Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
An Arts Council Funding Program For Artists May Be Backfiring
If it’s tough for venues, it’s even tougher for artists, who in the past have found it hard but possible to sustain some kind...
Why Putin Is Using Shostakovich For Propaganda
Putin clearly hopes that the “Leningrad” Symphony will be as helpful for his invasion of Ukraine as it was for Stalin’s defense against the...
Some Straight Talk About Censorship
When we look at history’s major censorious regimes, all of them—I want to stress that; all of them—invested enormous resources in programs designed to encourage self-censorship,...
Text-To-Music AI: Meet The Photoshop Of Music
Project Music GenAI Control is a new prototype tool that allows users to generate music using text prompts and then edit that audio without...
Giant Replica Of The Ancient Colossus Of Constantine Arrives In Rome
The Colossus of Constantine has returned to Rome, recreated from existing fragments with the help of latest 3D scanning and modeling technologies. - Artnet
Scientists: Pythagoras Was Wrong About Universal Music Harmonies
Researchers have now discovered two key ways in which Pythagoras was wrong. Their study, shows that in normal listening contexts, we do not actually...
Netflix Becomes A Broadway Producer
The company will pick up its first Broadway credit this spring as a producer of “Patriots,” by Peter Morgan, the creator of the hit...
Universal Music’s War With TikTok Tells Us Much About How The New Music Business...
They are negotiating in a new world in which a seconds-long clip of a song on TikTok can be just as valuable as the tune in...
Oregon Arts Groups Pressure Legislature For $27 Million In Funding Relief
Despite Oregon’s arts sector garnering $829 million in economic activity every year, the state is ranked at No. 41 for its annual arts funding per capita. - KOIN
Huh? New AI Synthesizes Radio Listener Voices
Artificial intelligence is already enabling stations to replicate the voices of on-air talent. Now a new Benztown product uses AI to craft “listener” audio...
100 Amazing Women Architects
The researchers behind 100 Women: Architects in Practice hope that its title will ultimately sound as strange as a book about 100 left-handed architects, or 100...
Why Did Waterloo, Canada “Pause” Its Arts Funder?
Regional council’s decision to pause the arts fund for a third-party review due to alleged harassment and governance concerns, announced in a press release on Wednesday...
Reconsidering Whether We Have Free Will
Since our actions result from nothing more than one event following another, no one really deserves praise or blame for anything they do. Our...
Newly Discovered Letter: Arthur Miller Explains Tragedy And “Death Of A Salesman”
"As I see it, the force of the Elizabethan form lay in its ability to follow the mental processes of its protagonists wherever they...
Minnesota Dance Theatre To Halt Performances
Although ticket sales were up for last holiday season's "The Nutcracker" and "Carmina Burana" in January, the boosts weren't matched with the grants and...
An Idea To Make Theatre Sustainable Again
"I’m trying to get artists to think of themselves as owners, not employees. So there’s a direct connection between the bottom line and their...
Warner And Paramount Are No Longer Talking Merger
Warner Bros. Discovery is no longer pursuing a merger with Paramount Global as its shares trade near a 52-week low, according to people familiar...
A Look At Northern Ballet’s Artistic Compromises Around Live Music
The musicians I spoke to have all seen Sinfonia work and income decrease significantly because of the switch from exclusively live music to occasional...
Rhiannon Giddens: Country Music Belongs To Everyone
"All of these comments, which range from simply ignorant to downright misogynoir, presuppose that commercial country music is a legacy that belongs only to...
Merriam-Webster Breaks The Internet Over Grammar Change
"It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with," the dictionary publisher said in a post shared on Instagram...
More Music Removed From TikTok
TikTok says up to 30% of what it calls "popular songs" could be lost. But some industry estimates say up to 80% of all music on...
A Surge In Online Book Clubs Followed By New Friendships In Real Life
User numbers of an app called “Bookclubs,” designed to help organize clubs, grew 240% from 2020 to 2021. Since then, its user base has...
The Refined Art Of Campaigning For An Oscar
To campaign for an Oscar, as for the Presidency, you need a narrative—some compelling story, decided on by a combination of the nominee, campaign...
Maps Show Us Not Only Where We Are But Who We Are
Cartography has become one of the most successful technologies we have developed for understanding the world around us. At the same time, maps have...
Why Is Debate On College Campuses So Difficult These Days?
The fact of the matter is that the problem is not our students. It is us: faculty and administrators who are too afraid—of random...
