Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
What Music And Physics Have In Common
Just like with classical music, physics has been populated by architects and dreamers, careful workmen and inspired explorers, bursts of geniuses and sustained acts...
A New Generations Of Deaf Artists (And Arts)
While the level of deaf visibility may feel new to most, we need to understand that scores of talented deaf writers and creatives have...
An LA Studio Collective That’s Something Different
“It’s something way beyond a conventional studio, where it’s just an artist working on paintings. They’re walking through each other’s studios, they’re promoting each...
The Atlantic To Launch A New Book Imprint
Atlantic Editions will publish between six and 12 nonfiction titles per year, all trade paperbacks, sold for $12.85. Each book will be “a single-author...
When Ukrainian Music Thrived
“This is an excellent moment to think about why we attach the term ‘greatness’ to Russian, but not Ukrainian, culture. So why do we...
Why a Heightened Concern For Cultural Appropriation Now?
"It's easier than ever to steal a motif or a craft technique and transfer it on to a piece of clothing that is either...
Wondering About The Orchestra Canon…
Simon Woods: “Redefining the canon” strikes me as a fundamentally pointless endeavor, as it still allows that there is some kind of objective set of...
Alex Ross: Why The South Dakota Symphony Is One Of America’s Most Interesting Orchestras
"I’ve experienced very few concerts at which a classical-music organization seemed so integral to its community." - The New Yorker
100+ UK Music Festivals Pledge To Take Tougher Stand On Sexual Violence
One of the key promises is that “all allegations of sexual harassment, assault and violence will be taken seriously, acted upon promptly and investigated”....
Questions About The Arts Donations Of The UK’s Richest Man
While not on any sanctions list, the Ukrainian-born billionaire’s links to sanctioned Russian oligarchs were the focus of discussion among officials involved in a...
How To Buy Music So Musicians Get The Most For It
As a local musician who has put out vinyl (in very limited quantities), I’ve come to realize there are ethics when it comes to...
The Clutter Versus Anti-Clutter Wars
Why do some people revel in collections of novelty eggcups? Or have so many framed pictures you can barely see the (ferociously busy) wallpaper?...
The Women Changing 21st Century Dance
The recent appointments of the women and the recent commissions of choreography by women too numerous to mention, are good news for feminism. But...
The “Like” Problem
Why do people have such a problem with “like”? Is it because it simply won’t go away? In 1992, Malcolm Gladwell wrote a robust...
Texas Judge Doesn’t Think YouTube Is A Website. This Could Be A Problem
HB 20 says that if you run a social network — even a nonprofit one — you’ll have to throw out your community standards...
Immersive Theatre — Another World But With Real-World Concerns
It's no coincidence that Punchdrunk has begun collaborating with Pokemon Go creator Niantic. The company's work offers the same promise as virtual reality: At its...
Disgraced LA Gallerist Ordered To Pay $14.2 Million After Cheating Artists
Douglas Chrismas was considered to be at the forefront of the Los Angeles art scene in the 1980s and 90s at his now-defunct Ace Gallery....
The Prolific Korean Movie Director Who Does It All
He has directed twenty-seven features in twenty-six years. Hong has achieved abundance through a radical reduction of means. He funds each movie with the...
Why Canadians Have To Move To The US To Find Success
Canada’s tidy, modest institutions have lowered the ceiling on its creative professions. There’s also something very stay-in-your-lane about the presumption that a Canadian artist...
Stratford Festival Unveils New Theatre
In 2018, the facility — a former curling rink-turned-theatre — underwent a $72-million demolition and reconstruction, a project completed in 2020. However, as a result of the...
The Eurovision Song Contest Is A Cultural Phenomenon (And This Year Is Unusually So)
The world’s biggest music event, famed for bringing Europe together, is happening during the biggest threat to unity on the European continent since the...
What Qualifies As Ukrainian Music?
Before Ukraine gained independence from Russia in 1991, it would have been as natural for a young Prokofiev to head off to Moscow as...
Mrs. Doubtfire Calls It Quits On Broadway
The musical, which has been posting middling box office numbers during the industry’s crowded spring season, will end its run at the Stephen Sondheim...
The Next Version Of Authenticity Online: BeReal?
To summarize the BeReal user experience: once a day, at a random time, the app sends a push notification to its users, granting them...
How I Learned To Appreciate The Intelligence Of Trees
The idea of intelligence without a brain can sound mystical or speculative, but the initiative has attracted quite a lot of human intelligence so...