Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Trends In Biennale Artists And Their Work
The most-visible type is an artist who digs into the history of colonialism, surfaces some charged document or symbol, and highlights it by doing...
Media’s “Find Us” Problem
Broadcast once provided a predictable, repeated structure built into daily life. As the “tune-in” habit has eroded, we haven’t been deliberate enough in designing...
What We Lose When “The Late Show” Goes Away
The cancellation of Colbert’s show right before a deal that needed government approval has given his exit an additional resonance. - The New York Times
Study: Relocating New Orleans Needs To Start Now Because Of Climate Change
The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded...
Just How Long Should An Arts Leader Stay?
As one artist told ArtsHub: ‘Artistic director and executive director jobs are so few and far between in Australia that it is no wonder that...
The Tiniest Particles In The Universe Don’t Tell You What The Universe Is
We are taught from a young age that matter is made of atoms, built from particles such as electrons, and electrons are not built...
What Happened To The Viral Kid Dance Stars?
Watching these dancers online was like looking into a crystal ball: There was the future of dance. But did that promise bear out? -...
AI Actors, Scripts Won’t Be Eligible For Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that only performances “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with...
Personal Encounter: Music That Reflects Back Grief
"Having my own churning emotions echoed back to me in this way was a stunning experience, one that, perhaps paradoxically, lifted me out of...
Couture and the Class War
Good Morning,
The Met Gala arrives into an unusually hostile climate. The Bezos sponsorship is drawing real anger amid a surge of anti-rich sentiment in...
Lisa Anita Wegner Longlisted for Johnny Depp’s The People’s Artist
Haus of Dada asks that you take a moment to vote for the astonishing Lisa Anita Wegner to be recognized as The People’s Artist.
Development Manager, Fresno Philharmonic
The Fresno Philharmonic is seeking a fundraising professional to join us in making great music thrive in California’s Central Valley.
Backlash Mounts To Met Gala Because of Bezos Sponsorship
Opposition to the Bezoses started almost immediately after they were announced as financial sponsors in February, and comes amid a surging anti-rich sentiment nationwide and in...
Mass Author Walkout Imperils Prestigious Australian Publisher
At least 17 authors have ended their contracts with UQP or vowed not to work with the publisher again, after a series of events...
Study: Western Music Is Becoming Simpler And More Repetitive
A recent study found that Western music is not only starting to sound more alike but is also becoming less structurally complex than in the past....
Could The Met’s Costume Institute Survive The Los Of Its Gala?
Along with this year’s inauguration of the new Condé M. Nast Galleries in the Great Hall, which will house the Costume Institute’s blockbuster shows, the endowment...
Study: The Links Between A Talent For Math And A Talent For Music
A study of young adults with backgrounds in mathematics or music found that individuals with better mathematical abilities tended to have better musical abilities...
ABC Explores Evidence Classical Music Is Thriving
As Australians vote for the greatest classical music of all time, we look at who is listening, how classical music is evolving, and how...
The Met Gala Proclaims Fashion As Art. Is It?
So, is fashion art? And if so, at what point do clothes transform from something practical to something artistic? - The Conversation
Boston Globe Editorial Weighs In On Boston Symphony Mess
The memo insisted that “business as usual will no longer suffice,” and that to maintain “the BSO excellence and artistic stature requires that we...
So Maybe That AI Bubble Wasn’t Real After All
The worry that the country is building too many data centers now coexists with the fear that we won’t have enough of them to...
MIT Releases New Software Tool For Design Of String Instruments
It’s a computer simulation tool that can capture the precise physics of the instrument and even reproduce a realistic sound of a plucked string,...
3-Alarm Fire At Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre This Morning
It is unknown if the fire has had or will have any affect on the production or future performances. No one was inside the...
Director of Production – Union Arts Center
Union Arts Center, home of ACT Contemporary Theatre & Seattle Shakespeare Company, is
excited to announce an opening for a Director of Production (DOP).
AJ Chronicles: Are Our Attention Spans Killing Culture or Reassembling It?
Depth hasn't disappeared. Perhaps it's gone lateral. The vertical architecture that produced "official" cultural memory has cracked, but the appetite for tradition — for context, for lineage, for the why — has migrated to wherever audiences and individuals can build their own context and throughlines. Sometimes those lines are deep
