Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Every Photo We Take Is Aided By AI. So How Much Before Its More...
"The increased attenuation of human creativity from the actual generation of the final work will prompt challenging questions regarding how much human input is...
The Looming (And Existential) Legal Battles Over AI And Copyright
The real struggle might not be between AI and artists, or even governments, but with large copyright holders. What happens when Disney gets tired...
What Simon Rattle’s Departure From The London Symphony Means For UK Music
Rattle retains a lifetime role as the LSO’s Conductor Emeritus; he will be back often. Symbolically, though, his departure is a sad moment: any...
Will AI Disrupt Wikipedia?
Sure, the implementation of A.I. technology will undoubtedly alter how Wikipedia is used and transform the user experience. At the same time, the features...
How Google Is Playing Musicians In Its Deal With Big Music Labels
Google is signaling that it will pay off the music industry with special deals that create brand-new — and potentially devastating! — private intellectual...
Brandeis University Says It Will Shut Down Ph.D Program In Music
The letter praised the faculty and students in the PhD programs for their work with “very limited resources,” but stated the university was “simply...
Claims Mount Against Art Advisor Lisa Schiff
Around 50 more claims have been made, some worth as much as $1 million. Claimants named include Mira Dimotrova, senior director of Stephen Friedman...
Georgia Ranks Near The Bottom In Arts Funding. Does It Need An Arts Advocacy...
Despite these advances from some funders, area arts leaders have to deal year in and year out with the lack of government arts funding...
The Trends Are Clear: Listening-On-Demand Is The Future
“Podcasting has attuned hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide to the habit of choosing the right audio content at the right time and hitting...
After Promising To Crack Down On Misinformation, Social Media Platforms Retreat
Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation, abandoning their most aggressive efforts to police online falsehoods in a...
Why Helsinki’s Architecture Is Unlike That Of Most Major Cities
"Some of it is – and more will be – sited below ground. There is no single clear reason for this, though factors include...
Streaming Is Cheaper Than Buying, Certainly. But Something Essential Is Lost In The Experience
"Collecting is an act of love; even though it risks fetish-like attachments to the objects in question, its essence is found not in the...
How Music Works On Altering Your Mood
"I start with music that matches the patient’s frame of mind and slowly shift to more soothing themes. I find that their mood and...
Can AI Write Compelling Reviews? Here’s The Thing…
“I don’t see how AI can recreate the experience of reading a book, which is what the best critics do.” - Wired
Why Aren’t Our Best Composers Writing For Amateur Musicians?
Why is there a gap between today’s composers and the repertoires of most of the musical ensembles in the country – which are not...
Evolving Shakespeare For Our Time
“If you are going to hail a writer from 400 years ago as the greatest writer of all time, then you need to look...
What Ails Us: The Freedom Of Having Limits
The basic error of liberalism, according to the post-liberals, is its conflation of freedom with the absence of limitation or constraint. - The Point
British Museum Director Steps Down In Wake Of Thefts Scandal
This week, Ittai Gradel, a Dutch antiquities dealer, said he had told the British Museum about the thefts two years ago and claimed that...
Let’s Decode The Cultural Moment Around “Rich Men North Of Richmond”
Lyrics celebrating the working man and woman have a long history in American music, from artists including Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bill Withers and...
Are UK Arts Selling Out To Corporations?
In the UK, there are three potentially large funding pots for the arts: government, local authority and private. Anyone who has lived through the...
How To Make Writing Better Than ChatGPT
If we want to push the art of writing out of a computer’s reach, the questions posed in writing workshops should go past “How...
The Potential Of AI To Assist Artists
I am a composer who has used creative AI in my music and sound practice for almost two decades. My creative practice and research has focused...
How Folk Music Got Into The Mainstream
Knowing there was no way for him to compete with the established recording companies, Asch’s plan was to do what they wouldn’t: record what...
Pronouncement Culture: Whether Something Is “Good” Or “Bad” Sometimes Isn’t The Point
Just about everyone has been made to feel like shit because someone with “good taste” declared that something they love is bad. We’ve been...
Greek Island Declares Emergency Over Over-Tourism
For a broad range of Sifnians the island is rapidly approaching a state of crisis, as unregulated development and overtourism have kick-started a grim...
