Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
When Dance Was Shorter (Iconic Short Dances)
Full-length ballets are popular. But sometimes it's the fleeting miniature that leaves an indelible impression. - Wendy Perron
A Look At The BBC’s 2023 Performance
The BBC had a record commercial performance that contributed to 30% revenue growth, climbing from £1.7 billion to £2.1 billion. The corporation’s commercial arm...
Chicago’s Museum Of Contemporary Art Tries A New Path For Art Education
The New Art School Modality is intended to create a sweet spot in academia. It will provide about 50 students each with a free...
Protests Over New Orleans Museum Hiring White Curator For African Collection
On paper, Maples seemed suited for the job. But criticism quickly arose, because NOMA had selected a White person to manage the collection of...
The Boomers Never Had A Chance
The Boomers’ careers followed behind a glut of Traditionalists still in their prime. Disproportionately, the Baby Boomers never made it to the seats of...
Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI Over Copyright
Their lawsuits each contain six counts of various types of copyright violations, negligence, unjust enrichment, and unfair competition. The authors are looking for statutory...
AI Explodes Copyright Issues
I’ve created a story using my imagination—but to do that I’ve used an AI helper. So who wrote the tale? And who gets paid...
Study: What Nobel Winners Do (Or Don’t) After Winning
Winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine tend to reduce their research output after claiming the prestigious honor, according to a new study –...
The Artistic Costs Of Censoring In Movies
Artful jump cuts can illuminate all kinds of interesting associations between images. Bad ones just create bumps in logic; they’re disorienting in a way...
The Rise and Fall Of “Smooth” Jazz
It really was just a marketing niche. This pressure to program for the broadest, least attentive listenership possible could lead to absurdity. - The New...
Taylor Swift Studies: A Growing Number Of Universities Are Offering Courses On Her
Rather than an excuse for fans to talk trivia and swap comfort songs, these courses seem to incorporate a measure of academic rigor. For...
Using VR At The Theatre
He realised that in this case technology had triggered deeper emotions than a stage performance. "VR is a very personal experience as opposed to...
Graydon Carter Takes To The Air
Over the decades, Carter had formed a “repertory company of writers, editors, designers, illustrators, and photographers,” as David Kamp, a member of the troupe,...
The World’s Last Remaining Silent Movie Theatre
For most of the world, silent films died out in the 1930s. But in Brussels, the Cinematek — the only remaining cinema in the world with...
The Difference Between Nationalism And Patriotism
The words nationalism and patriotism are sometimes used as synonyms, such as when Trump and his supporters describe his America First agenda. But many political scientists, including me, don’t typically see those...
New York City’s New Old Hangout: The NYC Public Library
An ongoing $200 million renovation of the 1911 landmark has sought to open its doors and world-famous collections to more people — and not...
Dance Everywhere (Except On A Stage)
Each performance produced by Duckler and her company, Heidi Duckler Dance, transforms spaces not traditionally used for dance into something new, as the choreography...
Gustavo Dudamel’s Slow-Motion Departure From LA
Celebrity has a tendency to reduce talent, even of the most prodigious kind, to a series of narrow gestures, a sort of mimeograph of...
The Fascinating Dance Around Remaking America’s Busiest Train Station
If all this still seems dizzying, the bottom line is that the next year will decide the station’s fate. Perhaps not since the demolition...
How Photography Has Changed The Ways We See The World
The photograph is deeply entangled in our contemporary experience, playing a crucial role in recording and informing our understanding of the world. Which means...
Special New Camera Revolutionizes Restoration Of Old Paintings
The King’s College team developed a 25,000-pixel photon sensitive camera that uses a technique called macroscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) to harness the natural...
UK Immigration Minister Tells Immigrant Detention Centers To Remove Welcoming Artwork. Leading Artists Rally...
Robert Jenrick told staff to paint over artistic depictions of animals etched onto the walls of Tug Haven, an asylum intake unit in Dover,...
How The New Director Of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum Wants To Make It More Accessible
His two years in Vienna—plus a Ph.D. in art history that involved study of the Habsburg collections—have given him insight into the institution he...
Las Vegas Lights Up $2.3 Billion Video Screen — World’s Largest
The MSG Sphere’s 580,000 sq ft fully programmable LED screen, named the Exosphere, was illuminated for pre-launch testing overnight to celebrate the Fourth of July. The...
Social Media Platforms Now Seem Up For Grabs
In a flurry of unexpected strategic decisions, holiday news dumps and pure opportunism, the social landscape suddenly looks up for grabs (at least for...
