Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Is It Really True That Men Aren’t Reading Books?
According to studies by the Pew Research Center spanning 2011 to 2021, Americans read an average of 14 books per year — likely pulled up...
Takeaways From This Year’s Golden Globes
In the past, Globe voters have been eager to put new television shows on the awards map. But not this time. And Globes voters...
Speed-Novelist: Just How Was Barry Malzberg Able To Be So Prolific?
In his peak decade, from 1967 to 1976, Malzberg wrote at least 68 novels and seven story collections along with scores of still uncollected...
Dick Wolf Built A “Law And Order” TV Franchise Powerhouse. Now He’s Taking On...
Though Mr. Wolf is finally entering streaming, the debut of “On Call” is really a moment that underscores how the streaming world — and...
The Vinyl Music Revolution Comes At Great Environmental Cost
The ongoing vinyl revival, which was perhaps truly minted in 2017, when Sony Music announced it would begin producing vinyl records for the first...
Eye-Tracking Study: How Children See Art Differently
The children provided with child-focused, narrative-driven labels engaged with the artworks in ways we did not see at all with those who read adult-focused...
Pop Musicians Are Trying To Make Touring More Eco-Friendly
There’s a groundswell of artists — notably Billie Eilish and Coldplay — changing how concerts are staged from the bottom up. These eco-minded musicians are following in the...
Ten Most-Interesting Museum Acquisitions Of 2024
We’ve parsed through museum acquisitions lists and compiled 10 notable additions to United States institutional collections in 2024. - Hyperallergic
Why The Rock ‘N Roll Hall Of Fame Shouldn’t Exist
The Hall of Fame is about old and dead people; rock’n’roll is about the young and living. The Hall of Fame tries to reform...
UK Proposes Spending £46 Million On Statue Of Queen Elizabeth. Should It?
Such a staggering budget may seem to befit the late queen, a towering figure of British history, but why is so much money being thrown...
How Researchers Stitched Together 8000 Images To Reveal Medieval Painting In A Church
The image was created by digitally stitching more than 8,000 photographs of the curving walls, taken in the crawl space behind the panelling which...
Where’s The Art Market Going In 2025?
If the market woes of 2024 continue, expect 2025 to winnow the field of art fairs, auction houses, and galleries. Lest we forget, the...
Amid Media Viewership Declines, E! News Surges With 11 Billion Views In 2024
The success was led by Instagram, which was up 49% to 5.6B video views, according to internal data from NBCUniversal. - Deadline
Sales Of Physical Recordings Up For First Time In 20 Years In UK —...
Women led the way in recorded music this year, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), topping the singles chart for 34 out of...
Losing The Plot: There Are Only So Many Story-Types (And We’re Good At Recycle)
If we think of plots in the mathematicians’ terms, as data sets whose patterns can be objectively mapped and compared, then perhaps it makes...
How Classical Music Has Been Repurposed For TikTok
Despite these odds and obstacles, classical music — an art form best known for constantly dying and losing its grip on popular culture —...
Reports: Interest In Classical Music Is Gaining
According to a 2022 study from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, people under 35 are actually more likely to listen to classical music than their parents. In...
Some Indie Movies Thrived This Year. Here’s Why
It wasn’t just because those films were artistically accomplished — it’s because inventive ad campaigns helped make them feel like events you needed to...
Twelve Big Architecture Projects To Look Forward To In 2025
Here's a look at 12 exciting architecture projects expected to open in 2025, including a giant domed skyspace and an earth-covered sports complex. - Dezeen
Hollywood’s 2024 Box Office: Down A Bit
Even though there’s still $2B-$3B missing in the post-Covid annual domestic box office, there was plenty to be thankful for in 2024 which is...
A Correction In The Art Market
2024 was peppered with lawsuits, auction records, and disappointing performances, more than a few gallery closings, and a lot of hot air forecasting that...
Ten Questions About Theatre For 2025
The year 2025 begins with some short-term questions about theater – the fate of “Warriors,” the effect of “Wicked”?– and more long-term ones –...
Wacky Premise, Crazy Start: Some Of 2024’s Best Books (As Chosen By Editors)
To help us recap the highlights we're joined now by two familiar faces, Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's "Fresh Air," and Gilbert Cruz,...
Opera — A Synthesis Of All The Arts (Or A “Circus Of Sensation”)
Wagner described his ideal opera as a “total work of art”, meaning an artwork that brings together all the arts into a single masterwork": music,...
The Authenticity Problem At Historical Recreations
Aura matters, and for good reason. The presence of a historical object focuses the mind on it, its maker, and its context in ways...
