Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Australia Is Working On A New National Arts Policy. Here Are Artists’ Demands:
Battered by rolling lockdowns, key figures in the sector have said COVID-19 disruptions exposed job insecurity, poor remuneration, and a thinning of government grants...
Arts Journalism Is On Life Support
Arts criticism, which used to nurture the innovative, is on life support. Independence of judgment and expertise are in short supply. When it comes...
What We Know So Far About Placido Domingo And The Argentine Criminal Cult
Further investigation will show if Domingo was aware of the Yoga School cult’s alleged crimes and of his friends’ connections to the group. But...
HBO Max Lays Off 70 (And Making Programmers Much Less Diverse)
One former employee says as many as 13 people of color previously in charge of developing shows like The Gordita Chronicles and the Spanish-language docuseries Menudo: Forever...
Beyond Politics: What’s Wrong With Technocrats?
The idea of surpassing politics with technical-scientific rationality such that the “the government of persons is replaced by the administration of things” is often...
Hawaii Symphony Signs A New Four-Year Contract With Its Musicians, Goes Year-Round
The new contract guarantees 18 weeks of performances in the first two years, 19 weeks in the third year, and 21 weeks in the...
Lessons From The Vanity Press Trenches
Despite my many frustrations with traditional publishing, I’ve chosen to believe in it because I think it gets a few things right. For one,...
Your Museum Has Been Implicated In A Fraud. What To Do? Why, A Task...
Shortly after federal agents descended upon the institution in June following questions about the authenticity of works in a Basquiat show, the Orlando Museum of...
Towards The Collective: Redefining Intelligence
We have become too used to thinking of intelligence as the private skill of individuals, vying against one another in a neoliberal world of...
The Internet As Anti-Humanity Machine
The intensity of our collective distraction is historically unprecedented, and for obvious reasons. Most importantly, the power players in our online experience are financially...
The Things That Eat Books
The problem with assembling a massive collection of books is that you necessarily collect the very organisms that feed on books. - Lapham's Quarterly
Major Recording Label Signs Artificial Intelligence-Generated Rapper, Then Drops It Over Backlash
FN Meka, which has over 10 million followers on TikTok, had come under heavy fire for appropriating Black culture and mocking police brutality, with...
Anish Kapoor: I Fear For The Culture Of India
In every field of culture, the "folk" takes second place. This denies the inventive power of our people. Modi's Hindu regime uses this hierarchical...
Los Angeles Ballet Names A New Artistic Director
Melissa Barak was a leading dancer for Los Angeles Ballet during its first five seasons. She also performed with New York City Ballet, and in 2013...
I Quit On My Dream Of Being An Actor. I Feel Relieved
Why did I even want to be an actor? It was a question I hadn’t thought to ask myself; the dream had calcified in...
American Entertainment Companies Bet Big On China. Now They’re Losing Billions
Companies that once saw China as a vital growth market stand to lose out on billions of dollars in $100 concert tickets, $12 matinee...
Netflix Spent $5 Million To Create Replica Of The Sistine Chapel. Then Destroyed It....
The revelation begs a question: At a time when TV and film productions are churning out increasingly elaborate sets in the streaming era, and...
New York Museums Now Required To Publicly Identify Art Stolen By Nazis
The new law requires that New York museums immediately place a placard or sign acknowledging Nazi-looted art. - The Hill
Can Museums Survive If They Stay Politically Neutral?
“The democratic battles fought worldwide in the name of human rights urge museums to take an active stance towards a fair advancement of civil...
Theatre On The English Coast Is Thriving Again As Demographics Change
“This part of the world has seen such a fundamental demographic shift. There has been a change in who lives here, who owns property...
Ojai: How To Create A Playwrights’ Festival That Matters
“Every Ojai play has a single plot. And that plot is: ‘Here, this thing that no one else has noticed—we have seen it as...
How To Kill The Internet In Australia: Websites Liable For Content On Pages They...
A lawsuit named Defteros v. Google argued that a website could defame someone without writing anything about them — or even knowing who they are. It was enough...
Philadelphia Loves Its Murals. But The City Has Targeted Them For Years
For young graffiti artists, their highly stylistic and calligraphic “wickets” were an alternative to gang life in communities abandoned by slumlords and the city....
In Seattle: How Do You Rebuild A Creative Culture?
Arguably, our culture of leadership is in disrepair. Our ability to recognize and celebrate excellence is in doubt. Our effectiveness at building consensus is...
Michael Heiser’s Stunning Masterpiece (50 Years In The Making) Ready To Open In The...
Half a century after Heizer stuck his first shovel in the ground, “City” is finally opening to visitors, which may be the most unbelievable...
