Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Can’t Stop The Music: Russian Musicians Defy Putin
Musicians have become influential activists and symbols of political resistance, just as they were in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Kremlin...
SAG-AFTRA Union Responds To Use Of AI “Actor”
“The real issue at play is how our work is exhibited and what kinds of permissions and compensations we get for its use.” -...
UK Book Shops Will Now Sell E-Books To Compete With Amazon
The online store Bookshop.org is launching a platform through which independent bookshops in the UK will be able to sell ebooks as an alternative...
Stephen King Is The Most-Banned Author In The US
PEN America’s “Banned in the USA,” released Wednesday, tracks more than 6,800 instances of books being temporarily or permanently pulled for the 2024-2025 school year....
Why It’s So Expensive To Run A Show On Broadway
Ultimately what causes shows to take longer to recoup their initial capitalization is the high costs associated with operating a show. It’s well documented...
This Women Artist Was More Famous Than Rembrandt In Their Day. Why Did We...
Today, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings of all time, its creator lionized as one of the greatest artists to ever live. Meanwhile, the Koerten “thread...
This Year’s Most-Anticipated Book Started As FanFic And Has A Movie Deal
SenLinYu, 34, started off writing Harry Potter fanfiction that blew up online during the pandemic, racking up more than 20m downloads. Sen’s Draco and Hermione (“Dramione”)...
Did Italy’s Agnelli Family Replace Art With Fakes During An Inheritance Dispute?
Italian prosecutors are investigating claims that members of the Agnelli family arranged for works by Monet and de Chirico to be replaced with forgeries...
Two Years Ago The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Declared Bankruptcy. Now It’s Back
On the road to their return, the musicians took on side jobs, staged free community concerts and fought to bring the symphony back through legal...
Can TikTok Build Interest In Classical Music?
The program will support and elevate a select cohort of 10 U.K.-based creators passionate about classical music who are already making content about the...
Public Media’s Moment To Shine (Or Not)
Public media stations reach 99% of the country’s population with free, noncommercial, local news, music and information. Yet their greatest strength — broadcast dominance built over...
Public Broadcasting Lost Federal Funding. But Public Broadcasting Continues
Although the massive wave of federal funding cuts may sometimes seem insurmountable for private donors to offset, cuts to public broadcasting are not so...
Living With People Whose Ideas You Don’t Like
We are indeed going to have to live with each other, barring apocalyptic violence—but we already have been for quite some time, and doing...
Father Of The Internet: We Created The Internet And Gave It Away For Free....
Today, I look at my invention and I am forced to ask: is the web still free today? No, not all of it. Trading...
What The AI Actor Tilly Says About The Bland State Of Movies Today
It is not on screen for long and perhaps vanishes just before you sense something’s off, but as things stand, “Tilly” doesn’t look obviously...
Menand: What, Now, Is This Free Speech Of Which You Speak?
If the Administration’s actions are so blatantly unlawful, why does everyone seem to be caving? Some of it is just cost-benefit analysis. - The...
Big Publishing’s Gambling Problem
Because the majority of books don’t earn out, most people in publishing have the disappointing experience of working on a book they love that,...
The Strad As Overpriced Object Of Art
The violins may be rare, excellently made, and, to some, worth the money. But none of that is actually worth a fig if their...
How Our Screens Are Changing How We Interact With The World
If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest theft...
Artists Are Projecting Satiric Trump Images On Buildings Around LA
An anonymous street art collective using the moniker Vjaybombs is behind the satirical artworks (which they call “projection bombs” and “guerrilla projections”), broadcasting them...
The Network TV Model Is Dead. It Won’t Take Much To Topple It
I wonder why Nexstar is even pursuing a multibillion-dollar deal to buy TV stations. Traditionally it's been a great investment. But tradition is all...
Critics Slam US Comedians For Participating In Saudi Comedy Festival
In its statement announcing the event, the General Entertainment Authority described the festival as "the largest of its kind globally," adding that it "reflects...
YouTube Pays Trump $24.5 Million To Settle Lawsuit
YouTube froze Mr. Trump’s account after the riot, blocking him from uploading new videos and arguing that the content could lead to more violence. Mr....
UC Irvine Takes Over Troubled Orange County Museum Of Art
The University of California, Irvine will take over administration and operating costs for the troubled museum, which this year has weathered the announcement that...
Venice La Fenice Opera Threatens Strike Over Appointment Of New Music Director
When theater officials announced last week that La Fenice’s new music director would be the conductor Beatrice Venezi, some members of the company were...
