Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Fracturing Of Antagonistic Criticism
The bourgeois public sphere was always limited. And there are forms of fracturing and dispersal that have completely eroded the already fragile prominence of...
Have NFTs Busted? Not Really
An NFT has value because the buyer and their community believe it has value—which is true for all art and collectibles. And as time...
The Case For Government Investment In The Arts
Does it register, for example, that for every $1 billion turned over in the arts, around 4,300 new jobs are created? Compared to the construction industry...
Indianapolis Museum Newfields Gets a New Director
Colette Pierce Burnette, who is originally from Cleveland, is the president of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. - Indianapolis Star
Are You Still You If You’ve Gone Through A Transformational Experience?
What if a disease transforms your mind, impairing your memory or causing radical personality change? Would this new ‘you’ be a different person entirely...
An Art Consultant Talks About The Chaotic State Of The Art Market
Today, it’s quite confusing. Certain auction houses are mimicking the collectibles market. Everything is a tchotchke to flip. You have sneakers, dinosaur bones, some...
Scientists Want To Know Which Problems Are Too Difficult
Computer scientists want to know whether all the problems we hope to solve can be solved efficiently, in a reasonable amount of time —...
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...
