Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Richard Grenell Out At The Kennedy Center
He leaves behind an institution that is drastically changed, and in many ways diminished, from a year ago, when Mr. Trump installed himself as chairman and filled...
Eight Projects By This Year’s Pritzker Prize Winning Architect
Following the news that Smiljan Radić has won this year's delayed Pritzker Architecture Prize, we round up eight projects from the Chilean architect's experimental career. - Dezeen
Why Aren’t Frank Lloyd Wright Houses Selling?
The architect’s passion for combining design and nature meant that many of his residences were built in rural areas. Because of their pedigree, they...
Classical Music Magazine Is Shutting Down
The magazine was sold to Mark Allen by Rhinegold Publishing in December 2018, together with other titles such as Music Teacher, Choir & Organ...
Those Who Resist Super-Popular Culture
I’ve come to call it “hype aversion”: an avoidance of the pop-culture products that seemingly everyone insists I would like. It’s not that I’m...
What Entertainment Might Look Like Years From Now
What kinds of disruptive changes will the next two decades bring? We asked five entertainment experts to predict one big change we’ll see in...
Calgary Is Making Enormous Investments In Arts And Culture. It Shows
“As we make our way to two million, there’s the 35,000-foot level where the role for artists to play is quite significant and very...
Atlanta, Once The “Hollywood Of The South,” Sees Its Film/TV Industry Shrink
After hitting a peak of $4.4 billion in 2022, spending on film and TV production in Georgia has tumbled, reaching just $2.3 billion in...
Kosman: The Disappearing Music Critic
The time when every musical event, every world premiere, every opera opening, was the spark for a lively public discussion is gone. In its...
Big Loss: One Of LA’s Best Dance Companies, Bodytraffic, Will Close
The company’s end wasn’t planned, but it became necessary when its artistic director and co-founder, Tina Finkelman Berkett, decided to step back from her...
Paramount and Live Nation/Ticketmaster Won Big Last Week: Here’s why Orchestras and Theatres and...
Two huge culture industry deals in the past week, both in entertainment, and maybe they don't seem connected. Certainly not connected to non-profit arts. But these are exactly the kind of culture infrastructure deals that should worry anyone in the commercial or non-profit culture business because they impact us all.
There Are Fewer Than 10 Full Time Book Critics Left
By some measures, there are as many as 1 million books published annually in the US, and it’s a number that doesn’t show any...
What Happens When Art Experts And AI Disagree On Authentication?
Combining machine learning, deep neural networks and computer vision algorithms, Art Recognition’s approach can, in theory, be adapted to any painter with a big...
The Art Market Grew In 2025. But…
The recovery, however, came with an asterisk. While auctions bounced back strongly, galleries barely budged, and much of the market’s growth came from a...
What Percentage Of Americans Went To A Movie Theatre Last Year? (You Might Be...
According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in the summer of 2025, 53% of U.S. adults said they had seen a movie in theaters in...
Women-Owned Radio Stations And The Communities They’re Building
Whatever their mission and wherever their location, what the stations have in common is the amplification — literally and metaphorically — of women’s voices...
Player Pianos, Automation And AI
Nearly every major pianist of the early 20th century made music for these machines. Echoing AI commentary today, some musicians viewed the player piano...
Damage To Iran’s Historic Sites Mounts
The strikes on Isfahan on Monday came a week after another cultural icon, the Golestan Palace, was badly damaged during an attack on a police...
What We Can Learn From Radical Access To The Arts
Access Fringe program at the Melbourne Fringe Festival is a 10-year partnership with Arts Access Victoria supporting d/Deaf and disabled artists through commissions, mentorships and...
Why Did The Boston Symphony Decide To Part Ways With Its Music Director?
Right now though, it’s anyone’s guess where the “future vision” of the BSO will take them – and if the relationship between the players...
Lessons From Sundance: New Focus On Artist Care
For all of the egregious consent violations in the film industry that the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements shone a light on, I was...
Grand Rapids Symphony – President & CEO
As it approaches its 100th anniversary in 2030, the Grand Rapids Symphony seeks a mission‑driven President & CEO to lead its next chapter of impact
What If A “Day Job” Is The Foundation Of An Artistic Career?
Rather than sticking our heads in the sand—and hoping that belief, alone, will be the source of motivation we need to succeed—what if we...
How Luxembourg’s Minister Of Culture Defended This Year’s Venice Biennale Entry
“The role of the state is not to filter works in the name of good taste,” Thill said, adding that art should challenge audiences...
Why You Can’t Love A Clone
Even if a new mug – or a clone – is identical to the original in every visible way, the fact that it is not the same alters...
