Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How Awards Have Defined The Canadian Music Industry
National arts award ceremonies like the Junos are part of a cultural system that help define who belongs, who succeeds and what counts as “Canadian” in...
A Rebirth In Critic-ing?
If the review sections of newspapers are closing down, there’s a sense that this moment could make room for a meatier, weirder kind of...
LA’s New Golden Age Of Museums
This shift to the West Coast has long been driven by the region’s many art schools, including the ArtCenter, California Institute of the Arts,...
London’s Globe Theatre Launches “Environmental Playwright” Prize
It is this connection with the bard’s work that has inspired Shakespeare’s Globe to launch its first climate playwriting prize for 2026, which it...
Study: Gen Z’s View Of Masculinity Is Changing
The study surveyed 1,500 tweens, teens and young adults, ages 10-24, finding that these groups want to see boys and men on TV and...
The Existential Challenges Facing Disney’s New CEO
There’s a phrase that’s used around the Magic Kingdom to describe this phenomenon: “the Josh Effect.” D’Amaro — tall, slender and silver-haired — has a politician’s ability to make anyone he encounters feel...
The Qualities Of Ethics Required For Good Government
In a world increasingly defined by distance, between citizen and state, between policy and experience, between law and justice, Rammohun Roy offers a reminder...
Did This LA Arts Icon Personally Profit From Foundation Grants?
They allege Judy Baca personally benefited from a $5-million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to expand “The Great Wall,” sold the project’s archives to the...
Misty Copeland Recovering From Hip Replacement Surgery
“A few months ago, I stepped off the stage after my final bow with @abtofficial, closing one chapter and unknowingly preparing for the next,”...
Just What/Where Is The Leisure Class?
We need to work, because survival demands it, and we need to rest, because work is tiring, but are those two possibilities really exhaustive?...
AMC Says It Will Continue To Close Movie Theatres
For the company’s Q4 2025, which ended on December 31, AMC reported total revenue of $1.28 billion. That’s a drop of 1.4% from the $1.3 billion...
How Instrumentalization Devalues The Meaning Of Art
It is no longer enough for universities to say that their programmes allow you to explore some of the most fundamental questions of existence....
Republican Attorneys General Oppose Netflix Warner Deal
“We, the undersigned Attorneys General, write to express our concerns that the proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Brothers will likely result in undue...
How To Declutter Your Attention
The aim is cognitive clarity via fewer inputs, distilled choices, and settings centred around presence and focus. While design minimalism emphasizes appearance and object...
Longtime MTT Partner Josh Robison, 79
For more than four decades, Robison was a constant at Tilson Thomas' side - not only as spouse but as manager, adviser and strategic...
Broadway Box Office Takes A Hit Because Of Storm
Wicked, one of the highest earners on Broadway, saw the biggest drop due to the storm, as the musical fell $408,223 from the prior week. -...
Leaked Transcript Shows Thinking Behind University Canceling Anti-ICE Show
In the leaked transcripts, Hutzel reportedly told employees that while the school’s administration might survive the reputational fallout, the college itself could become a...
Writers, Artists Hesitate To Admit They’re Using AI
There’s an important caveat that my colleagues and I have recently begun to explore in our research: Positive views of creative work often shift once...
What We Lose As The Paperback Goes Away
“They had that democratic aspect to them where you can just find them anywhere and it always felt like it was the pick ’n’...
The Unlikely Success Of A Strange Little Book Store In Alabama
“Our books don’t cost more,” Reiss likes to say, “but they are worth more.” - The New Yorker
Are We Living In A Culture Of Epstein?
A different dark vision of society has emerged. Suddenly, we seem to be living in the age of Epstein. We tell ourselves that by...
Of Priorities, Interests, And Funding The Humanities
There’s soft coercion, where they are providing an incentive structure where they will not fund projects unless they have a social-justice angle. - Chronicle of...
Trump Administration Sued For Altering History In National Parks
The suit accuses the Trump administration of “a sustained campaign to erase history and undermine science,” so that the parks no longer do what...
The Acute Differences Between Practice And Performance
The problem is rarely a lack of musical ability. Practice alone doesn’t prepare us for the psychological demands of performance. Practice and performance are...
Illinois Governor’s Proposed Arts Budget Is Flat. Funding Is Less Than It Was 20...
Arts Alliance Illinois, the statewide arts advocacy organization, is calling on the General Assembly to increase the arts budget by 20%, which it says...
