Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Disney Hits A Wall With Its AI Ambitions
Even as other industries — from technology to publishing — proceed to incorporate AI to cut costs and replace jobs, media companies have bumped...
This Playwright Enlisted Anorexic Actors: The Ethics Of Who Portrays What
Theater makers have long depicted health struggles onstage, including the realities of living with H.I.V. and cancer, but the debate around this production, titled “Jeanne Dark” and running through...
The GLP-1 Era Is Changing How We Think About Self Control
Although scientists are just beginning to study food noise as a concept, individuals who have taken a GLP-1 drug often report that it significantly reduces this distracting, ruminative thinking about...
This Year’s Worldwide New Building Of The Year
The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Center of Las Chumberas, designed by Spanish architect Fernando Menis, has been named as the World Building of the Year at the...
Pope Leo: Movie Theatres And Cathedrals
There's "an inner peace that comes from entering the sanctum sanctorum of those movie palaces with the wall-sized screens.2 Don’t take it from me. Take...
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Undergraduate Drama, Department Chair
Department of Undergraduate Drama at NYU Tisch School of the Arts seeks a Chair to lead the Bachelor of Fine Arts program beginning Fall '26.
The Icelandic Language Is In Danger Of Dying Out
“Having this language that is spoken by so very few, I feel that we carry a huge responsibility to actually preserve that. I do...
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra seeks Vice President, Human Resources
The next Vice President, Human Resources will lead the FWSO’s design and implementation of HR strategy to strength communication and collaboration across the organization.
Conceptual Frame: An Art Installation You Have To Really Commit To See
The Frattini Bivouac is not staffed, ticketed or mediated. Anyone can enter it, but only after a six-to-eight-hour ascent on foot across scree, moss...
English National Opera Chief Leaves To Run Roundhouse
Jenny Mollica will step down from her current role in summer 2026 to become CEO of London music and arts venue Roundhouse. Mollica will succeed...
Warning: Florida’s New Education Dictates Are A Return To McCarthyism
“History should never be rewritten to match the politics of the day, as history has valuable lessons to teach.” - APNews
We Live In An Age Of Self-Optimization. Where Did This Notion Come From?
This culture of self-quantification in the pursuit of self-improvement long predates social media, algorithms and targeted advertising. In fact, we can trace its roots...
Education Is Flapping Around Trying To Figure Out AI’s Role In Teaching, Learning
Even as a significant proportion of their students are submitting AI-generated work, they proudly reassure each other that their courses are too demanding or...
New Emphasis On Dancers’ Mental Health
Dancers began to question their careers and who they were apart from being dancers. Some saw their bodies change. Some decided to have children. And many...
What Does News Independence Mean After BBC Mess?
The resignations come as the BBC enters a decisive period. The renewal of its royal charter in 2027 will define the corporation’s funding model...
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Resolves Suit By NPR Following Trump Cuts
The arrangement resolves litigation filed by NPR accusing the corporation of illegally yielding to Trump's demands that the network be financially punished for its...
Managing Director- The Old Globe working with Management Consultants for the Arts
The Old Globe is seeking a Managing Director to co-lead the company as it looks ahead to the landmark celebration of its 100th anniversary
Boch Center, VP Marketing & Communications | In Partnership with DHR Global
The Boch Center seeks a Vice President of Marketing & Communications
The Oracle Of Hollywood As It Cruises To Disaster
Matthew Belloni has become a narrator of the industry’s troubles during the most transformative period since the birth of television, brought on by the...
Phillips Collection To Controversially Sell Masterpieces To Buy New Art
“Like many of my museum colleagues,” said Eliza Rathbone, chief curator emerita at the Phillips, “I’m deeply saddened and appalled that the Phillips Collection...
A $500M American Dream Museum?
Visitors to Washington have a new, free attraction: the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream. After a $500 million renovation of two former banks...
What Explains Boomers’ Addiction To Ellipses?
There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. ‘OK . . .’ ‘Thanks . . .’ ‘See you next...
Inside The BBC’s Political Crisis
Instead of addressing the criticism, the BBC was silent for seven days. In the vacuum, a wave of headlines became a flood of unchallenged...
Guy Cogeval, Former President Of The Musée d’Orsay, 70
A "free spirit and nonconformist, often impetuous, the passionate lover of the 19th century left his mark on the Parisian museum from 2008 to...
The Corporatization Of Our Music
Three record companies—Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group—control more than 80 percent of all recorded music released through a recognized...
