Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How NFT’s Can Preserve Street Art
“By scanning a mural and turning it into an NFT, we forever immortalize the art.” - Wired
Eight-Year-Old Writes Book, Hides It In Library — It’s A Hit!
The book, “The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis” by the author “Dillon His Self,” had drawn so much attention by the end of January...
First International Orchestras In Two Years Return To Tour US
With their own instruments and evening clothes in hand, the Royal Philharmonic completed a 14-concert, nine-city U.S. tour on Monday night, the first international...
Crisis? More Than Half Of America’s Teachers Say They Want To Quit
The survey shows that 55% of teachers now say that because of the pandemic, they’re going to leave the profession sooner than they’d planned....
Time For Moliere To Ascend The Pantheon
Last year, the actor Francis Huster passionately made the case for the reinterment of Molière within the Panthéon, Molière’s remains having had a long...
What Makes You – Your Body, Not Just Its Memories
Personhood is a property of the whole body, and the whole body is implicated in how both personhood and an individual person can persist in the face of...
Why A New Focus On Black Writers Doesn’t Feel Like Victory
As a Black author, what do I do with the knowledge that the cruel and senseless murder of a Black human being led to...
Why More Musicians Aren’t Pulling Their Work From Spotify
The reasons why more artists haven’t abandoned Spotify include a stew of political hesitancies, music ownership complications and business incentives. The issues speak to...
Broadway Box Office Down Again Last week
In all, the total attendance of 139,584 indicates that about 74% of available seats were filled. Average ticket price was stayed at a modest...
Dudamel On Conducting For Leonard Bernstein Biopic
When the call came from Steven Spielberg to conduct Bernstein’s iconic score for his 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story, “it was the most ‘yes’ yes I’ve...
Art Gallery Of Ontario Plans Major Expansion
The expansion could prove transformative for the museum, which has in recent years made efforts to beef up its contemporary art offerings. - ARTnews
How $100 Million Shapes The New Vancouver Art Gallery
The design also includes more than 80,000 square feet of exhibition space, a theatre, a library, artist studios, space for a visual arts preschool...
Gas Crisis Threatens Famous Murano Glass Production
“After two years scanning covid charts, we’re doing the same with natural gas prices as the curve rises, with the life and death of...
Little Joy (Or Buzz) In Hollywood As Awards Season Starts
With movies facing what feels to many like an existential crisis and the box office for adult-oriented films all but decimated, few in the business...
New Data: Streaming Subscribers Who Sign Up For Specific Big Shows Leave Soon After
All streaming services see a portion of U.S. customers unsubscribe every month and have been signing up more users than they lose over time....
How Method Acting Made Me Mad
The idea that an actor must authentically experience and feel the lived reality of the character he is playing—and therefore be infinitely present and...
Why Are Demands For Book Bans Increasing?
Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. The American Library Association...
What Does A City Benefit When Hollywood Comes To Town?
"It's fine to boast about having Amazon and Netflix in our back yard but if they got a better tax credit in France or...
Justin Bieber Becomes First Artist To Get Ten YouTube Videos With A Billion Views...
With this legacy defining milestone, Bieber’s rise as one of the world’s top artists is undeniable. How did he get there? - Toronto Star
Dissent: Against Joan Didion
Nothing ever seemed to excite her or faze her or disappoint her, largely because she set her sights so low to begin with. - The...
Online Dating Apps: Your Taste In Music Is A Disqualifier
On dating apps, music taste has become one of the primary ways of signalling one’s suitability as a mate – and how, by reducing...
Does Anyone Understand Method Acting?
Strasberg began to think about what made some performances succeed and some fail, and concluded that it must have to do with whether or...
Are NFTs Really The Future Of Art?
The news that you could now, at least in theory, monetise digital art has spawned a speculative boom. - Irish Times
Thinking On Cultural Appropriation
Why is it a problem for a so-called dominant culture to utilize the forms and features of another? The short answer is that it...
What Role Does Shakespeare Have In American Theatre Now?
How much Shakespeare do audiences really want these days? What adjustments are required in the performance of his canon to accommodate those who do...