Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Quiet Tragedy: Sale Of The Whitney Breuer Building To Sotheby’s
There is an important difference between a building that is “open to the public” and a public building, and that distinction may explain the...
Annie Ernaux: Winning The Nobel Ruined Me
“So I’m going to be brutal and say that I obtained a prize I never wanted. The Nobel prize fell upon me. It fell...
Measuring “Wellbeing” After Visiting A Museum
According to the final technical report, more than 95% of participants reported some benefits to their well-being after visiting a museum and 85% indicated positive...
Sorting Out What The Research Says On The Benefits Of Music On The Brain
In recent decades, numerous studies have shown that kids who study music outperform their peers in a variety of realms. The problem is it is...
The Artists Rebuilding Beirut
The Lebanese creative scene has never been more prosperous and vibrant: it has kept on blooming like an unlikely flower on a volcano’s crater....
Italian Court Rules Against Magazine For Using Image Of Michelangelo’s David Without Permission
An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the publishing house Edizioni Conde Nast, which used an...
New Report: Diversity Study Across American Orchestras
Commissioned by the League, the report covers the ten-year period from the 2013-14 season through the 2022-23 season and presents analyses by orchestra role...
Bizarre: A New Genre Of AI-Generated Movie
The Frost is a 12-minute movie in which every shot is generated by an image-making AI. It’s one of the most impressive—and bizarre—examples yet of...
Has The Podcast Boom Crested? Spotify Lays Off Podcast Workers
Spotify is laying off 200 workers from its podcast division, or about 2% of its total global workforce, the company said in a memo...
Barbican Artistic Director Will Gompertz On The Greatest Challenges To The Arts
"The purpose of the arts is to question, challenge, reflect and enlighten. Great art reveals a truth, and debate and disagreement about the nature...
Harlem’s Apollo Theatre Gets A New Leader
Michelle Ebanks, 61, replaces the theater’s longtime leader, Jonelle Procope, who announced last year that she planned to step down this summer after nearly 20 years...
How Librarians In The 1970s Redefined How To Search
It’s easy to see why librarians of the 1970s set out to revolutionise search. Work across the academy was expanding to such a degree...
Audiences Return In Australia, But Ticket Prices Now A Bigger Concern
Financial reasons are the top barrier to attendance, affecting four in 10 audience members, especially the under-55s, according the audience research. - ArtsHub
Outside The Shadow Of New York: The New Jersey Symphony Forges Its Own Path(s)
“Traditionally orchestras either say, ‘Come to us, we’re wonderful,’ or they go out into communities and say, ‘Hey, listen to us.’ We were very...
Dawn Of AI: Time For A Reset For Humanity
The technocultural norms and habits that have seized us during the triple revolution of the internet, smartphones, and the social web are themselves in...
McNulty: Broadway’s MVP This Year? The Suffering Audience
Attention must be paid to the core audience that has stuck it out and been filling these doddering old venues with their seasoned laughter...
Is This What America Looks Like In A Cultural Collapse?
In the past 50 years, despite overall economic growth, the quality of life for most Americans has declined. The wealthy have become wealthier, while...
Photographer Who Won The Warhol Copyright Case Goes After Another Artist
“You did not ask for my permission to copy my photo and I am ‘not laughing.’ Please do not force me to ask Instagram...
Bumpy Ride: Six Flags Upgrades Parks As Attendance At Amusement Parks Plunges
Last year, when the average price of admission rose to $35.99 from $28.73, many customers—already battered by the highest level of inflation in decades—decided...
In Praise Of The Movie Matinee
These showings have numerous advantages over their evening counterparts. The tickets are typically cheaper, for one. Daytime movie audiences also tend to be more...
The Problem With A Picasso Show That’s Problematic
So far as it has an argument it goes like this: Pablo Picasso was an important artist. He was also something of a jerk...
Ian Bostridge On The Evolving Plain Of Music
Questioning is built into the classical music tradition; and interpreting this complex music that we have inherited means negotiating between the preoccupations of the...
Is Mexican Music Going Global?
In the streaming era, regional Mexican music has become increasingly popular beyond those borders, thanks to a new generation of artists eager to collaborate...
What’s Lost When Movie Theatres Upgrade
Comfort has taken priority over connection. - The Wall Street Journal
Life After The Master: A Steven Sondheim Protege
“We did this workshop,” Foley told me. “And he came to see it, and . . . he did not like it. It was a really awful...
