Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Kennicott: Why Images Of The White House Being Torn Apart Are So Shocking
There are subtle differences between the images of authoritarians and elected leaders, in body language and other details. Is the leader acting as a...
Why Horror Movies Keep Evolving To Scare Us
By playing with metaphor, imagery and narrative, horror has always addressed hard truths about death, decay and the human condition that mainstream productions tend...
Why We Travel
There’s something about motion that triggers creative thoughts. This has been true for a long time. Charles Darwin’s budding theory of evolution jelled while...
What The $55B Electronic Arts Sale Means For The Creative Economy
The acquisition reinforces consolidation trends across the creative sector, mirroring similar deals in music, film and television. Creative and cultural industries have a “tendency for bigness,” and...
Inside The Fashion Magazines (When They Mattered)
Palmer divides editors at her unnamed magazine into two categories: “the privileged (Workhorses) and the super-privileged (Show Horses).” Not since the 1980 publication of...
Why We Need A Commons
The structure of our societies is such that when you’re wealthy, availability of The Commons is of negligible benefit. However, when your private command...
Dancers In Estonia’s National Ballet Have Been Working Second Jobs As Taxi Drivers To...
The opera house issued a public appeal to the Riigikogu Cultural Affairs Committee on Thursday, stating that if the current lack of funding continues...
The Jewel Thief Underground Where The Louvre Jewels May Land
“Everybody in the business is talking about this right now,” said Robert Wittman, a former art-crime investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who...
The FTC Is Suing Ticketmaster. Now Ticketmaster Is Scrambling To Reform Scalping
Under the new policy, Ticketmaster says it will limit all individuals and entities, including professional resellers, to a single verified account tied to a...
A Bay Area Project To Find Artists Affordable Housing
By adapting the community land trust model — a strategy long used to preserve affordable housing for teachers, city workers, and other essential labor...
Those Who Are Resisting Using AI
As the tech industry and corporate America go all in on artificial intelligence, some people are holding back. - Washington Post
American Wins The International Chopin Competition
Eric Lu, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts, won the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, becoming the first American since 1970 to receive the top...
The Art Of Forgery Is Everywhere
We have faked historical bindings, fake manuscripts, and fake letters by famous people like the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. We have books about impostors from...
How Sacramento Artists Are Redefining The Creative Economy
Across the country, arts funding models are shifting. Where once large institutions absorbed the majority of public and philanthropic support, new approaches are emphasizing...
Why Have Movie-Makers Been So In Love With Apocalyptic New York?
More than elsewhere, New York “is a city premised on destruction,” said Dana Polan, the Martin Scorsese Professor of Cinema Studies at New York...
Chicago’s Latino Theatre Companies Make Plays About America As ICE Patrol Outside
“We unfortunately are operating with a little bit of fear, as we continue to be the prominent immigrant community theater company in Chicago, let...
Survey: How Much AI Are Publishers Actually Using?
The most common qualms, BISG reports involve “inadequate controls around the use of copyrighted material (86 percent), hallucinations (84 percent), AI-generated books flooding platforms...
London’s Visual Art Scene Is Upside Down Right Now
“Outside, the headlines about Britain are all gloom and doom. Yet Frieze is more energetic than it has been for several years,” said Lars Nittve,...
Architects Raise Alarm Over Trump’s White House Demolition
The speed with which the president is moving ahead with building the ballroom, which is expected to cost more than $200 million and to...
When George Orwell Became Just A Part Of The Landscape
Orwell’s name has too often been flattened into an adjective, and 1984 into mere speculative fiction. - The Atlantic
AI Video Is An Attack On Reality
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s leader, had proclaimed it “the most powerful imagination engine ever built.” The truth is that using it made me want to...
AI Slop Is Eating The Internet
Synthetic content is not exactly new, but lately it has become a load-bearing part of the internet. - The Atlantic
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor of Theatre Arts (Directing) or Assistant Professor/Associate Professor of Professional Practice...
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Are Today’s Younger Generations More Narcissistic?
Is there really any truth to the idea that narcissism is on the rise or is it just a popular myth? - Psyche
Ticketmaster Says It Does More To Dissuade Scalping Than Anyone
Not surprisingly, independent venue and touring organizations were quick to criticize the claims made in the letter. - Variety
