Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Plan To Reinvent Lincoln Center
“We very much came with an agenda, which was we were going to tell a different kind of story about Lincoln Center, to fundamentally...
Chinese Media Calls On British Museum To Return All Chinese Artifacts
"The huge loopholes in the management and security of cultural objects in the British Museum exposed by this scandal have led to the collapse...
Has Lincoln Center Lost Its Way?
When the nation’s premier classical music complex says that it doesn’t think Mozart is that important, why should anyone else? - City Journal
Time For Another Full-On Attack On Book Blurbs
Blurbs have always been controversial—too clichéd, too subject to cronyism—but lately, as review space shrinks and the noise level of the marketplace increases, the pursuit of...
Why We Particularly Need Bad Reviews
In some ways, more culture writing circulates than ever before, but with fewer resources invested in any individual piece of writing. What you get...
Recalculating The Enviromental Impact Of Music Festivals
After audience travel, by far the largest source of emissions is food and drink, which on average accounts for just over 34%. This is...
Toronto Theatre’s Audience Problem
As entertainment centres like Toronto become increasingly diverse, theatres that continue to program works with only their ever-shrinking base of traditional patrons in mind...
One Way To Look At It: Get Rid Of Ill-Tempered, Indulged, Larger-Than-Life Conductors And...
Replace charismatic leadership with technocratic good manners and the whole edifice comes tumbling down. Fine by me, but just beware of what this means....
YouTube Could Face Billions Of Dollars In Fines Over Ads Targeted At Children
Child advocacy groups now suspect that a second FTC probe into YouTube could result in a fine that dwarfs that 2019 record penalty. Their...
The Oh-So-Complicated Power Dynamic Between Artist And Patron
Given the vast difference in agency prevailing between artists and patrons, is an intellectual, artistic, ethical discussion on equal terms even possible? - 3 Quarks...
Eminem Stops Ramaswamy From Using His Music As Theme Song
"What Vivek is doing is trying to align himself with the struggle of overcoming adversity. From what I know of Vivek's policies, objectives and...
Criticism As A Creative Act…
Here lies the difference between viewing criticism as a passive medium of arbitration versus an act of creation—one that requires the critic to take...
The Need To Fail Better
What if we could learn to habitually reframe failure as a source of discovery and personal development? What if we could face problems and...
A Project To Connect Funders With Chicago Black Dance Companies
“We are such a siloed city. We’re each in our little parts of Chicago trying to get funding, we all have our heads down....
Every Photo We Take Is Aided By AI. So How Much Before Its More...
"The increased attenuation of human creativity from the actual generation of the final work will prompt challenging questions regarding how much human input is...
The Looming (And Existential) Legal Battles Over AI And Copyright
The real struggle might not be between AI and artists, or even governments, but with large copyright holders. What happens when Disney gets tired...
What Simon Rattle’s Departure From The London Symphony Means For UK Music
Rattle retains a lifetime role as the LSO’s Conductor Emeritus; he will be back often. Symbolically, though, his departure is a sad moment: any...
Will AI Disrupt Wikipedia?
Sure, the implementation of A.I. technology will undoubtedly alter how Wikipedia is used and transform the user experience. At the same time, the features...
How Google Is Playing Musicians In Its Deal With Big Music Labels
Google is signaling that it will pay off the music industry with special deals that create brand-new — and potentially devastating! — private intellectual...
Brandeis University Says It Will Shut Down Ph.D Program In Music
The letter praised the faculty and students in the PhD programs for their work with “very limited resources,” but stated the university was “simply...
Claims Mount Against Art Advisor Lisa Schiff
Around 50 more claims have been made, some worth as much as $1 million. Claimants named include Mira Dimotrova, senior director of Stephen Friedman...
Georgia Ranks Near The Bottom In Arts Funding. Does It Need An Arts Advocacy...
Despite these advances from some funders, area arts leaders have to deal year in and year out with the lack of government arts funding...
The Trends Are Clear: Listening-On-Demand Is The Future
“Podcasting has attuned hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide to the habit of choosing the right audio content at the right time and hitting...
After Promising To Crack Down On Misinformation, Social Media Platforms Retreat
Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation, abandoning their most aggressive efforts to police online falsehoods in a...
Why Helsinki’s Architecture Is Unlike That Of Most Major Cities
"Some of it is – and more will be – sited below ground. There is no single clear reason for this, though factors include...
