Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Photographers Go To War Over Adobe’s AI Suggestions
Adobe marketing materials seemed to suggest it could replace photographers with AI outraged many customers, further igniting an ongoing battle between tech companies and...
The Arts In Toronto Are Contracting. What To Do?
The closure and diminishment of so many arts institutions in our city should concern us all. The significant economic threat aside, it makes life...
The Art Of Reacting To Bad Reviews
Certainly, a clever riposte like this one written by composer Max Reger from his bathroom after a very negative one, has a satisfying feel...
Why Dance Companies Should Be Transparent About Their Finances
There is one immediate step with broad impact: real transparency throughout the dance economy. How can dance organizations do that? By making their annual...
Netflix’s Plan To Keep You Watching
We define quality from the perspective of the audience. So if the audience loves the movie, it’s great. That’s quality. “Irish Wish” maybe didn’t...
Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum Staff Walks Out Over Exhibit On Hate
The walkout, which involved about half the museum’s staff, has shut the museum down for several days (a reopening date has not been set),...
Yuja Wang’s Fashion Forward Art
What would happen if a male pianist chose to highlight his body in a similar way? Some boundaries have yet to be tested. -...
Why Songwriters and Publishers Are Fighting With Spotify
Their dispute stems from SPOT’s controversial decision to reclassify its Premium tiers as ‘bundles’ by combining music and audiobooks, which has resulted in Spotify paying a lower...
We Desperately Need A New Copyright Law For AI
In the new, global media ecosystem, AI and user-generated content will interact in a symbiotic cycle of information and transformation. The U.S. should therefore...
AI In The Arts? It’s A Labor Issue
If you think a poem made like a hot dog of stolen words sounds interesting, that’s fine, but no one should lose their job...
At NYCity Ballet, Audiences Are Getting Younger
In 2023, 53% of ticket buyers were under age 50, and people in their 30s made up the largest age segment by decade. Five...
Ransomware Hackers Claim Responsibility For Christie’s Attack
A hacker group called RansomHub said it was behind the cyberattack that hit the Christie’s website just days before its marquee spring sales began, forcing the...
Inside Pacific Symphony’s Music Director Search
It’s been a golden period for top-shelf conductors seeking a new gig – and a more competitive time for orchestras looking to hire one....
Hollywood’s New Era Of Translation And Subtitles
Across many films and series about Asians and Asian Americans, language is increasingly used as a world-building tool. - The New York Times
Have We Lost The Context Of Our Arguments?
The crowd addicted to slander and the crowd addicted to censorship are displaying at high visibility the symptoms of what psychologists call disinhibition. When...
Van Gogh’s Addiction To Coffee: What He Told His Doctor
“Rey says that instead of eating enough and regularly I have been particularly sustaining myself with coffee and alcohol. I admit all that, but...
As Social Media Breaks, News Orgs Experiment With Analog Outreach
To reach affected audiences, the Tribune printed 500 flyers and 1,000 postcards in English and Spanish. Journalists knocked on doors in the neighborhoods where...
Australia’s Richest Art Prize Put On Hiatus
The prize was established in 1988, initially as a biannual event, and was then awarded every year from 2007, other than in 2020 due to Covid...
Remarkable: How AMC Movie Theatres Have Survived Despite Massive Debt
“We’re still here,” Adam Aron says of Kansas-based AMC, which operates 895 theaters globally. “When you think about what we’ve been through the past...
The Algorithmic Radicalization Of Culture SuperFans
Social platforms can have a radicalizing effect on fandoms. When we study algorithmic radicalization, we tend to do so in the context of politics,...
Study: Audiences Rate Male Dancers’ “Coalition Quality” Higher
Researchers found that groups of male dancers were perceived as having higher coalition quality compared to groups of female dancers, regardless of the synchronization...
What The LiveNation/TicketMaster Lawsuit Might Mean
Live Nation is essentially a monopoly, the government argues. Its complaint notes the concert giant directly manages more than 400 musical artists, controls around...
Fresh From Firing Storytellers At Pixar, Disney CEO Bob Iger Tells Artists To “Embrace...
“Don’t fixate on its ability to be disruptive — fixate on ability to make us better and tell better stories. Not only better...
Accessing Jaap van Zweden’s Tenure At The New York Philharmonic
The ensemble’s playing, across all instrumental choirs, sounds richer and more flexible than it did before his tenure. So what Mr. Dudamel stands to...
What, Exactly, Are Editors Supposed To Do?
That editors edit, which would seem to go without saying, turns out to be a pretty facile summary of a role whose essential ambiguities...
