Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Birth Of The Attention Economy — More Than 125 Years Ago
The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century created the first true attention economy—an endless churn of spectacle and sensation that...
Choreographer Sues Fortnite Video Game For Stealing His Dance
Over the years, Fortnite has found itself in hot water for adding in-character dances that bear striking similarity to ones created by professional dancers,...
Edinburgh Fringe Needs A Big Overhaul To Survive
So many of the Fringe’s problems could be solved by a massive injection of cash: to subsidise performers’ costs, to shore up struggling venues,...
Oregon Humanities Council Sues Trump Over Grant Cancellations
Although the suit charges the administration cannot legally cancel grants already approved by Congress, Oregon Humanities Communications Director Ben Waterhouse believes the decision was...
Production Manager Killed In Tragic Accident At Jabob’s Pillow
The person killed, identified by Jacob’s Pillow as Kat Sirico, was rolling a dolly with the help of an intern to transport the platforms...
What Happens When Deaf Actors Take On A Broadway Show
“There is this preconceived notion that if a person is deaf, their entire world is silent. This is not true at all." - Washington...
Accordian Master Dies At 86
The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. - NPR
Is Netflix Trying To Become More Like YouTube?
As Netflix and YouTube vie for the eyeballs on TV sets, Netflix (and other streamers) are increasingly using YouTube to test the waters for the kind...
Anti-Gentrification Protesters Vandalize Museum In Mexico City
A group of anti-gentrification protesters vandalized the contemporary art museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as demonstrations against rising housing prices...
Royal Albert Hall Seat Owners Lose Suit Over Access To Seats
These investors were granted rights to use or access their seats for the term of the hall's 999-year lease, according to the venue's website....
How Do You Lose Your Country? Not All At Once
Looking back, it becomes clear that the process only really starts after severe damage has been wreaked to the fundamental concept of justice—and once...
Singer Holds Palestinian Flag During Opera Curtain Call: A Political Violation of Art?
Claiming political impartiality in relation to a Verdi opera is like calling Guernica a painting of a horse. - London Review of Books
Music Of The New Avant Garde: …Bagpipes?
“When I was sixteen or seventeen, and getting into the adult category, I started trying to play different repertoire,” she said. “I’d get instantly...
Netflix Is Using Generative AI To Make Movies. It’s A Fundamental Shift
Netflix’s generative AI approach marks a fundamental shift. Instead of building digital scenes piece by piece, artists simply describe what they want and algorithms...
How Technology (Dating Apps Anyone?) Lessens The Power Of Relationships
When technology mediates contact, this can strengthen familiar forms of scepticism about love – for example, about whether or not the other person is...
Was Munch’s “The Scream” The First Modern Painting?
The Mona Lisa represents an impossible ideal—palpable, yet clearly beyond reach. The Scream, on the other hand, arguably speaks to a much more ancient, existential state, connecting...
Emojis — Scourge Of Communication Or Historically Meaningful?
Your own emoji habit might not extend beyond the occasional text message. But anyone who’s ever caught a whiff of the teen spirit surrounding,...
Maureen Dowd: Why Should Men Read Books? It’s Sexy!
The fiction gap makes me sad. A man staring into a phone is not sexy. But a man with a book has become so...
The Fight To Save Hawaiian Culture Lost In The Maui Fires
Nearly two years later, to drive around Lahaina town is to encounter ghost gas stations, mailboxes without houses and rogue bougainvillea enlivening piles of...
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down After Republicans Zero Out Funding
CPB informed employees that the majority of staff positions will be eliminated with the close of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. It...
Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment From History Museum Exhibit
“In reviewing our legacy content recently, it became clear that the ‘Limits of Presidential Power’ section in The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden exhibition needed to...
Why Some Musicians Are Leaving Spotify
“It didn’t take us long to decide as a band that if Daniel Ek is going harder on AI warfare, we should get off...
The Fight To Preserve Monet’s Beloved Giverny Gardens
A week with this invisible group of virtuoso gardeners in their run-up to a new season reveals how, sitting at the intersection of art...
How Some Of Syria’s Cultural Heritage Was Secretly Saved
7,400 artefacts were smuggled into Rmelan from dozens of dig sites. The items have now come to light—literally—as the heritage NGOs responsible for Rmelan...
France Proposes New Law To Return Colonial Art
If approved, the law would make it easier for the country to return cultural goods in France's national collection "originating from states that, due...
