Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Why AI Can’t Write Well
What I learned is that modern LLMs are built in a way that is antagonistic to great writing; they are engineered to be rule-following...
How Should Schools Teach In A Post-Literate Society?
If they are to survive America’s post-literate era and serve society in the future, colleges need to invest in programs that answer the question, “Why read?” They must also...
Is Dance’s Obsession With Feet Discriminatory?
The industry still has an obsession with “perfect” feet. High arches have traditionally been praised in ballet, and some dancers today use farches (fake...
New York Theatre Settles Case Of “Ticket Discrimination”
Theaters have experimented with “Black Out” nights intended to attract patrons of color. At issue in the lawsuit was whether a discount offered as part of...
The Movie Industry Has Been Leaving California. So What Are State Leaders Doing About...
Los Angeles County lost more than 42,000 entertainment jobs from 2022 to 2024; and Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery made just 15 theatrical...
A Major Chinese Tech Hub Now Wants To Be A Major Culture Hub
Though it has long been one of the country’s most successful technology hubs, Shenzhen has always been on the margins of the global cultural...
Alex Ross: Saying Goodbye To The Kennedy Center
Tempting as it is to blame Trump for the Kennedy Center’s fate, he does not bear sole responsibility. The idea of a national arts...
Journalists Sue Kari Lake Over VOA Propaganda
"The Voice of America has been breaching the Constitutional and statutory rules that require that outlet not to push propaganda or censorship," one of...
Preservation Groups File Lawsuit Against Closing Of The Kennedy Center
The lawsuit seeks to have the White House and the Kennedy Center board comply with existing historic preservation laws and secure Congress' approval before...
Should We Care Whether A Book Is Soft- Or Hard-Cover?
Recently Barnes & Noble has tried to convince more publishers to publish paperback originals, particularly for YA and middle grade books. But choosing a format...
Is Using AI Really Just Plagiarism?
A chatbot is not (or not yet) an individual, and therefore bears no moral responsibility, but to lay hold of what it delivers, and...
New Book: Inside Stephen Sondheim
Along with his happy student-teacher alliance with Hammerstein, the defining association of Sondheim’s life was his tortured relationship with the mother he described as...
Kennicott: Trump is Wreaking Havoc On DC Architecture
These proposals, the rush to realize them, the stacking of key oversight groups with Trump loyalists and flunkies and the collaboration of firms like...
This Year’s Whitney Biennial: No Challenges
I got the sense that the Whitney Biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it. - Hyperallergic
A Bastardized Classical Architecture For America’s 250th
One of the White House’s most compelling features has always been its domestic scale and ornamentation. In a city where architectural bombast has often...
How Paris Has Been Reborn (For The Better)
Visitors will discover that it’s a dramatically different place than a decade ago: lines of bikes and throngs of pedestrians where lanes were once...
AJ Chronicles: What Habermas Feared for our Public Sphere
This week we collected 118 stories. It's worth noting, I think, that attempts to address the current collapse of the non-profit culture sector are focused on changing market forces. But this is a larger, more systemic set of issues that has corroded all of civic life -- from culture to
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David Ellison Claims Unique Creative Opportunities In Warner/Paramount Deal
“I firmly believe that uniting Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery presents a unique opportunity to build a true champion for the creative community, one...
The Space Between Criticism And Literary Evaluation
That’s the thing about bad works: they demand talking back to, and unlike the moments of profound inward reflection good works often inspire, we...
Revisiting Fank Gehry’s Plans For A Grand Avenue Of Culture In LA
Gehry’s vision included completing the original plans cost-cut out of Disney a quarter-century ago, along with new modifications and much more throughout the area....
Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Says Plans For New White House Entry “Not Beautiful Enough”
The federal Commission of Fine Arts has taken issue with plans for a new 33,000-square-foot security screening center for White House visitors, saying the proposed...
Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Approves 250th Birthday Gold Coin — With Trump’s Image
The coin, which is supposed to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, shows Mr. Trump with his fists pressed against a desk and a glowering...
Report: Adding Up The Financial Worth Of Public Libraries
A new report has put a figure on the value of public libraries to the community, estimating that they are worth $86.60 in community...
