Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Dance Critic Arlene Croce, 90
Croce was loved for her wit — but not by those she skewered. Her criticism could be wicked, even merciless. She once described the...
How Netflix Destroyed The Movie And TV Businesses
Netflix, which first emerged as a destroyer of video stores, has developed a powerful business model to conquer television, only to unleash its strange...
British Columbia, Losing Film Production, Increases Tax Subsidies
Premier David Eby said the Production Services Tax Credit — which goes to international productions — will increase from 28% to 36%. The domestic credit will...
Ross Douthat: I’m Worried About Pop Culture
I’m worried about pop culture — worried that the relationship between art and commerce isn’t working as it should, worried that even if the...
What The Ubiquitous Marketing Of “Wicked” Says About Our Culture
“Wicked” went even bigger, teaming up with over 400 brands to ensure a saturation that would be, in the words of Universal Pictures’ chief marketing officer,...
How YouTube Is Overtaking TV
YouTube’s increasing incursion into the living room highlights just how ubiquitous the platform has become. After all, it is the world’s second-biggest search engine,...
Critics Say Italy’s Government Is “Interfering” In The Arts
Since Meloni came to power more than two years ago, there has been debate in Italy over whether her government is meddling in the...
Muti Opines: Didn’t Know Who Klaus Mäkelä Is
“I have my opinions, but I will not tell you. I didn’t want to take part in the search, so I was completely out...
If Reading Helps Shape Our Brains What Happens When We Stop?
Will people's preference for video over text affect our brains or our evolution as a species? What kind of brain structure do good readers...
Why The Art World Has Been Taking Another Look At Rococo
So what is Neo-Rococo, really? It’s a contemporary movement that merges the delicate pastels, ornamental elegance, and sensuality of 18th-century Rococo with modernist abstraction...
Peter Schjeldahl’s Death Marked The End Of An Era
Schjeldahl’s death was not just the death of a person but of a whole approach to writing about art. It was an approach that...
Nicole Ritchie And Paris Hilton’s Excellent Opera?
It’s an enlightening moment, one of many it turns out, in “Paris & Nicole,” a three-episode lark about Hilton and Richie reuniting to write...
Canberra Youth Theatre Takes A Drastic Step To Survive
The decision to pause all productions in 2025 will have a significant impact on performance opportunities for young people. It also means a major...
How Daniel Dennett Changed How Philosophers Think
Dennett was important because his work signalled a sea change in the concerns and methods employed by philosophers of mind. In the years BD...
Sotheby’s Cuts 100 NY Staff After Lower Financial Earnings
In an email statement, a Sotheby’s spokesperson said, “Given the challenges the market has faced this year, we’ve taken a careful look at our...
Ruby Slippers From “The Wizard Of Oz” Sell For $28 Million
Heritage Auctions, based in Dallas, slapped a $3 million estimate on the slippers. Pre-sale bidding had taken the price up to $1.55 million before fierce...
There Is No “True Meaning” Of A Song
When an artist is inevitably asked “what’s the meaning behind this song?” and they give a literal answer, it immediately closes down the different...
Report: UK Visual Artists Are Making Less Than Minimum Wage
The median annual income for self-employed visual artists currently stands at just £12,500, 40% less in real terms than they were earning in 2010....
Pew Study: Half Of All Teens Are Constantly Online
Nearly half of teens in the U.S. are online almost constantly, and the platform they’re using the most is YouTube, a new study from the Pew...
The Woman Who Helped Track Down Art The Nazis Stole
By the end of the war, 26,984 freight cars of artworks from French collections had left Paris, their contents destined for temporary storage in...
Children Of Famous Architects Ask “Why?”
Stardust is the latest in a niche genre of films about architects made by their children. The punishing profession is clearly something that inspires both...
Viewers Streamed 1Billion Hours Of YouTube On Their TVs This Year
This year, the biggest categories for YouTube were sports and children’s entertainment. Watch time for sports content grew 30% year-over-year, according to the company,...
Italy’s Public Broadcaster Has Been Turned Into Propaganda Machine
The broadcaster has undergone a series of radical transformations, often referred to using the shorthand TeleMeloni. A monologue in which the writer Antonio Scurati was set...
Data: Venice’s Tourist Visitor Tax Didn’t Reduce Crowds
Data found that during the 29 dates the initial €5 access fee was in force in 2024, Venice received on average 7,000 more visitors...
Paris Opera Dancers On Strike
The strike, following unsuccessful negotiations, concerns the remuneration of preparation time before performances. According to the union, only six hours of monthly preparation are...