Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Behind Disney’s Bob Swap
It’s a story about how to structure a company like Disney. Then you add in the complexity of the shift to streaming, the future...
The Cost Of Over-Selling Products With Ideas
Rather than informing a population of philosophically fulfilled, elevated beings, the ubiquity of all this bite-sized meaning has had an adverse effect, fuelling our...
Canceling “Exotic” In Ballet?
Demanding apologies and cancellation might seem an over-the-top reaction to the staging of this apparently benign ballet staple. However, the representation of many of...
AI-Generated Avatars Are Wildly Popular. Artists Aren’t Happy
Multiple artists have accused Stable Diffusion of using their art without permission. Many in the digital art space have also expressed qualms over AI models producing...
KPOP Musical Closes On Broadway After Only Two Weeks
The wager on “KPOP” hasn’t paid off, ticket sales data show. “KPOP” was one of Broadway’s lowest-selling shows in recent weeks, according to the Broadway League,...
How Post-COVID-Lockdown Dance Has Changed In Los Angeles
After experiencing the tolls of the pandemic — loss, stillness and uncertainty — the work of 2022 introduced new techniques, technologies and narratives that...
A Scientific Analysis Of How Popular Music Has Changed
The study of patterns and long-term variations in popular music could shed new light on relevant issues concerning its organization, structure and dynamics. More...
Culture Is Under Attack Worldwide. We Ought To Confront It Now
As a group, arts leaders from all sectors and geographies must now recognize the threats to cultural institutions: potential physical harm to artists; damages...
How Diversity Makes Orchestras Better
“For me, diversity is always a thing I like to think about as sort of necessary to enhance the vibrancy of an organization. Even...
Will Neuroscience Be Able To Predict When (And With Whom) You’ll Fall In Love?
"I’m a scientist myself, but I find it a bit unsettling that a brain scientist or computer might accurately predict whom I’ll fall in...
David Geffen Hall Reimagined
Does a concert hall with great natural sound matter anymore? - Architectural Record
Libraries As Activist Organizations?
The condemnation of the history of the American library, by its own gatekeepers, has done more than bring “Drag Queen Story Hour” to every...
Closing Of A Literary Magazine Demonstrates The Perilous Nature Of Literary Magazines
Its short existence offers insight both into what is possible for a literary magazine to accomplish and into the tenuous place such publications occupy...
London’s National Gallery Cancels Exhibition With Pushkin Museum
Although it was never publicized, the two institutions were to have jointly presented next year’s exhibition After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art, but the arrangement was...
Steven Dietz: New Theatre Is More Important Now Than Ever
"We quit on the theatre much more readily than the theatre quits on us. I am aware now—as a working artist in my 60s—that...
Woman Arrested For Spraying Fake Blood On Toulouse-Lautrec Painting in Berlin Museum
The incident was reminiscent of recent climate actions at European museums, however the prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday that it has been deemed an...
Why Theatre Isn’t Just For The Privileged
We have to collect the stories and inspire people, rather than fighting hipsters and fighting people who are gentrifiers—people don’t really understand how gentrification...
Theatre That Redefines “Disabilities”
“Disability theatre is not all cute little community projects. I know that sounds like I’m dissing community projects, but that’s not what I mean...
Teachers At The Mannes School Are On Strike. Here’s Why
Our base salary is some $70 per hour, as opposed to other parts of the university, where the average is about $130 an hour....
How Virtual Musical Theatre Is Changing Participation
Our research has revealed that virtual music theatre — music theatre online — allows for a more accessible and a less exclusive way to engage...
Jed Perl: Art As Organic Influencer Rather Than Issue Crusader
Art’s primary task, Perl asserts, is not to “promote a particular idea of ideology, or perform some clearly defined civic or community service.” Art...
NBC Peacock Adds Huge Number Of Subscribers, Competes With Disney In Animation
Universal now rivals Disney in animation, a key for IP that drives theme parks, among others things. - Deadline
California’s Education Workers’ Strike Could Transform Higher Ed
It is by far the largest and most important strike in the history of American higher education, with the potential to transform both the...
Richard Serra’s Most Inaccessible Work (In A Remote Desert)
Who would put a piece of art by arguably the world’s greatest living sculptor in a place that you cannot access without a location...
Just What Will It Be Like To Attend A Live Event In The Future?
In order for future fans to experience the amazing things on your list, they will need to be technologically empowered to participate in the...
