Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
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...
The Power Of Ukraine Through Music
Similar to the way patriots might brandish the flag of their country in solidarity, Ukrainians in bomb shelters and bombarded cities or citizens living...
Learning From Outside Your Own Industry (Why It Often Doesn’t Work)
Looking outside your industry for strategy improvements and breakthroughs is a good approach. The core reason why it doesn’t work more often is inertia. -...
The Things That Do Not Exist
My guess is that there are more nameless things that don’t exist than there are nameless things that do exist. - 3 Quarks Daily
The Cultural Treasures Being Destroyed In Putin’s War
Across Ukraine, scores of historic buildings, priceless artworks and public squares are being reduced to rubble by Russian rockets, missiles, bombs and gunfire. -...
Who’s Making Money On NFTs
A fortunate handful of people now have their very own rags-to-riches stories thanks to NFTs. By investing in the right project at the right time, some...
A Need For Diversity In Ballet Hair
For Black artists, hair extends beyond aesthetic or presentation. It is a reflection of the self, an unassailable marker of cultural identity and all...
Why Warsaw Is Becoming A Creative Hub
“The costs of living, creating and doing business are much lower than in Western Europe." As a result, a creative flowering has begun, with...
Inspired Performances (Versus Phoning It In)
If your contribution to a project is not absolutely essential and if you are not especially motivated, you can coast and let others carry...
How “The Godfather” Changed The Movie Business 50 Years Ago
It earned $100 million faster than any film before it. And having cost less than $7 million to make, it was so profitable that...
How Larry Gagosian Built An Artworld Empire With Russian Oligarchs
One art world source dubbed Gagosian “the official art dealer to the Russian oligarchy,” adding that “the Bond villains he consorts with are dangerous,...
Museums Protest Russia’s War, But Rich Buyers Keep Buying Russian
The art world rarely wades so publicly into political upheaval, but the war in Ukraine is striking a nerve, particularly among museums in Europe that are...
Techtopia: When Work Becomes The New Religion
The larger problem with worshipping work is that it sucks up employees’ interest and energy in any kind of civic engagement in neighborhoods, cities,...
