently by irritable ink-stained wretches. Using “hopefully” as a modal adjunct, for...
California Arts Funding On The Chopping Block
The first budget proposal the governor made suggested a 58% cut to California’s state arts programs. Among those cuts is a $10 million reduction...
Report: Why Desantis Canceled All Florida Arts Funding
DeSantis said the cause was Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival, which he characterized as being overtly “sexual” and therefore an inappropriate recipient of state funds. While...
The UK’s Next Culture Minister And Her Plans To Boost The Arts
Thangam Debbonaire, 57 — a former professional cellist who danced at raves in her college days and has lines of poetry tattooed on her forearm —...
French Court Rules Ravel Was the Only Composer Of “Bolero”
The heirs of Alexandre Benois, a celebrated stage designer who worked on the original performance of "Bolero", argued that he should have been credited...
What Ron Desantis Did To The Arts In Florida
"First of all, the legislature had already reduced the budget from $60 million to $30 million. But $30 million in the budget of the...
Getting Real With Art (What Matters)
The Real that art helps us come into contact with is something far more slippery, and far closer to what Walter Benjamin called the...
Small NYC Museums Are Closing
Over the past few years, attendance levels fell and fund-raising efforts slowed as overhead costs and employee salaries rose. Many museums are doing fewer exhibitions...
Why America’s Tallest Building Will Be In Oklahoma
Legends Tower recently gained approval from the city to have an unlimited height, and after a series of changes, the skyscraper is now slated...
NYC Rescinds $58M In Public Library Cuts; Libraries Will Reopen on Sundays
The cuts to the more than 200 library branches had become a political thorn in the mayor’s side. In the weeks leading up to...
YouTube Is Now Beating Netflix In The Streaming Wars
YouTube made up nearly 10% of all viewership on connected and traditional TVs in the U.S. in May, according to Nielsen. Netflix ranked second,...
Kehinde Wiley’s Accusers Address Censorship Concerns
Kehinde Wiley’s accusers have responded to concerns raised by the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) regarding museums’ decisions to rescind exhibitions of the artist’s...
Before And After AI (Beyond Mythologies)
Should we trust the most optimistic voices coming from Silicon Valley, AI could be the vehicle we use to create boundless wealth, cure all...
Three San Francisco Music Institutions Face Big Change, Bigger Challenges
All venues were full. All audiences I joined were infectiously rapt. Yet everywhere I went there was an inescapable feeling of doom, of disquieting...
What The Voices Of AI Tell Us
Artificial intelligence stands accused of devastating the creative industries, guzzling energy and even threatening human life. Understandably, OpenAI wants a voice that makes people feel...
Young People Are Quitting Dating Apps And Figuring Out How To Meet At Real...
“Because of social media and dating apps, our generation has been spoon-fed in a lot of ways when it comes to meeting people. We’re...
Montreal Has A Unique Culture. Gentrification Is A Threat
Montreal’s role as a multilingual cultural hub—attracting talent from across the country and around the world in music, theatre, literature, dance, and even the...
How Gypsy Traditions Shaped UK Music
The lack of recognition of Gypsy and Traveller contributions to Scottish, Irish or English music styles effectively excludes these ethnic minorities from narratives of Britishness....
We Sell Art As Fame, Fame As Art. It’s Really About Market Share
Of course, Gen Xers always knew this would happen: the gradual folding of everything that could possibly be called “culture” into one image-spectacle-and-sensorium corporate...
Despairing Of The Election? Look To The Iliad
Maybe you can relate to my mood: I want this election season over with. I have no more outrage left to give, yet there...
Calgary’s Arts Commons Gets The Largest Philanthropic Gift In Canadian Performing Arts History
The downtown Calgary cultural hub has been raising funds for a $660-million transformation, which will see its existing facility upgraded, a new building added and the...
Why Some People Bloom Later In Life
Why do some people hit their peak later than others? In his book Late Bloomers, the journalist Rich Karlgaard points out that this is really...
