Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
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...
How Dishes Became A Canvas For Propaganda
Stocks of unpainted, snow-white china became a tantalising canvas for avant-garde artists keen to express their utopian ideologies and rouse enthusiasm for the new...
Does Junk Media Rot Your Brain?
The underlying logic of brain-rot, a messy mutual entanglement between brain and culture, endures. In particular, the idea that lower, popular forms of culture...
Peter Gelb On Reinventing The Met Opera
"I’m sure the Met is thought of as a conservative institution in some quarters, I believe this is no time to be conservative....
How Technology Is Rediscovering Lost Art
Much as AI, or machine learning, has been woven into the rest of our daily lives, it's now taking a shot at resurrecting precious cultural artefacts...
The Man Who Declared The End Of History Goes To War With History
It turns out that Francis Fukuyama doesn’t like what history’s end has wrought. Liberalism has been corrupted by bad actors on all sides who...
