Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Things That Follow You Around Once You First Notice Them
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, also known as the frequency illusion, is a type of cognitive bias where, once you learn about something – such as...
How Juilliard Is Becoming Tuition-Free
The number of tuition-free students will continue to increase on a rolling basis across all of Juilliard. “We’re looking at a multiyear campaign, and...
AI Is Helping Decipher Ancient Unreadable Manuscripts. Here’s How
The researchers’ model allows for the generation of synthetic data to accurately model key degradation processes and overcome the scarcity of information contained in...
Artist Fights Destruction Of His Fountain In San Francisco
A lawyer representing the artist Armand Vaillancourt has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the City of San Francisco in response to the controversial plan to demolish...
Domination Play: Skydance Paramount To Bid To Buy Warner
By preparing a play for the company before Warner’s planned split, Paramount Skydance is attempting to pre-empt a potential bidding war for the studio...
Steve Schick: How Music Ought To Work On Us
While the presence of listeners seems axiomatic at every stage of music history, it has become indispensable now. Fostering dialogue, spoken or unspoken, within...
French Museums Close Because Of Labor Strikes
Art museums and cultural monuments in France, including the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Arc de Triomphe, are partially or fully closed to...
A New Festival Exploring AI In Opera
Planned for its first edition, set to run from June 4 to 7 next year, is a symposium exploring A.I. and opera-making, followed by...
Hope For Humanities Studies?
In my own classroom, I’ve encountered surprising signs of renewed life in the humanities, which suggest that a renaissance could be possible, at least...
Protests Dog Powell’s Books After Company Uses AI-Created Designs
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this whole snafu—which alas seems likelier to be the beginning of a trend, rather than the end of one—is...
Does AI Defeat The Purpose Of a Humanities Education?
While the two of us disagree on whether there are any valid uses of AI in the research process, using AI to “improve” one’s...
Here Are The Best Architectural Installations From This Year’s Burning Man
Volunteers, artists, and designers came together to create massive works to be enjoyed alongside the music, cultural activities, and other offerings of the festival,...
Are Colleges Making A Mistake In Their Approach To AI?
Teaching students how to use AI tools in fields where they are genuinely necessary is one thing. But infusing the college experience with the...
A Year Ago The Bellevue Arts Museum Closed. Are Its Days As A Museum...
Court documents and records obtained through public records, as well as reporting and interviews, shed more light on what could be next for the...
DeVos Institute Global Executive Arts Management Fellowship
A three-year, fully-subsidized program for arts and culture executives.
Big Dance Grant Program Ends. Now What?
Earlier this year, the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), which administers the grant, announced that a lead funder, the Mellon Foundation, would...
Latest Banksy Mural Will Be Removed From London Courts Building
"The Royal Courts of Justice is a listed building and HMCTS are obliged to maintain its original character," it said in a statement. Listed...
How Film Festivals Are Thinking About AI
A key aspect of what’s being negotiated across culture industries is how the public, fans, media commentators and creative professionals understand responsible AI creation and how...
So What If Media Companies Aren’t Interested In Culture Criticism Anymore?
Part of the problem is that reviews now float amid millions of other pieces of similar content on the web instead of being part...
What Really Do Cuts To Public Radio Mean?
A crucial development often left out of this conversation is how “journalism” itself has changed. Increasingly, local news is citizen-driven, curated, and disseminated through...
Is AI The End Of Movie Creativity?
“You could imagine a world where a movie would come out on a Friday, with alongside it, day-and-date,” the CEO said. By Sunday...
White House Review Of Smithsonian Could Impact History Studies Nationwide
Far beyond museums in Washington, President Donald Trump's review at the Smithsonian could influence how history is taught in classrooms around the country. The...
AI Companies Have Been Training On YouTube Data, Potentially Putting Creators Out Of Business
Over the past few months, I’ve discovered more than 15.8 million videos from more than 2 million channels that tech companies have, without permission,...
For The First Time, Scientists Have Recorded A Human Brain Making Decisions
Thanks to the image obtained, the researchers were able to confirm an already theorized architecture of thought: that there is no single region exclusively...
The Arts Center of Greater Corvalllis is Hiring a Full Time Development Manager
We are seeking a full-time Development Manager to join our passionate and creative team and help grow the resources that support our mission.
