Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How Lilith Fair Changed Music 25 Years Ago
For the artists and fans who experienced it, Lilith Fair felt revolutionary. It's success upended concert industry norms and created a new place where...
Seattle To Remove Two “Culturally Inappropriate” Totem Poles From Pike Place Park
“They don't tell a story about me or my people, and it really makes me feel less-than because we are being represented by totem...
How MacIntosh’s Iconic Glasgow School Of Art Was Recreated After The Great Fire
Reflecting on the row over the second rebuild plans he describes how an academic, from the school. Professor Ray McKenzie, had said publicly that...
A Great Writer/Editor Partnership: Robert Caro And Robert Gottleib
When Caro was almost finished with “The Power Broker,” he got an agent, Lynn Nesbit, and she matched him up with Gottlieb. If there...
YouTube Has Grown Its Own Critic Class
Importantly, these commentators were not professional journalists, concerned experts or onlookers from outside the YouTube world. They, and their audiences, come from the same...
Remembering Flame-throwing Musicologist Richard Taruskin
Dr. Taruskin was said to have grown gentler in his later years and he befriended many young critics and scholars, the same sorts of...
Jim Oestreich Remembers Richard Taruskin
His keeper, not his editor, I used to call myself in affectionate jest — and with enormous pride and respect. - The New York...
Met Museum Raises Admission Price To $30
New York state residents, along with tri-state students, will still retain the option to pay as they wish but for all other visitors, tickets...
Your Fitbit Is Only A Materialistic Delusion Of Who You Are
In a world flooded with such new devices, it is not at all surprising to find that many people now are not even aware...
Musicologist Richard Taruskin, 77
An emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a specialist in Russian music, Mr. Taruskin was the author of a number of...
Australian Museums Struggle With Framing Truths About First Nations History
‘Ultimately, it’s about laying the foundations to encourage students’ awareness that multiple perspectives of history exist, and trying to do that in the...
Canadian Entertainment Industry Census: A Diversity Problem
A voluntary self-identification census carried out among Directors Guild Canada members found 82.8 percent of the guild’s membership identified as white. Another 18.3 percent...
Shocked And Confused: Why Is Montreal’s McGill Conservatory Of Music Suddenly Shutting Down?
Administrators said the Conservatory had gone from 550 students in pre-pandemic years to 300 last year, to a projection of less than 100 students...
Where Do Our Minds Go When We’re Under Anesthesia?
So far, scientists have learned that, generally speaking, anesthetic drugs render people unconscious by altering how parts of the brain communicate. But they still...
Some Of The World’s Best Authors Have Written Books Which Won’t Be Published For...
Every year since 2014 a prominent writer to submit a manuscript, and the commissioning will continue until 2113. Then, a century after the project...
Major Collector Comes Under Scrutiny For Family’s Nazi Past
As arts funders have come under scrutiny in recent years observers in Germany have raised questions about Julia Stoschek. Some have argued that there...
Behind The Ailey Company’s Contract Dispute With Its Dancers
Most audience members – and most aspiring and local dancers – would be shocked to realize how little some of the best and most...
How Vijay Iyer’s Musical Taste Was Built
When you’re writing orchestral music, you’re often asked: “What kind of forces will you need?” It’s both militaristic and kind of Jedi. I think...
TV Takes TikTok To Create A Dance Show
… a TikTok-style dance challenge. The kind that creators on the app are known for filming in their bedrooms, pajamas optional. - The New...
Jacob’s Pillow Rebuilds And Recreates
The Ted Shawn Theater is now open again for business, half of its exterior wood weathered and historical-looking, the other half clean and new....
The Next Generation Of Gig-Share Is Worker Co-ops
“Platform co-ops offer a more democratic and equitable alternative to traditional companies, and they have the potential to create good jobs, boost local economies,...
Love Wordle? Here’s The Art World Version
One of the latest “Wordle” copycats challenges players not with letters, but with images plucked from the National Gallery of Art. - Washington Post
We Live In The Golden Age Of Scams
If COVID-19 has been an X-ray of society’s fracture points, scammers have not only looked at the film but pressed on the wounds. Since...
Giant Immersive Art Comes To The Vegas Strip
The 17,000-square-foot space features “The Gallery: Mona Lisa’s Perception,” featuring six digital versions of the “Mona Lisa,” hanging in one room. At first, they...
Over-55 Americans Will Soon Outnumber Those Under 18. New Study Explores Their Engagement With...
The survey compared responses by older adults to those under 55, and while there were definitely differences, the interests of the two groups often...