Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Tourism Is A Form Of Culture. Other Countries Are Advising Their Citizens To Be...
These advisories are vague. They do not instruct anyone not to visit the United States, as they might Iran or North Korea. But they...
The Dangers For American Arts Under Trump
The Kennedy Center was once the place where politics, the arts and debate met. Historically, it has been a propellant of diversity and inclusion....
The Dying Art Of Steel-Cut Letters
Cutting punches, the first step in traditional typesetting, is the meticulous craft of carving letterforms into small steel billets. - Hyperallergic
Remnick: Trump Is Taking Aim At Rewriting American History
As is true of autocracies everywhere, this Administration demands a mystical view of an imagined past. In late March, Trump issued an executive order...
London’s National Gallery Offers A Sleepover In The Galleries Prize
For the first time in its history, the National Gallery in London is offering an overnight stay to the lucky person who wins its new prize...
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Make Entertainment More Expensive
Software companies and studios are in a better position than companies that import hardware, provided the tariffs don’t lead to a recession. Publishing video...
Major Publishers Ask Congress To Cancel Funding Cuts To Libraries
Four of the Big Five publishers—Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster—and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress on April 3...
Trump Delays TikTok Ban (Again)
Until we hear more about any potential deal that actually could be used to delay the law as it’s written, it’s probably a good...
Meet Philadelphia’s Newest (Old) Museum
The Temple Anthropology Lab and Museum (TALM) officially opened this week. “The space was languishing and something needed to happen — either it was...
Lawsuits, Leadership Change, Drama At Opera Carolina
Opera Carolina and its business director are embroiled in a lawsuit with the former production director amid a leadership shakeup that’s as dramatic and...
China, Russia Cheer As Trump Shuts Down Voice Of America
“Today is a celebration for my colleagues at RT, Sputnik, and other outlets, because Trump unexpectedly announced that he’s closing down Radio Liberty and...
How Portland Oregon Used Its City Arts Tax Money
“Prior to the Arts Access Fund, there were 31 full-time arts teachers and educators serving K-5 students across Portland schools,” Dawn Isaacs, the City...
Report: Arts Accounted For $1.2 Trillion Of US GDP In 2023
The latest economic impact study of arts and culture throughout the United States: Arts and culture sectors contributed $1.2 trillion to the United States...
How The “Manosphere” Spreads Online
There is a sizeable body of research looking at how gender, sexuality and interconnecting identities are represented in video games. - The Conversation
What Theatre Can Teach Us About Connecting And Loneliness
We live in a time of unparalleled interaction, communicating instantly with people across the world, with intimate insight into other people’s lives. Yet we...
A Catastrophe For Nonprofits: Tax Bill Would Decimate The Nonprofit Sector
The proposed reforms go far beyond universities and hospitals, calling on Congress to use the following means to eviscerate section 501(c) of the federal...
A Short History Of Dance Music
Being based underground enhanced the atmosphere in the clubs. Attendees were simultaneously part of an underground movement and also literally hidden from view from...
How Fandom Can Make A Phenomenon Out Of A Word
Fandom has long facilitated deep dives into media in which fans analyse, discuss and track their favourite storylines and character arcs. This has been...
Concerned About Climate Risks, Getty Will Sell $500 Million In Bonds To Enhance Protection
The Getty maintains earthquake and fire insurance but, as expressed in the filing, there are concerns “such insurance could become unavailable at rates considered...
The Artistic Touch: Work Feels More Real When It’s A Bit Fake
I like genre fiction for the same reason I like black-and-white film, stylized dialogue, animation, the paintings of Marc Chagall or ballet: things feel...
Dance Companies Respond To Anti-DEI Trump Efforts: We’re Not For Sale
"The response of these dance leaders reinforces my belief that the Trump administration’s move to suffocate diversity in the arts is ultimately doomed to...
Bots Sucking Up Data Are Straining Wikipedia’s Servers
Automated bots seeking AI model training data for LLMs have been vacuuming up terabytes of data, growing the foundation's bandwidth used for downloading multimedia...
Director Of The National Museum of African American History and Culture In DC Put...
Kevin Young’s leave came two weeks before Trump issued an executive order calling for the elimination of what he described as “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology”...
London’s West End Ticket Sales Plateaued In 2024
SOLT’s update on attendances for 2024 shows that 17.1 million attended performances – the same as in 2023. When compared with 2019 – the...
Barcelona Is Transforming A Giant Eyesore Coal Plant Into A Creative Hub
Like Battersea, Barcelona’s plant is set to undergo a radical transformation into the new Catalunya Media City—a cutting-edge hub for digital arts, technology, and...
