Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Was There Ever A Festival Disaster As Epic As The Fyre Festival? Well, Welcome...
Whatever you think about the first Fyre – with its limp cheese sandwiches, its disaster-relief-tent accommodation, the absence of advertised headliners, the $26m of...
They Say AI Is Beating Humans At Tasks. But Is The Game Rigged?
It’s true that in several prominent studies, researchers have staged “competitions” in which AI technology appears to outperform humans in these very human areas....
Author Joseph Wambaugh, 88
Before Mr. Wambaugh’s era as a writer, which began in 1971, police dramas like the television series “Dragnet” were implausible stories about clean-cut heroes...
The Crisis At What Was The Kennedy Center
“The real crisis we’re facing, in addition to people rescinding their membership, is that we’re normally finalising our season at this time and it’s...
The Limits Of Language: Is There Really A Word For That?
Exploring this material—the work of philosophers, poets, and theoreticians who grappled with what it means to speak and to understand speech—can help us understand...
How Museums Are Refocusing In A Post-DEI World
As DEI efforts crumble and institutions scramble to figure out how to do the “right” thing, we appear to be in a new wave of pandemic-level...
Nine UK Book Festivals Band Together
“In light of the common funding challenges that arts organisations face and an ever-evolving media landscape, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has united with...
Wealthy Foreign Nationals Are Leaving The UK. What Will Happen To The Art Market?
UBS’s 2024 Global Wealth Report predicts that 500,000 millionaires will leave the country by 2028. The new tax rules, according to Henley & Partner’s Peter Ferringo,...
How Should Artists Respond To Trump’s Takeover Of The Kennedy Center?
"Taking diversity and inclusion out of art, that doesn't seem possible," Amy Austin, president and CEO of Theatre Washington, told TheWrap. "So I'm just...
A Scientist Explains The Cognitive Disconnect Of “The Dress”
A decade after the dress, we’ve learned a lot about how people could see a simple image so differently from one another. The dress...
Study: Nearly All UK Students Are Using AI In Their Studies
A new report from the UK's Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) found that 92 percent of students have used generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, for their...
Local Movie Houses Are Thriving
The nonprofit Art House Convergence, a group of cinephiles in Highland Park, Illinois, released a report last summer that revealed attendance at local independent...
Why The Pittsburgh Symphony Should Play For The Opera And Ballet
Since these organizations are giving fewer performances than previously, this no longer seems prohibitive or unworkable. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Controversially, Anish Kapoor Owns The Blackest Black. Now He’s Letting Wayne MacGregor Choreograph In...
Kapoor doesn't allow other visual artists to use the color, which absorbs 99 percent of light. But he and MacGregor are friends, so... -...
Inside The Strong Culture of Hobbyists
Ardent hobbyists are often viewed as eccentric. I think they might be the only normal people left. As a rule, they are active and...
History Helps Us Understand The Present. But It Can Also Distract And Misdirect
We cannot truly understand our own time and place without a serious understanding of other times and places. Strangely enough, the priming effect, as...
FCC Probes Radio Giant For Possible Payola Scheme
The Federal Communications Commission is looking into whether iHeartMedia is compelling artists perform at its upcoming country music festival for free or reduced pay in exchange for more...
Bezos Turns Washington Post Opinion Pages Full-Trump. Editor Resigns
Bezos wrote in his note, “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free...
Transformative Year For Publishing Giant Hachette
Earlier this month, Lagardère reported that 2024 HBG sales were up 7% over 2023—the biggest jump posted by any of the groups in Lagardère’s...
Show Canceled By Museum Because It Was Labeled DEI
On February 10 museum leadership informed her that the Trump administration had labeled the exhibition as a “DEI program and event” and withdrawn funding...
NYC Public Radio Stations Get Together In Initiative To Focus On Common Issues
“The idea of collaboration among the New York area’s music stations has been informally discussed for more than a decade. - InsideRadio
Has Trump Become Our Minister Of Culture?
To the extent that Trump’s cultural designs offer a coherent vision, it shares his larger ambition to restore the country to a “golden age”...
UK Government Considering Changing Course On AI Rules To Protect Creative Industries
Faced with a concerted backlash from some of the country’s most famous celebrities, officials are looking for ways to offer them extra protections. One...
How Your Biggest Assets Turn Into Liabilities
Partners who are at first judged to be powerful or strong become controlling or overbearing after a breakup. People who are nice become pushovers....
The Rare Conductor: Anthony Pappano
Pappano, 65, is a rarity in classical music: a maestro who never went to a music school. Born in England to Italian immigrant parents, then...
