Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Actors Unions Make Deal with Video Game Producers After Strike Over AI
With the strike, the union took a stand against proposed AI terms that leaders claimed would have allowed companies to undercut members and their...
George Street Playhouse: Director of Advancement, New Brunswick, NJ
George Street Playhouse, Central NJ’s premier producing theater, seeks experienced Director of Advancement to lead ambitious fundraising program that supports GSP’s vision next 50 years.
William Kentridge On Creating Art
You’ve probably had the experience where you’ve written something, it feels really great and, the next morning, you read it and think, “Who wrote...
What Monet Understood About Evoking A Place
This immersiveness does not come from an illusion of being in three dimensions – the opposite, in fact. Monet does a few subtle things...
The Truth About Finding Your Own Creativity
The myth of the genius is that these individuals woke up one morning and excelled. As a result, too many people are convinced that either you’re creative...
The Really Good News Out Of This Year’s Tonys
On Sunday, the Tony Awards paid homage to the astonishing array of acting talent that drew audiences back to the theater. But it wasn’t star power...
The Great Unwinding: Warner Discovery Will Break Up
The decision to split is a major about-face from the conventional wisdom in the industry when Warner Bros. Discovery was created three years ago...
Smithsonian Pushes Back Against Trump Over Attempt To Fire Portrait Gallery Director
The statement, which does not mention Trump, Sajet or the NPG, goes on to obliquely rebuke the president’s claims, clarifying that he does not have...
How Irving Thalberg Helped Create Hollywood’s Golden Age
Thalberg produced some three or four hundred movies in his years at M-G-M, ranging from big pictures like “Mutiny on the Bounty” to the...
As AI Writing Becomes More Ubiquitous, Will We Change How Humans Write?
Will we now push ourselves to write in a style that means we can’t possibly be confused for AI? Might we try to sound...
Is Poetry Just About The Words? (Not Really)
While what’s lost in translation is admittedly enormous, to conclude that poetry is therefore untranslatable is to fundamentally misrepresent both what poetry is and...
San Francisco Symphony seeks Deputy Director of Development
The Deputy Director of Development is responsible for strategy and contributed funding from individuals, foundations, and government supporters and overall growth of private philanthropy.
Rural America Will Be The Loser If Congress Defunds Public Broadcasting
“This would disproportionately harm rural areas and smaller communities, where public media really is a lifeline,” said Tim Richardson of PEN America. - The...
Judge Rules Trump Can Dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services
In Friday’s ruling, the judge wrote that as much as the “Court laments the Executive Branch’s efforts to cut off this lifeline for libraries...
Now That Taylor Swift Owns Her Music, What Happens To Her Re-Recordings?
Some fans are disappointed that we may never see the last two rerecordings, though Swift has hinted that she might be willing to release...
Tracing Back Where All Our Languages Came From
There are about 7,000 languages spoken in the world today; they can be divided into about 140 families. Nevertheless, the languages most of us...
What To Make Of Damien Hirst At 60?
Ever since Hirst burst on the art scene in the 1990s with his macabre readymades (or “objets trouvé”) of dead animals in vitrines, he...
In The Era Of Algorithms, Roots Music Is Getting A Boost
Algorithms, which sort the listening public into ever-more-individualized niches, can cut both ways: They can introduce you to new artists, but they can also...
Trump Takes Over Arts Institutions. But Can He?
Trump may not have the formal capacity to shape the leadership of any of the Smithsonian’s museums, but if others treat him as if...
Why Are There So Many TV Shows Now About Rich People?
Lately, most of television seems stuck in the same mode. Virtually everything I’ve watched recently has been some variation of rich people pottering around...
Fired Librarian Of Congress Speaks Out
The first woman and African American to serve as the US librarian of Congress before Donald Trump fired her in May has not heard from the...
The Kennedy Center Begins Its Repurposed Life
Across the country, arts leaders say the Kennedy Center’s transformation—complete with a CEO firing, board overhaul and unprecedented political involvement in its programming—has become...
Celebrity Series of Boston seeks next President & CEO
The President & CEO will provide the leadership, direction, and management, as well as identify and secure the resources necessary to build on decades of success and elevate its full potential as an exciting multi-disciplinary performing arts organization.
What Trump Learned About Book Banning From Florida
Since 2021, the Sunshine State has led the country in advancing the “parental rights” agenda. Contrary to its name, this agenda has used fuzzy, coded...
Just Whom Are We Calling A Genius?
You can tell what a culture values by who it labels a genius—and also what it is prepared to tolerate. The Renaissance had its...
