Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Surveys Say People Feel Morality Is In Decline. But Then They’ve Always Said So…
A big collection of archival data, going back all the way to 1949, suggests people believe morality is declining. People are asked questions like,...
Rijksmuseum’s Blockbuster Vermeer Show Wrestles With Blockbusters
Tickets to the exhibition sold out in a matter of days, reselling for extortionate amounts on the black market. Exhibitions of this magnetism are...
Can Art Make Us Good?
‘Can art make me become a good person?’ is a more interesting question, because neither ‘Yes’ nor ‘No’ is an adequate answer; the only...
30 Years Ago: How Prince Changed The Way Musicians Negotiate Contracts For Their Music
“He kind of very famously said that ‘if you don’t own your masters, then your masters own you." - Marketplace
The Death Of El Sistema?
If the doubt over the actual inception of el Sistema, as it was conceptually communicated to the public, isn’t telling enough, the most damning...
Rise Of The Counterfeit People (Beware)
"Today, for the first time in history, thanks to artificial intelligence, it is possible for anybody to make counterfeit people who can pass for...
Regulator Says Canadian Content Laws For Streamers Shouldn’t Apply to Social Media Users
The directive instructs the CRTC to ensure the regulations do not apply to social media users whose business model is their own content, even...
Four Classical Music Stations That Have Found Ways To Boost Engagement
Through LinkedIn, and awards, and video game music... - Greater Public
How The Brain Processes Listening To Voices In A Crowded Room
"The findings suggest that the brain likely uses different mechanisms for encoding and representing these two different volumes of voices when there is a...
Brussels’ Africa Museum Rethinks Africa
After facing years of heavy criticism nationally and internationally, the museum worked with a group of experts from the African diaspora in Belgium to...
Buffalo’s Albright Knox Museum Reopens At Double The Size
The museum retains its Neoclassical facade from 1905, courtesy Edward Broadhead Green, and its modernist addition from the '60s, courtesy Gordon Bunshaft. The 1905...
How “Jurassic Park” Pioneered CGI Special Effects 30 Years Ago
"From those six minutes of animated dinosaurs, CGI has become so integrated into the industry to the extent that nearly all film and television...
Classical Music Site Sold For $1 Million
Toronto's Ludwig Van is bought by ZoomerMedia. The publicly traded company run by Canadian media mogul Moses Znaimer is the pioneer behind CityTV, MuchMusic,...
Why Promising Young Actors Are Leaving The Theatre
As someone who's monitored the performing arts industry for decades, I've seen dozens of talented, up-and-coming artists leave the profession. Or rather, I likely...
The Revolt Against Humanity
The revolt against humanity, Adam Kirsch argues, is no longer an “avant-garde phenomenon†of interest only to the chattering classes, and the spiritual development...
Author Pulls Her Book Set In Russia In Protest Of Invasion Of Ukraine
The uproar that drove Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to pull her novel, which is set in 20th century Siberia, suggests that the debate has broadened...
Boston’s Handel And Haydn Society Explores Handel’s Relationship To Slave Trade
H+H was exploring the possibility that Handel, one of the bedrocks of its repertoire, had held investments in trans-Atlantic trading companies that participated in...
Arkansas Symphony Gets A New Music Director
Geoffrey Robson, 41, who joined the orchestra in the fall of 2008 as associate conductor and a full-time member of the violin section, will...
In The Writers Strike, An Unscripted Tony Awards Was The Best In A Long...
Ironically, the script-free ceremony was one of the most soulful Tony Awards in history, because there were no intermediaries brought in by the network...
Netflix’s Password Crackdown Generates Record New Signups
In a two day period following Netflix's roll out of the password sharing change last month saw the largest number of new Netflix account...
Does Every City Really Need An Orchestra?
Tom Wolf: Is there any way to determine in which cities orchestras are likely to be successful artistically and financially? - Nightingale Sonata
Scientists Wonder: Have We Reached The Long-Awaited Singularity?
Artificial intelligence is roiling tech, business and politics like nothing in recent memory. Listen to the extravagant claims and wild assertions issuing from Silicon Valley,...
In Portland, A Bar For Classical Musicians To hang Out And Play
Tucked in the bustling neighborhood, Mendelssohn’s has become a gathering place for Portland’s musicians to sip on themed drinks, sing ballads from the high...
Lessons From The First Revivals After Sondheim
I think it’s not an accident that after his passing, the gravitational pull toward his work and what he left us with, and the...
The Real Reason CNN Doesn’t Work In Today’s Culture
Less than 10 million people watch cable news nightly; 155 million voted in the 2020 election. There simply aren’t enough rabid news consumers who...
