Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Asha Bhosle, 92, The Voice Of Bollywood
Bhosle, who recorded more than 12,000 songs, became her country’s pre-eminent exponent of playback singing – recording tracks that were then lip-synced on film...
New Focus On Dancer Wellness At School Of American Ballet
The Artistic Health and Wellness Student Center, which opened in September, is a $4.7 million expansion of the school, the training ground for New...
US Colleges Face An Enrollment Death Spiral
According to a recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, about 60 are closing on average each year; that number could double in any...
Why Greece’s Crackdown On Art Crime Might Not Amount To Much
It is highly unlikely that the Greek police will proactively search for fakes and forgeries. The expertise to identify fraud is held in the...
The Culture Of Comics Is Transforming
Our current age of comics is one in which comics can be consumed through global digital platforms like Marvel Unlimited, Webtoons, Shonen Jump and so on, all without...
All In? (Or Not): The Existential Bet On AI
Artificial intelligence will bring us heaven on earth or kill us all. It is the most important invention in human history or a scam....
Do-Gooders And The Pointlessness Of Jobs
The few jobs today that are tangibly useful—say, social workers and science teachers—pay far less than the mass of uninspiring administrative and middle-management roles...
Language And The Battle For Democracy
If ‘language is one of the keys to individual autonomy’, the central challenge in a linguistic landscape being flattened and standardized by AI is...
Hilde Limondjian, Longtime Met Museum Music Curator, 89
Hilde Limondjian, who spent more than four decades bringing music to the auditorium — and the galleries — of the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Obama Library Announces Artist Commissions For The Presidential Library
The latest set of commissions will be realized by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Jeffrey Gibson, Rashid Johnson, Hugo McCloud, Martin Puryear, Lorna...
If They Aren’t Reading, Why Are We Making Fun Of Them?
Literary ridicule used to sting politicians into shame. Now they don't read books, don't care about cultural criticism, and certainly don't lose sleep over...
Can Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre Rise Again Under New Leadership?
Under their new leadership, Victory Gardens has hosted a writers’ workshop, a showcase of new works in collaboration with New Musical Chicago, and a...
LA Museums Polish Up for Their Olympic Moment
The Getty and Page Museum are getting Olympic-ready makeovers, because nothing says 'world-class cultural destination' like frantically renovating before the global spotlight hits. Strategic...
When Your Novel Rides Off Into Someone Else’s Sunset
A Texas novelist discovers the hard way that authorial intent is no match for America's hunger for mythology. Sometimes the culture writes the ending,...
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Nobody in Particular
A Danish writer discovers what Instagram influencers fear most: that maybe there's no authentic self to brand after all. Thank goodness for Austrian modernists...
Paranoia In Perspective: Welcome To The “Dark” Enlightenment
Largely ignored by academic philosophers, the “Dark Enlightenment” movement and Yarvin have curried favor and influence with tech executives in recent years. A software...
German Dealers Learn Local Isn’t Always Loyal
The art world's great pivot to regional collectors hits a Teutonic reality check. Turns out courting hometown buyers is neither easier nor more profitable...
Chicago Art Fairs: Fair Weather Friends to Local Scene?
Expo Chicago's glittering circus rolls into town promising cultural cachet, but who's actually invited to the party? A reality check on whether the fair...
Book Reviews Die Hard: Taking Enlightenment With Them
As traditional literary criticism gasps its last, so goes reasoned public discourse. David Bell chronicles how digital age killed the gatekeepers—and maybe critical thinking...
Digital Vernacular Conquers Meatspace, Resistance Is Futile
Remember when online culture was its own weird planet? Those days are dead. Internet-speak has colonized everything from gallery walls to boardroom presentations, proving...
Rise Of The AI Influencers
Some of these online influencers are pretty easy to spot, but others are good enough that they’re duping people. And in some cases, it...
Pre-iTunes: Canada’s Digital Music Pioneers Got There First, Eh?
Long before Apple claimed to revolutionize music consumption, scrappy Canadian start-ups were quietly building the streaming future. Turns out maple syrup wasn't the only...
Martha Graham’s Legacy At 100
This season, the Martha Graham Dance Company celebrates 100 years, and for better and worse, her early works are back in fashion. - The...
AP Offers Buyouts As It “Pivots” Away From Newspapers
“We’re not a newspaper company and we haven’t been for quite some time.” While they once accounted for the majority of the AP’s revenue,...
There Were More Layoffs Friday At The Kennedy Center
One person familiar with the cuts said much of the programming department’s work has been either terminated or redirected toward campus rentals, for which...
