Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Thrill Of Moral Superiority (Just Look At Your Social Media)
Look at any social media post that has more than a dozen responses; inevitably, one of them will attack the original post on the...
Charles Berggruen Expands His Thinktank To Venice
The billionaire philanthropist, investor, and founder of The Berggruen Institute, a global think tank, sees Venice as a strategic location for his intellectual and cultural...
Even “Barbie” Hit Likely Won’t Put Warner Studios In The Black
Total advertising revenue fell 13% year over year to $2.5 billion, while revenue from studio content plunged 25% to $2.4 billion during the quarter,...
Warner Loses Almost 2M Subscribers After HBO Max Launch/Shift
Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million streaming subscribers from April 1-June 30, the quarter during which it launched new combined streamer Max. - Variety
Why Punishment For Art Fraudsters Is So Erratic
The logic behind sentences can appear bewildering if not considered in the context of the myriad factors underpinning a judge’s decision. - The Art...
A Growing Divide Between Influencers And Critics
The line between film critics and influencers has gotten blurrier. From a studio’s perspective, it’s using both groups to promote a film. Critics provide...
Can The Edinburgh Fringe Be Saved?
Whether it is the spiralling cost of attending and the inequality that engenders, or the persistent abuse of low-paid labour, or the event’s environmental...
Study: Babies Show Inherent Preference For Art Adults Rate Pleasing
The results reveal that the infants tended to gaze longer at artworks which adult participants rated higher for pleasantness. Van Gogh’s Green Corn Stalks...
The Final Bidders To Buy Simon & Schuster
he remaining bidders included KKR, one of the world’s largest private-equity firms, and News Corp, the owner of HarperCollins, a competing publishing house. -...
John Adams Reviews Harvey Sachs’ Case For Making Schoenberg Matter
Too many books about Schoenberg are overly technical for the general reader, or else they assume a kind of hagiographic defensive crouch. Sachs can...
Metropolitan Museum Makes Deal With Augmented Reality Gaming Company in Roblox
The app can be used with Roblox, the popular gaming platform, where a new virtual version of the Met, including spaces like its Fifth...
Meta Blocks Sharing Of News Stories On Facebook In Canada
"In order to provide clarity to the millions of Canadians and businesses who use our platforms, we are announcing today that we have begun...
Portland Pulls Out Of Regional Arts Funding Agency
“The city has gotten a major bargain from the work that Regional Arts and Culture Council has done on its behalf. The team at...
The Incredibly Complicated Cultural Calculations Of Broadway’s “Here Lies Love”
Yes, the show is certainly a flag for innovative theatre in its use of space and immersivity. But there have been persistent critiques in both the...
Freezing Out The Critics, Ushering In The Influencers
If all discussion of a film’s merits before release is left to influencers, whose driving ambition is to receive free merchandise by speaking well...
A Rising Movement In Norway Against “Ugly” Architecture
A movement known as Architectural Uprising is pushing back against Scandinavian design trends — and sometimes forcing architects back to the drawing board. -...
Eighty Years Of Composer-Of-The-Week
When the programme started in 1943, under its original title of This Week’s Composer, the style was simple. Just a handful of records, only...
Arts Council England Has Lost The Confidence Of The Arts World After Bizarre Edicts...
ACE’s initial, uncosted announcement that ENO should abandon its acoustically rich, 2,359-seat home with the widest stage in London housing internationally renowned opera wasn’t just...
Hollywood Producers Ask Writers To Talk About Resuming Negotiations
An individual with knowledge of the matter told TheWrap the AMPTP has not reached out to SAG-AFTRA with a similar request. This suggests that...
In Wagner’s Bayreuth, The Reinvention Never Ends
In Bayreuth’s modern era, perpetual workshopping prevails. New productions usually play for five summers before cycling out, and the expectation is that directors will...
Editor Of People Dishes On The Rules Of Celebrity
An early editor at People came up with rules for who to put on the cover. "Young stars sell better than old. Rich is...
OMG – Surely The Ugliest Building In Paris
One can hardly deny feeling something un-Parisian, even anti-Parisian, exuded by the dark, Kubrickian slab rising out of its nineteenth-century surroundings. But nor, on...
Hollywood Ponders What AI and How Much AI
Netflix is looking to hire an AI product manager who will “define the strategic vision for” the streamer’s machine-learning platform, according to a job posting. -...
Show Your Work: Why Scientific Papers Should Tell Better Stories
I understand the need to present scientific findings in a clean, concise way, but the papers also omit all the false starts, blind alleys,...
Underneath The Hype Around AI
Too much focus on this worry risks downplaying somewhat less apocalyptic but more likely scenarios of social disruption, like dramatic upheavals in jobs. Finally,...
