Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
This Year’s Best New Architecture
Editors of Dezeen pick their favorites, including new cultural institutions, homes, hotels, skyscrapers and even an architecture school. - Dezeen
Fascinating: Research Find That Fantastical Programming Impairs Cognitive Attention In Children
The researchers found a significant negative effect for fantastical content. Children who watched programs featuring impossible events tended to perform worse on attention and...
Report: Trump’s Kennedy Center Is Stiffing Artists On The Fees
Representatives for three performers tell THR they’re still waiting on checks months after their shows. - The Hollywood Reporter
Why Trump Fired His Ballroom Architect. And Here’s His Replacement
Trump and McCrery had clashed over the president’s desire to keep increasing the size of the building, but it was McCrery’s firm’s small workforce...
How AI Is Changing How Architecture Is Conceived
Across design firms, respondents emphasized two immediate gains: speed and the ability to generate options. - ArchDaily
Why Does AI Write Like That? And Why Are People Willing To Read It?
If you’re anything like me, you did not enjoy reading that paragraph. Everything about it puts me on alert: Something is wrong here; this...
This Year’s Kennedy Center Honors Will Be Different
Previous hosts of the Kennedy Center Honors have included Walter Cronkite, Stephen Colbert, Gloria Estefan and Queen Latifah. Trump will host this year, a...
Fall 2026 Applications Open for MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises
Earn your Master’s in One Year. Northwestern University’s MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises (MSLCE) program develops leaders across Entertainment, Media and the Arts.
Executive Director, Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach (CMSPB) is known for performances and educational programs of the highest artistic merit.
Countries Boycotting Eurovision Over Decision To Allow Israel To Compete
Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after Israel was allowed to compete. - BBC
Russia Blocks Facetime, Roblox
Both restrictions are part of an accelerating clampdown on foreign tech platforms: In the case of FaceTime, Russian authorities allege it is being used...
Is Appointment TV Making A Comeback?
As more shows switch to a weekly release schedule, it gives viewers a chance to watch the episodes as they become available and take...
Paramount Claims Bias In Warner Deal
“It has become increasingly clear, through media reporting and otherwise, that WBD appears to have abandoned the semblance and reality of a fair transaction...
The Importance Of Style In Science
Style, as I see it, is much more idiosyncratic and manifests in scientists who may practice in the same field and utilize similar methods,...
Why We Shouldn’t Bring Back Gatekeepers
Put simply: Once established institutions lost the privilege to control the public conversation, they acquired an obligation to participate within it, which, so far,...
How The Amazing Sculptures In The Paris Catacombs Got There
An avid carver, Décure turned the Catacombs into his private workshop. Outside of working hours—during lunch breaks and before and after his shifts—he snuck...
What It Says About You When Your Accent Changes
Researchers studied Taylor Swift’s voice as a way of exploring a phenomenon called “second-dialect acquisition,” or the way people learn a new style of speaking....
Lufthansa Crew Refuses To Let Violinist Bring Instrument Case On Carrying 243-Year-Old Violin
A soloist was forced to carry her 1782 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin in her arms through the Helsinki airport security and onto a flight...
Lebrecht: 2025 Was A Year Of Meddling With Music
I cannot remember a time when there was so much political meddling in music and so little resistance. - The Critic
Schubert Club seeks Artistic and Executive Director
The next Artistic and Executive Director will shape Schubert Club at a moment of organizational strength and artistic vitality.
Minnesota Dance “Titan” Dies At 63
Toni Pierce-Sands, a featured soloist in some of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s most iconic suites and a co-founder of celebrated Twin Cities...
Dallas City Council Considers Leaving Its IM Pei-Designed City Hall
The Dallas city government has voted to explore relocating and selling the brutalist city hall designed by architect IM Pei, placing the building under increased threat of demolition. -...
The Art Developments That Defined 2025
All in all, an exhausting year. But—if you’ll permit me—a bit of hope? For every gallery that shut down or closed a location, another...
AI May Help To Preserve And Grow Endangered Arapaho Language
I first visited the Northern Arapaho people on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming in 1999. At that time, there were hundreds of speakers of the...
Race To Buy Warner Bros. May Come Down To Relationship
Netflix showing strong interest in WBD's assets, including making a mostly cash offer to acquire them, coincided with reports that the White House had antitrust concerns, while...
