Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Embattled Nielsen Ratings Company For Sale?
Nielsen is in the midst of a months-long joust with some of its biggest clients, the nation’s TV networks. The networks and their owners have...
A New Gehry Concert Hall Across From Disney Hall
The hall will stand behind the Grand — the spectacular, multipurpose complex across the street from Disney Hall that was also designed by Gehry...
Russian-Owned Philips Auction House Faces Rocky Future
Despite it donating £5.8m to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society from a recent auction in London, and its CEO condemning the Russian invasion, those...
St. Louis Symphony Plans Makeover And Reconception Of Its Home
The new project, which includes both renovations to the existing structure and a 65,000-square-foot expansion, is focused on accessibility and furthering community connections. - St. Louis...
Did Capitalism Strand Classical Music?
Capitalism first created the space in which such music could flourish, and then took it away, leaving behind a frozen, formalized tradition. - Jacobin
Ballerina Quits Bolshoi Ballet Over War
It was announced on Wednesday that Olga Smirnova, who was born and raised in St Petersburg, has now joined the Dutch National Ballet, where...
The Siren Call Of Cosmopolitan Universal Language
Latin, classical Arabic and Sanskrit were no one’s mother tongue. They are cosmopolitan tongues, mega-languages that evolved to facilitate communication between local dialects, then expanded...
New York’s New Wage Transparency Law Will Affect The Arts
“The US art world is notorious for being vague about salaries. A job might pay $40,000; it might pay $80,000. Right now, you can’t...
This Scientist Has Worked Out A Model Of Human History That Suggests Bad Times...
Peter Turchin has been warning for a decade that a few key social and political trends portend an “age of discord,” civil unrest and...
EU Approves Amazon Acquisition Of MGM
The European Commission, which reviewed the merger, said it would not significantly reduce competition. - Axios
Study: Pandemic Recovery Across The Arts Is Uneven
While reductions in sales and revenues in 2020 were universally catastrophic, the pace of recovery between and within nations in 2021 was very varied,...
Beloved Musical Theatre Coach Dies After Being Shoved
Barbara Maier Gustern, a celebrated Broadway singing coach who worked with the likes of Debbie Harry, Justin Vivian Bond and Taylor Mac, has died...
William Forsyth: What Makes Great Dance
You have to ask: why are people in the theatre? With dance, especially classical ballet, it still often does have to do with some...
Remembering Dance Legend Yuriko, 102
Known simply as Yuriko, she could project innocence, serenity or a mystical quality onstage. Yuriko also starred on Broadway in The King and I...
NYU Offers A Class In Taylor Swift 101
In class, they re-examined the time Mr. West, the rapper who recently changed his name to Ye, jumped on stage and interrupted Ms. Swift’s...
Love At First Write
A great first line can spur intense readerly attraction—provoke a compulsion to know more. Let’s call this: love at first sentence. Such a reading...
Artists In Russia Are Chafing Under Sanctions
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, shocking much of the world, Russians working in creative spheres have found themselves squeezed from within and without. - The New...
This Year’s Pritzker Prize Winner Breaks Ground
Francis Kéré has made a name for himself with a series of schools and medical facilities in Africa that appear grown out of their...
Long Beach Opera Cancels Productions After Director, Two Others Resign
According to the statement, Gedeon was among three staff members who announced plans to resign during a December 2021 board meeting, after expressing concerns...
Explaining The Manuscript Thief
It’s not just that he lied––told tales––to people in the business of telling (and selling) tales. It’s that, in doing so, he touched up...
Reconciling Awful People With Wonderful Art
There are a range of moral questions surrounding how we should respond to the immoral acts of artists whose work we love. But, for...
Sophie Calle Squatted In The Musee d’Orsay Before It Became A Museum. She Scavenged…
Calle set up camp in room 501. “It was a place where I could go and be alone to do what I wanted.” When...
Touring Musicians Press For Assistance
We are migratory birds, and our migration routes have been disrupted. Touring musicians—triply impacted by global venue closures, obstacles to travel and Covid-19 itself—have...
UK Charity Supporting St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre Shuts Down
The charity was set up by conductor Valery Gergiev, a high-profile friend of Vladimir Putin, with the main goal of supporting St Petersburg’s Mariinsky...
How City Downtowns Will Have To Change
While employers rethink office buildings on the micro scale, cities and regions need to grapple with how to efficiently use their office-dominated downtowns, which are their...