Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
A Growing Threat To Good Science: Self-Censorship
In a recent paper published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cory Clark and 38 co-authors argue that, in science, censorship often flows...
Museums Are Hugely Popular. But Can They Survive?
Beyond particular items in its collections, is the universal museum itself a product of colonialism that expresses an implicit belief in the superiority of...
Artists Have Been Priced Out Of Seattle
In the survey, creatives of all stripes, success and income levels say that — faced with rising housing prices, inflation and a weakened local...
What Does It Look Like To Give Guaranteed Income To Artists?
It seems like such a basic thing: paying working artists a living wage. But it’s not something that most arts organizations, particularly smaller ones,...
Spanish Residents Protest Mass Tourism
Some popular locations are struggling with the crush of visitors. Tens of thousands of Spanish residents have taken to the streets in Málaga and the Canary...
The Decline Of HBO (Worst Emmys Outing Since 1996)
On Wednesday, HBO, as well as its accompanying streaming service Max, earned 91 Emmy nominations, down from its massive haul last year (127), and...
Taxonomy Is Our Superpower (And It’s In Dire Shape)
Taxonomy, the science of naming and classifying organisms, is the foundation for conserving disappearing plants and animals. Yet the field — often viewed as...
New JFK Terminal Is Stuffed With Art
The $4.2 billion facility in Queens will showcase the largest number of works of any New York airport by major figures from the United...
Country Music Is Hot Again (And Fans Are In Charge)
Across the musical universe, country is cool again. This year, for the first time, the country festival Stagecoach sold out before its better-known mainstream...
“The Bear” Leads With Record Number Of Emmy Nominations
“The Bear,” about chefs under pressure at a Chicago restaurant, set a new record for nominations in a single year for a comedy. It has...
Australian Media Say Catastrophe If Meta Removes News Links From Facebook
Meta has threatened to remove all news from Facebook in Australia if it is “designated” under the world-first News Media Bargaining Code, which has the power...
Academic Publishing Is A Rip Off. We Need Reform
The annual revenues of the “big five” commercial publishers – Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, and SAGE – are each in the...
Why Silicon Valley Is Exploring Guaranteed Income
It is a critical moment for guaranteed income, which has been touted by the OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, the Tesla chief executive Elon Musk,...
Librarians Cull Books All The Time. How Do They Decide What Goes?
With public libraries mandated to support literacy, recreational reading, and free access to information, today’s librarians make decisions about removing books amid competing pressures...
How Lonnie Bunch Has Transformed The Smithsonian
Initiatives such as an ethical returns policy that restored twenty-nine looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria—shifting the global conversation around restitution—and a more recent effort, spurred...
What A Long Overdue Kaethe Kollwitz Show Says About MoMA’s Expanded Vision
Charting its way through changing times, MoMA is building out how it tells that history in the 21st Century, increasingly embracing women, African-American artists and...
Amid Financial And Leadership Woes, San Francisco Symphony Considers Cutting Its Chorus
Dozens of San Francisco Symphony Chorus members say leadership has proposed slashing their budget by up to 80%, a move they believe could further tarnish the...
Climate Change, Pandemics… We Face Global Threats. Our National Governments Aren’t Equipped
This basic mismatch between the scale of the problem and the scale of possible solutions is a source of many of today’s failures of...
Major Recording Labels Sue Verizon For Not Banishing Pirates
Verizon "knowingly provides its high-speed service to a massive community of online pirates," said the complaint filed in US District Court for the Southern District of...
Does Music Lose Its Power When It’s Too Easy To Make, Too Easy To...
Music being too easy to make means too much of the same music is made, “making it harder to find really exceptional things.” Because...
Disney’s Plan To Keep You Watching More
The entertainment giant is developing a host of new features aimed at lengthening the amount of time subscribers spend viewing its shows and movies....
Nicholas Serota’s Plan For The UK Arts Sector In The New Era
The plan includes putting culture and creativity at "the heart of education" and advocating "for the role culture can play in local renewal", as...
Hum-And-Search Music Is Here
The tool lets people hum the song, sing the song or even play the song on another instrument. The feature is rolling out to...
Peter Schjeldahl And The Art Of Dying
Like Karl Marx and Jim Harrison, who died at their desks, and George Orwell, who was writing a book review when he died, Schjeldahl...
Former British Museum Head Gets A Shiny New Job
In the release, the commission said it had chosen Hartwig Fischer, 61, because of his “global expertise in leading international cultural institutions and museums.”...
