Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Face Of Academia (And If I Look At You Wrong?)
"When it turned out that my offense amounted to “exclusionary non-verbal facial cues” (it was never clear if these were the student’s words or...
The Importance Of “Third” Places
Third places have "eight features including neutrality, leveling qualities, accommodation, a low profile, and a sense of home. In short, it’s a place that...
Is Immersive Art Changing The Art Experience?
Their offerings are aimed at a general audience and are a particular favourite of young families and those after an eye-catching selfie backdrop. What...
Backlash Against The Chicago Symphony’s Mäkelä Hire
Troublingly, a backlash regarding this appointment has quickly gained momentum—let’s call it “Klaustrophobia.” Unlike Mr. Dudamel’s early days in L.A., when nary an unkind...
New York Public TV Station WNET Cuts Staff And Arts Program
“NYC-Arts, which has been chronicling arts and culture in the tri-state area since 2008, does not have the funding to continue." Its last broadcast...
You Can’t Escape Philip Glass
Whether you love him, hate him, pay him or his music no mind, or pretend he doesn’t matter — you cannot escape Philip Glass....
When Politicians Endorse Theatre
Figures from the political world getting involved in theatre makes a certain amount of sense, since producers and politicians both have to raise money...
Justin Davidson: Supertall Towers Have Turned Central Park Into A Canyon
The result is a skyline that’s no longer just a backdrop or a distant view or a pleasantly hard-edged contrast with the soft green...
Psst Pisa! Any Tips To Stop The Lean?
Bologna's Garisenda town is in trouble. After sensors attached to the monument, which leans at a 3.6 degree angle, picked up “anomalous movements” last...
Edinburgh International Book Festival Warns Of Cutbacks
The new director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival has warned Scotland is at risk of losing arts events “every other week” without more...
The Largest-Ever Expansion Of DisneyLand
The Magic Kingdom expansion is one part of a $60 billion investment Disney has said it’s planning for its parks, cruises and experiences over the next...
A Young Woman’s Journal To The High Temple Of Violin Making
Violins like Ayoung An’s, made in the tradition of Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri, require about two months of work and sell for about 16,000...
Study: People (Regardless Of Culture) Are Drawn To Simple Rhythms
A comprehensive study spearheaded by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics provides evidence that people...
Why People Don’t Read More?
Millions of books, including self-published titles, are issued every year. But, according to an Economist/YouGov poll, 46 percent of Americans did not read a book...
The Coddling Of The Undergraduate?
To have such solicitous faculty on hand to advocate for students’ interests is, depending on how you look at it, either wonderfully supportive or...
Protest Against The “Biennialization” Of Venice
“We turn a blind eye to the consequences of this extreme ‘biennialization’ of the city. Functions for citizens disappear and consequently citizens disappear. And...
Genius Versus Hierarchies And Freedom
The contemporary fixation on extolling “freedom” as a cornerstone of artistic expression stems from a flattened understanding of history. Those for whom this is...
How Did British Cultural Institutions Become So Ideologically Driven?
Britain’s institutions are now beset by wokery, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Britain’s museums. - The Critic
Did Beethoven Have A Secret Code?
Something in his brain shifted; later, he would tell people that it was as if someone had turned over a deck of cards to...
One Of World’s Oldest Books Is Being Sold
A single scribe is said to have written the codex, which is made up of 52 leaves - or 104 pages - over a...
Pitchfork Had A Huge Audience But It Closed. What Does This Mean For Music...
This moment represents a new low for music journalism as a whole. But it’s in times like these that prefigurative visions come more clearly...
Canada’s Indigo Books Bought By Investment Fund
The Trilogy firms—which are controlled by Canadian billionaire Gerald Schwartz, an Indigo board member and the husband of Indigo founder and CEO Heather Reisman—already...
Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters
During her 16 years at Random House, Morrison wrote hundreds of rejection letters. Usually typed on pink, yellow, or white carbonless copy paper, and...
We’re Obsessed With Stories About The End Of The World. But Then We Always...
Evidently, the time is ripe for a survey of the branch of cultural production concerned with the end of the world. And yet, tales...
Is This Drawing On A Villa’s Kitchen Wall A Michelangelo? After Five Centuries, It’s...
News that the drawing is going on the market is likely to expand what has until now been a rather low-key, academic debate over...
