Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Links Between Music And Personality Type
The researchers found global correlations between extraversion and contemporary music; between conscientiousness and unpretentious music; between agreeableness and mellow and unpretentious music; and between...
UK Art Dealer: Brexit Has Killed Our International Sales
Since the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, Shovlar’s income has dropped by 60%. He says trade with the EU, where 99%...
Portrait Of A Small Bookstore (In Film)
Tannenbaum’s GoFundMe didn’t just meet its target – staggeringly, it actually doubled its $60,000 goal in just two days of operations, instantly changing The...
The Fraught Relationship Between Publishers And Social Network Platforms
Despite 20 years of often difficult relations, a clear recognition of the “frenemy” dynamic at play, and the reality of intensifying competition for attention,...
Why Pessimism Is Useful
We are so quick to equate pessimism with passivity or fatalism or despair, and to reject it on that basis – for, of course,...
Why Kids Are Great At Philosophy
Children are sophisticated thinkers, more than capable of abstract thought. They’re creative too. Indeed, in some ways, kids make better philosophers than adults. They...
What Exactly Is TikTok (And How Does It Work?)
What’s surprising is that content fueling viewership only comes from a small subset of TikTok’s user base—a statistic similar to YouTube. Only 33.9 percent of...
The Hugely Successful Musical Created On/Through TikTok
Over the course of creating The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Barlow and Bear played to other fans of the show via TikTok: They rehearsed their songs, interacted...
What Happened To Method Acting
In 2022, in our heyday of superhero blockbusters and bingeable story lines, the Method seems to be fading away. - The New York Times
Burying Robert Moses For Good
Invoking Moses is easy shorthand for a legacy of racist urban planning—a shameful history but, like legal residential segregation, one many view as consigned...
That Time In The 80s The Egyptian Government Tried To Ban Music Cassette Tapes
Courtesy of the president’s executive actions, audiocassettes, enjoyed loudly by many Egyptians in public spaces, were no longer simply a nuisance. Noisy cassette recordings...
The Case For The Intrinsic Value Of Art
The question of the intrinsic value of art is one he never expected to need to address. For him, it is a given. For...
Study: Four Times More Male Characters Than Female In Literature
Mayank Kejriwal and fellow researcher Akarsh Nagaraj used data from 3,000 books that are part of the Gutenberg Project, across genres including adventure, science...
Russia Threatens To Imprison Artist For Work He Showed At Moscow Art Fair
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a “rehabilitation of Nazism” case against Kulik. If he’s found guilty, the artist reportedly faces a fine of up to...
Who Should Next Run The Royal Shakespeare Company?
If I were to have an absolute dream nomination, it would be a director who has conquered the fields of theatre, television and film,...
Lebrecht: Upside Down Orchestra Marketing
What we are witnessing is a pandemic of reformist box-ticking that places policy above pulling power. Forget about a box office that is running...
How To Make A More Creative, Profitable Netflix
When the financial incentives of the people paying for the movies and TV shows are aligned with those of the creators, the overall system...
What Netflix’s Fail Says About Streaming
While Netflix’s competitors still have room to grow — and Disney in particular has committed to growing a lot — agents and creators believe...
The Netflix Problem — Maybe Doing Theatrical Releases Is A Path?
Netflix’s sign of softening brought a screeching halt to the prevailing industry logic that going all-in on streaming investment was the way to please...
Direct-To-Home Movie Releases Are Over
“When analyzing title after title, it becomes very clear that spikes in piracy are most drastic when a movie is first available to watch...
TafelMusik Abruptly Loses Its Music Director
Over her five-year tenure, Elisa Citterio appointed new artistic directors, explored repertoire from the 17th through 19th centuries, commissioned new works, and encouraged international...
How About An Actor In Charge Of The Royal Shakespeare Instead Of Another Director?
Why, for once, should the company not be led by an actor rather than a director – someone who combines a passion for Shakespeare...
Three New Buildings Shake Up Boston Architecture
“Once a decade or two, Boston’s architectural establishment breaks out of its inherent conservative aesthetic comforts and heeds a call for some inventiveness.” -...
Canada Offered Tax Credits For News Subscribers. It Hasn’t Really Worked
Rather than prompting new subscribers to sign up, “the people who would have subscribed anyway are using the credit.” Subscribers weren’t swayed because they...
Why The Netflix Bubble Is Finally Bursting
Netflix has nearly 222 million subscribers around the world, more than any other streaming company, and just last month it was forecasting eventually growing to half...
