Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How Arts Council England Coerces
"A number of programming staff at a major ACE-funded organisation recently described to me how they were investigated by its HR department after inviting...
Royal Ontario Museum To Redesign, Make First Floor Free Admission
"We call it OpenROM, a transformative project that will both literally and figuratively open the museum up even more, creating a thriving cultural and...
Like A Switch Flipped: Today’s College Students Have A Reading Comprehension Disability
Now students are intimidated by anything over 10 pages and seem to walk away from readings of as little as 20 pages with no...
Judge Throws Out Some Artist Claims Against OpenAI
In the ruling, Judge Araceli MartÃnez-OlguÃn threw out claims on vicarious copyright infringement, DMCA violations, negligence, and unjust enrichment. The court did not believe...
The Allure Of The Grand Gesture
Classic grand gestures from novels and films are defined by a kind of sacrifice: hallmarks include the willingness to be rejected. - The Point
BodyTraffic Aims To Be LA’s Dance Company
For most of its existence BODYTRAFFIC has been better known and more appreciated outside of LA than in its hometown, in great part because...
A Transformative Calder Gift To The Seattle Art Museum
Last April, the Shirleys donated 48 works by Alexander Calder to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). While Calders proliferate in museums across the globe, these are...
A Transformative $60 Million Gift To San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet has received a groundbreaking gift: It announced on Thursday that it had secured a $60 million contribution from an anonymous donor,...
The Critical Importance Of Thelma Golden In The Art World
"I had known Thelma Golden for a decade before I fully absorbed the critical role she had played, and continues to play, in desegregating...
Tate Modern Has 12.5 Million Social Media Followers. Here’s How
"We try to strike a careful balance between experimenting with TikTok and posting on Instagram, as Instagram remains our most reliably steadfast channel. It’s...
The Sports Industry Hasn’t Figured Out How Fans Should Watch
It’s never been more complicated (or expensive) for sports fans to watch their favorite teams. - Bloomberg
How Arizona Theatre Company Thrives In Two Homes
“What people don’t realize is that in a $6 million budget, the expenses in Phoenix are only $1 million more. We netted close to...
How Diversity Has Made Elite Universities Better
Efforts to grow and embrace diversity at America’s great research universities have made them better than ever. If you want excellence, you need to...
Belgrade Philharmonic Musicians Warn Its Future Is In Danger
During a concert on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, the musicians of the Belgrade Philharmonic read a letter to the audience that pointed out their difficult position,...
Americans Have Stopped Hanging Out
This young century, Americans have collectively submitted to a national experiment to deprive ourselves of camaraderie in the world of flesh and steel, choosing...
Professional Arts Journalism Is Going Away
As the quantity and quality of professional arts coverage and criticism in major media outlets erodes, so too does much of the public’s awareness...
Russian “Artist” Threatens To Dissolve Picassos, Rembrandts, In Acid
Andrei Molodkin claims to be sealing original works of art by Picasso, Rembrandt, Warhol, Sarah Lucas, Andres Serrano and more in a safe designed...
Taggers Cover Stalled LA Tower With Graffiti
“This was a giant building that a community of people is finding use in. It’s people making use of the things that others neglect...
With The Closing Of Pitchfork, Music Criticism Goes Into Freefall
There’s a lot of boutique blogs and a lot of local localized music blogs. But as far as a thing that’s covering music, period,...
Why We Need Theory
The vocation of theory to give us perspective on the production of ideas—on their historical conjuncture, their class interests, their philosophical deficiencies, their determined...
Calgary Arts Groups Are Struggling (Just Like Everywhere Else)
Released just last month, the most recent research shows that, while Calgarians are still interested in engaging in the arts, audiences are much more...
Will This Production Of “The Wiz” Change How Broadway Does Business?
“Broadway and the road have gone through different eras and phases, and it will continue to morph, but we may be beginning a chapter...
Opera Philadelphia Cuts Festival And Budget
In August, the company reduced its staff by about 16%, developed a smaller scale for Festival O, and trimmed the budget by about 20%...
It’s Official: “Peak” TV Is Over
The 14% year-over-year decline in the number of new scripted series across live television networks and streaming represented the steepest drop-off in at least...
We Need To Rethink Cultural Infrastructure — Fund It Like Highways
"We need to stop treating museums, theaters and galleries like sacred spaces that exist in some rarefied realm of public life. And we need...
