Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Inherent Dangerousness Of Janet Malcolm’s Method
For a writer so relentlessly suspicious of the accounts we give of ourselves, and so attuned to the meager defenses we muster against self-exposure,...
Disney Will Make Three Rounds Of Layoffs This Year
This week’s initial round comes a few days before the company’s annual shareholder meeting on April 3. Iger had first announced plans for the...
Banksy’s Migrant Rescue Boat Seized By Italian Authorities
A rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy was seized in Lampedusa on Sunday after Italy's coast guard said the boat had disobeyed...
The Problems In Properly Authenticating, Protecting Indigenous Art
The Native community finds itself in this fight against the misrepresentation. This leaves consumers in a tough spot, parsing through what efforts businesses are...
Dear Parents: In Our Art Class There’s Going To Be Art. Okay?
You signed up for a classical education, in theory — at least, that word is in the name of our school! — so I...
Book-Banning Crusades Are Energizing Indie Bookstores
As book banning efforts intensify—along with assaults on women’s bodily autonomy and on the AP African American studies curriculum—old-school feminist bookstores and new intersectional...
Are Expensive German Opera Training Programs Worth It?
There’s no guarantee that the programs will help young singers get roles in the first place. - Van
Marty Baron: In Defense Of Journalistic Objectivity
These critics of objectivity among journalism professionals, encouraged and enabled by many in the academic world, are convinced that journalism has failed on multiple...
LA’s Metro Turns To Classical Music For Crowd Control
The music — described to me as “earplugs-at-a-concert loud” by one frequent commuter — is the audio version of hostile architecture, where bumpy benches...
Is Being Profound Overrated?
In a conversation, when we’re talking with and not at each other, profundity is an impediment to the flow of thought. It’s more fitting...
Our Failure To Expand Our Definition Of Life Is Holding Us Back
No matter which way we’ve tried to turn, we’ve encountered ruptures and revisions and counterexamples that obstruct our progress toward a universal definition. Despite...
How Ann Philbin Transformed LA’s Hammer Museum
The renovation — part of a building boom that is transforming the vibrant Los Angeles museum world — caps the Hammer’s emergence as one...
Adobe And Nvidia Team Up To Address AI Copyright Issues
The companies will work together on this—they’ll codevelop new generative A.I. models, and Firefly is partially hosted on Picasso—and have accordingly come up with...
The Internet Archive Is Defending Its Digital Library In Court
The court will consider whether the Open Library violated copyright law by letting users “check out” digitized copies of physical books, an assertion several...
Why Kids Aren’t Developing A Love Of Reading
The ubiquity and allure of screens surely play a large part in this—most American children have smartphones by the age of 11—as does learning loss during...
Van Gogh And Rethinking The Tortured Genius Narrative
A 2014 study even discovered that van Gogh’s work was perceived as higher quality by viewers exposed to his mental health story. In promoting suffering over...
Let’s Look Again At That Definition Of Liberalism
A liberal is someone who’s tolerant of ambiguity, who can join arguments that he doesn’t have to win, who can live with people who...
Copyright Office: Some AI-Assisted Work Will Now Be Copyrightable
Effective March 16, the Copyright Office’s statement of policy indicates that copyright applicants are permitted to submit AI-assisted works (across literature and visual arts)...
Last Fall Aaron Sorkin Suffered A Stroke
“For about a month afterward, was slurring words. He had trouble typing; he was discouraged from flying for a few weeks; and until...
Can You Copyright A Rhythm? The Lawsuit That’s Shaking Up A Corner Of The...
The track featured the first known example of what would come to be known as a “dembow” rhythm – the percussive, slightly syncopated four-to-the-floor...
This Is How Difficult It Is For International Artists To Get Into The US
The process is difficult even for organizations with strong financial and administrative support. For smaller companies with less funding, it is daunting. - Broad Street...
Scott Timberg And What Happened To Culture
“Scott was just so present, and then he exterminated himself,” says Dana Gioia, former California poet laureate and a friend of Timberg for many years....
Not OK: The UK Government’s Attack On The Arts Is Doing Damage
Watching these wounds being inflicted is painful. People who work in culture and the arts in this country are exhausted. The 30% cut to Arts...
Rome’s Pantheon To Start Charging Admission
In the past, access to the Pantheon has always been free. Roman officials suggested a €2 entrance fee several years ago, but the controversial...
Big Questions About Met Museum’s Collecting Prcatices
A broader examination of the Met’s antiquities collection, conducted by ICIJ, Finance Uncovered, L’Espresso and other media partners over recent months, raises new concerns...
