Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Art Basel — Where The Super-Rich Buy Art
I’d understood that rich people could buy lots of art, but I hadn’t realized until this moment that my definitions of rich and lots were off by many...
How Norman Lear Changed TV
If anyone knew how to watch, it was Lear. His great appreciation for the work of making television reflected his commitment to the less glamorous...
How Martha Graham Redefined Dance
Martha understood that movement was melody. Her insistence that she was creating art rather than a diversion often bewildered audiences, who wanted to be...
The Point Of Decorating Buildings
What is the function of all that bric-a-brac? they would ask. Why all the fuss when a flush door with a thin steel frame...
New Yorker Drops Andy Borowitz
Borowitz wrote on Facebook that “because of financial difficulties, The New Yorker has been forced to cut costs. As a result, it has decided...
BIS Recordings Is 50 Years Old. Here’s the Key To Its Success
'There have been times when we have stopped a recording if an artist isn’t prepared' von Bahr's exacting standards have built a 2,750-strong catalogue...
How A Brussels Theatre Remains Relevant To Its City
“We represent the city – we are a city theatre. We want to be a crossroads where people can meet and share emotions and...
Gaza’s Cultural Institutions Are Being Destroyed By Israel
Amid all the destruction, residents have barely had the opportunity to grapple with the loss of the densely populated enclave’s few cultural institutions that...
Seattle Area Passes Tax Increase To Add $100 Million Annual Funding For The Arts
Nearly two decades in the making and hailed as a game changer, the program and its steady stream of funds will be transformative for...
Theatre’s Year Of Struggle
Large and small venues alike were shrinking before our very eyes. Concern grew that the fabulous invalid, as the theater has long been dubbed,...
Staff Layoffs At Guggenheim Museum
When the Guggenheim raised the price for adult admissions to $30 from $25 over the summer, it cited a lack of visitors and declining membership...
What Happens When A Poor State Disinvests In Its Public Universities
The destruction of dozens of majors and careers at West Virginia University, which serves many working- and middle-class students, raises a fundamental question in...
Adam Shankman Will Be Creative Director At New DanceOne Company
Director and choreographer Adam Shankman has been named chief creative officer of DanceOne, a new brand from TZP Group. DanceOne will serve as the world’s largest dance...
John Adams On Music As Monuments
"Something struck me forcibly as I was trying to fulfill the New York Philharmonic’s 9/11 commission: America had no contemporary musical work that could...
Remembering John Byrne, Scottish Polymath And Creative Force
His desire to create extraordinary pieces of work burned fiercely to the end. A cultural polymath, Byrne traversed a number of genres throughout his...
Myths About AI And Creativity
Contrary to some beliefs, introducing AI as a technology can support and enhance creativity in educational settings. For example, generative AI tools can be used to promote...
Got Content? (The Meaninglessness Of Our Word For “Stuff”)
Google “What is Content?” and you will encounter an infinitude of web pages explaining the concept of content marketing; the indispensability of superior content...
Feeling Persistently Meh? Turns Out It’s A Real Condition
There may not appear to be a reason behind it. “You’re just sort of ‘meh,’” Dr. Shanbhag said. “And you get used to being...
Researcher Says Conan Doyle Resented The Success Of Sherlock Holmes
"He would have hated the fact that today, 93 years after his death, his historical novels lie unread, while his ‘cheap’ – but beloved...
What It Was Like At This Year’s Kennedy Center Honors
Everything that’s usually on the menu was present. Hair-raising musical performances. Touching tributes from past honorees. Biographical videos. Amusing bits. Herbie Hancock. - Washington...
A New Model For Financing Prestige Movies?
The foundations and donors who wrote the checks to produce it — including the Ford Foundation, nonprofits funded by Melinda French Gates, Laurene Powell...
A Study Of American School Internet Censorship Data Suggests Some Worrying Issues
Our analysis of more than 117 million censorship records confirms what students and civil rights advocates have long warned: Web filters are preventing kids...
The Band Kiss Has Stopped Performing. The Virtual Band Kiss Will Go On Performing
The technology, originally developed for the Abba Voyage show, will allow them to stay on the road in retirement. Gene Simmons said the band...
Spotify Says It Will Shed 17 Percent Of Its Workers
The figure represents around 1,500 of the Sweden-based streamer’s 9,000 staff, as is the result of economic growth slowing “dramatically,” according to Spotify CEO Daniel...
What We Learn From Critics About Thinking About Art
Out of what soil spring these beings who absorb art and photosynthesize it into pronouncements, or, worse, into principles. - The New Yorker
