Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Organization That Tries To Bring The Performing Arts To Everyone In America
In time, instrumentalists, chamber groups, dance companies, orchestras, theatre troupes, opera companies—even comedians, magicians, and other offbeat entertainers (literally tens of thousands of performers)—would...
Meet Andres. He’s 10. His Last Painting Sold For $230,000
In the last year, he has gone from a relative unknown to a bona fide art phenomenon. His surrealist-style paintings were acquired by deep-pocketed...
Amazon Is Getting Closer To Replacing Humans With Robots (Or Is It?)
Will a new generation of warehouse robots that can grasp goods almost as well as human hands make work better or easier for the...
Is Endless Choice Ruining Your Love Of Music?
“That was the problem. Using music, rather than having it be its own experience … What kind of music am I going to use to...
The Australian Town Keeping Square Dancing Alive
One of the appeals of square dancing is that it can be done anywhere; once you know the moves, you can attend any club...
The Role Of Shame: Once We Tried To Protect People, Now It’s Online Sport
An ambient culture of shame saturates the online social environment. On such platforms as Twitter or TikTok or YouTube the risk of humiliation is...
The Pittsburgh Symphony Went On A European Tour And Were Treated To…
The orchestra’s members enjoy treatment on these trips more in line with sports teams or pop stars than classical musicians (although the gatherings lean...
Netflix Settles Its Copyright Suit Against Bridgerton Musical
Netflix sued in July, alleging that Emily Barlow and Abigail Bear had infringed on its copyrights by putting on a for-profit stage show at the...
The Vibrant Art Scene Growing On The Edge Of Delhi
“The Indian contemporary art scene has been rocketing since Covid. People have been spending a lot of time in their homes and want something...
Is AI In Art A Tool Or A Toy?
Everything has a potential to be used as a weapon—imagery, words, music, text. But we also see an opportunity here for people who never...
Europe Faces A Cold, Expensive Winter. How Will Museums Stay Warm?
The most desperate museums have reported possible plans to reduce opening hours over the winter, but this is not an outcome that should be...
King Charles Has Strong Ideas About Architecture. This Is The Town He Has Idealized
The town of about 4,600 people has been widely mocked as a prince’s plaything and architectural theme park. Yet for one very important man...
Theatre Across America Is Changing (Because It Has To)
"I think it's time for us to re-imagine. Seventy-five years of doing it the same way is a long time." - NPR
Jazz God Pharaoh Sanders, 81
Is that why people called his music “spiritual jazz?” Because it made us feel like we were being released from the physical world? Sanders...
Confessional: My Job Was To Keep You Bored And Endlessly Clicking
"I was privy to the click maps provided by newsletter services like Mailchimp; I added up likes and comments and shares and divided them...
What These Two Michael Jackson Impersonators Say About A Divide In Argentine Culture
Mr. Garcia, 33, and Mr. Blanco, 26, have both dedicated their lives to transforming themselves into the same pop star. But for all the...
Many Are Looking To Cash In On Making NFTs Of Traditional Art
Museums, collectors, artist estates and others are "exploring NFTs of traditional art to build support, protect and conserve work, and bring in a new...
We’ve Made Idols Of Tech Innovators. We Were Wrong
Our nation once idolized astronauts and civil-rights leaders who inspired hope and empathy. Now it worships tech innovators who generate billions and move financial...
The New Arts Censorship
‘Art is about allowing people not to have limits on their imaginations. So if audiences are starting to look for something political in the...
That Old Chestnut: The Meaning Of Life
Analytic philosophers avoided the subject of meaning in life till relatively recently. The standard explanation is that they associated it with the meaning of life question...
OpenAI Releases Universal Translator That Translates Any Language To English
With the proper setup, Whisper could easily be used to transcribe interviews, podcasts, and potentially translate podcasts produced in non-English languages to English on...
First Look Inside Paul Allen’s Billion-Dollar Art Collection
While the sale was announced in August, now, for the first time, the auction house has begun to divulge what those treasures are. - The New...
Disney Heiress’ New Documentary Exposes Deplorable Theme Park Working Conditions
One out of every 10 full-time workers was homeless at some point in the previous two years, and two-thirds didn’t have enough money to...
The Scandalous Origins Of The Family Theme Park
London's Pleasure Gardens transformed the concept of leisure. Offering an environment in which societal norms could be cast aside, if only for a few...
Trying To Understand Cravings
If excessively strong cravings were simply the result of drugs corrupting the reward systems in the brain, they should be produced across individuals who...