Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Here’s What Trump’s Washington Arch Would Look Like
Much of the public debate around the arch has centered on how it would affect other nearby memorials, particularly the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington...
Ben Folds: The National Symphony Is In Peril
The NSO doesn’t even know if it has a home, given the previously announced two-year closure of the Kennedy Center. This is a very...
Trump Administration’s Plans To Cancel Student Loans For Almost All College Arts Programs
Yale University’s master’s programs in visual arts and music would fail. Harvard University’s master’s degree in museum studies would fail. The Juilliard School’s undergraduate...
Crystal Bridges Completes Major Expansion
This component of a long-running plan for the site adds two galleries and 114,00 square feet (10,590 square metres) of space for a recent...
London’s Royal Opera House Is Embracing AI. Some Musicians Aren’t Happy
"We started programming SHIFT because there is a bit of a crisis in the performing arts with regards to machine learning. There's absolute panic....
Report: Australian Arts Participation At Highest Level Ever
More Australians are attending live arts events and festivals, with 2025 the highest level of attendance recorded. While some art forms have seen shifts back...
Carl Schachter, Influential Music Theorist, 93
His groundbreaking work as a music theorist primarily advanced Schenkerian theory by integrating rhythmic, metric, and harmonic dimensions into linear voice-leading analysis, while emphasizing...
Executive Director
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) seeks a visionary, entrepreneurial, and collaborative leader to serve as its next Executive Director.
Okay, Here’s How The Publishing Business Really Works
Nobody would patronize a best-seller–only shopping mall kiosk called We Bet We Have That Book You Want, even though best-sellers are most of what...
Two Washington Stars Rise Up To Take On The Damaged Washington Post
The two closely named rivals plan to take on a much more established competitor: The Washington Post, which is owned by the Amazon founder...
Busting Conventional Wisdom: The Number Of Bookstores Isn’t Shrinking, It’s Growing Robustly
Membership in the ABA grew by more than 500 over the past year, to a total of 3,417 (at 3,783 locations), nearly triple what...
A Priority For Australia’s Next Cultural Policy: Protecting Freedom Of Expression
Treating freedom of expression and social cohesion as trade-offs is a category error. Freedom of expression is an internal attribute of cultural activity, an...
Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, Philanthropist Who Saved New Orleans’ Symphony Orchestra, Dies At 93
Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, a queen of Carnival who became a lawyer and philanthropist whose gifts of money, determination and leadership helped save New Orleans’...
Rosamund Pike Lectures Audience Member From The Stage For Texting During Performance
“Maybe it was very important, and maybe you’re a doctor, and you’re saving someone’s life, and I hope you are, but we do see...
University Student Audience Member Steps In To Finish Performance When Keyboardist Falls Ill
The orchestra’s keyboardist had suddenly fallen ill. Was there by any chance a pianist in the house? And one with exceptional sight-reading skills? -...
Study: Humans Need “Semantic Knowledge” To Innovate
The research demonstrates that our “semantic knowledge”, the internal cognitive map of how concepts connect and apply to one another, is the absolute precondition...
We Need Artists To Collaborate With AI
Machine learning represents a seismic shift, both in society and in the arts, and we need storytellers, artists, teachers and thinkers in this space...
Ragazzi Boys Chorus seeks Artistic Director
Ragazzi Boys Chorus seeks Artistic Director. Salary in the range of $130,000 and $150,000. Please see the link for full details.
The Trump Administration Is Dismantling Support For Social Science Research
If the National Science Foundation does stop funding social scientists, experts told me, our 5,000-foot-view of American life will get foggier. The NSF, through...
The World Is Becoming Automated Around Us. Are Humans Losing Autonomy?
Computers talk to computers, producing information to train computers to sound more like humans or to better engage them. Humans type into the box,...
A Dancer Helping To Redefine What A Ballet Body Is
Ballet has a reputation for upholding rigid body standards. In recent years, though, the art form has been rethinking its relationship to diversity in...
How Alice Walton Culturally Transformed A Corner Of Arkansas
It’s impossible to miss the scope of transformation that’s happened in Bentonville, population 63,000. - Fast Company
Just What Does “American” Architecture Look Like In 2026?
A new book makes the case that when it comes to evolving forms and styles in American architecture, a new generation of firms is...
Not So Fast: Interior Secretary Won’t Commit To Removing Trump Name From The Kennedy...
Secretary Burgum’s hedging came as Trump attacked the decision and the judge behind it on social media Friday and Saturday. - Time
What We Need To Do To Get America Reading Again
Teaching people to read and building a world where they can do so are different problems. Throwing our phones in the lake can’t bring...
