Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Saving The Day: NYCBallet Dancer Subs In During Performance With Four Minutes Notice
In dancer shorthand, this is what’s known as being thrown on. It’s scary sounding, isn’t it? Phelan, on Instagram, wrote that she was given...
How Our Culture Is Being Eroded
Olivier Roy argues that culture in the sense we have understood it is being inexorably eroded. It’s not, as some of his countrymen believe,...
An Alarming Rise In Retractions Of Research Papers
The publication of research papers drives university rankings and career progression, yet the relentless pressure to publish has contributed to an increase in fraudulent...
Today’s AJ Highlights
Good morning: Here are today's highlights:
Man Smashes Ai Weiwei Art at Rome Show OpeningA visitor at Ai Weiwei’s Rome exhibition vandalized one of the...
All The Wrong Messages: Oscar Wilde’s Family Condemns New Statue Of Him
Wilde’s grandson said of the sculpture: “It seems to say ‘here is a monument to a man whom society decapitated’. How do we want...
Harry Beck’s Iconic London Underground Map Changed The Way We Look At Networks
“Others had similar ideas, but he was the one who did it. The tube map really is something that deserves to be called iconic:...
Canadian Pianist Wins Leeds International
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko took home the top prize, along with a cash award of roughly $54,000, following his final performance at St. George's Hall in Bradford, about...
Why Is Executive Leadership Of Dance Companies So Difficult?
Unicorns are, unsurprisingly, hard to find. In dance, that’s led to a sort of executive director musical chairs, with some successful executives rotating through...
Man Smashes Ai Weiwei Art At Show Opening In Rome
Footage from CCTV cameras - posted on Ai Weiwei's Instagram account - showed a man vigorously pushing the sculpture over, breaking it and then...
Extreme Candor: Pittsburgh Arts Council Admits Big Failures
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s new strategic plan seems like an exception. With a candor that verges on the self-excoriating, the group’s report announcing...
More Than 10,000 Books Were Banned In The US Last Year
The survey from PEN America suggested that bans of books nearly tripled nationwide, from 3,362 the previous year. - The Guardian
Lawyers Battle Over The Boundaries Of Copyright Law For AI
A DC Circuit panel struggled with both the idea of granting copyright protection for AI-produced works and a computer scientist’s framing of his case...
How Publishers Weaponized Copyright Against Libraries
It’s no surprise that the courts have sided with the publishers. For decades, copyright law has increasingly served the interests of large companies, narrowing the...
Can AI Come Up With More Creative Ideas Than Researchers?
There are burgeoning efforts to explore how LLMs can be used to automate research tasks, including writing papers, generating code and searching literature. But it’s been difficult to assess whether...
Today’s Weekend AJ Highlights
Good morning. How can you believe anything anymore? AI has taken away the "proof" of a video. And seeing (or hearing) is definitely not...
This Week’s AJ Highlights
It was a busy week -- Universal Music Group said it was all in on streaming as the future, but admitted the traditional model...
Today’s AJ Highlights
Good morning: Why is there a story about antitrust and attempts to break up Big Tech companies in AJ today? Because these leviathans have...
US State Department Turns To Streaming As Global Influencer
“Film and television not only entertain, but they also provide a way to highlight issues, start conversations about difficult topics, and give voice to...
Reassembling Opera, With Yuval Sharon
“I want a production to constantly unsettle the audience and ask for continuous renegotiations of their experience.” - The Wall Street Journal
How Big Tech Has Taken Over Our Culture
These corporations have erected a private state over us. They who have disrupted almost every economic and political balance in the Republic. They who...
How Bookstores Across America Are Taking On Book Bans
Perhaps no bookstore in America’s heartland better exemplifies a commitment to the freedom to read than Loudmouth Books, in Indianapolis. - Publishers Weekly
New Immersive Architecture Is Changing Our Urban Experience
"The distinction between theme parks and urban venues is rapidly dissolving" - Dezeen
New UK Culture Minister Says New Regulations For Streaming Are Necessary
“There’s a choice ahead of us, whether we choose to be the last guardians of this chapter, or whether we choose to be the...
Argentine Tango In Radical Reinventing
Today, fliers and social media posts use labels including “dissident tango” and “inclusive tango,” while a growing number of the nontraditional lessons and events...
Unknown Piece By Mozart Discovered
The piece dates to the mid to late 1760s and consists of seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting about 12 minutes, the...