Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Design Museum Gets Its 11th Director Since 2013
Some employees said that a carousel of different directors bringing new approaches has exhausted staff, strained relationships with some artists and damaged trust in...
Why Critics’ Opinions Matter
"I’ll claim that my response to art is more complex than the average museumgoer’s because it’s my professional responsibility—and passion—to be as well informed...
Spotify Now Has 165 Million Subscribers – More Than Apple And Amazon Combined
As for the rest of Spotify’s Q2 2021, the company reported 365 million monthly active users—a growth of 22% YOY. Total revenue was €2.33...
Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre — Under A Microscope
"I hope that the theatre generally, will be open to the idea that when you limit yourself to doing only primarily white theatre for...
Choreographer Drew McOnie On What Success Looks Like
"Success isn’t how many awards you win, or how many five-star reviews you get. Success is built on how quickly you bounce back, how...
Simon Rattle: We’ve Lost Many Musicians in the Pandemic
“Many of the first-choice people said, ‘Look I’m sorry, I’m not doing this any more. I have a family. I had to take another...
We Need New Thinking About Looted Art
‘Looted’ is a contested term: it covers a spectrum from out-and-out pillage to ostensibly legal transfers of title that may have occurred under coercion...
NPR Revenue Only Declined Two Percent Last Year
The public radio network’s operating revenue slid just two percent in 2020 to $270.1 million. And last year’s revenue was actually up seven percent...
Why English Is Such A Chaotic Collection Of Letters And Pronunciations
From the early Middle Ages, various European languages adopted and adapted the Latin alphabet. So why did English end up with a far more...
Theatre Critic Assumes Fellow Critic Is White, Then Has To Reassess When She Discovers...
I felt ashamed of my mistake, for not seeing a colleague for who he really is. “How limited your perception is, Lily!” I thought....
Barry Diller: Only Ten Percent Of Movie Theatres Will Survive
“Because of streaming, because of the pandemic, because of the enormous production of longform content … the word movies — what we think of...
Our Habits Aren’t Just Mindless — They Actually Help Make Us Smarter
Even our most mundane habitual routines actually display a great deal of intelligence. Indeed, they are often intelligently context-sensitive and flexible in such a...
ABT Executive Director Says She Will Depart To Work On Social Impact Fund
Kara Medoff Barnett will be leaving to lead social impact marketing and strategy at First Republic Bank and develop the recently established First Republic Foundation. -...
The Difference Between Music Education and Not
"I felt so small. A half Navajo and half Apache girl writing 'fancy' music for a quartet — something I had never dreamed of...
YouTuber Deepfakes Mandalorian So Well That LucasFilm Hires Him
One of those fans did so well, Lucasfilm has hired him to help it ensure its upcoming projects won't feature underwhelming de-aging and facial visual effects....
Documentary: What Made Alvin Ailey Ailey
The Ailey company has performed on six continents for millions of people. His 1960 ballet “Revelations" is considered a cultural treasure. - Washington Post
Is There A Future For Film Festivals?
American film festivals faced an identity crisis even before the pandemic. An impenetrably dense media landscape, the proliferation of on-demand content, and market instability created a...
The Singular Voice Of Janet Malcolm
The kind of writing that Malcolm practiced so beautifully had been disappearing for a long time when she died, and today it is nearly...
Study: Seeing Theatre Increases Empathy, Influences Behavior
Seeing theatre changed people’s behavior. After seeing the plays, people donated more to charity — whether or not the charity was related to the...
How DeepFake Voices Are hanging Hollywood
The voice imitation revolution is already here, and artists, technologists and companies in several industries who use the new tech are grappling with the...
Why Do We Go To War? It’s Quite Simple, Really
There are only three such impulses: greed, self-defense, and ideas or emotions. - The Nation
Why Framing The Question Is The Most Important Part Of The Debate
Any question, any debate must be formulated. How and whether the question can be resolved is contingent on the way it is formulated. - 3...
New Data On Who Leads America’s Dance Companies
There have been 207 Artistic Directors employed by the Largest 50 US ballet companies to date. Of the 207 Artistic Directors, only 60 have...
Abusive Philanthropy…
When donors require stewardship – due to insistent input on the inner workings of the organization, threats of withholding financial support, or continual adamant requirements to...
How Cincinnati Opera Is Reinventing Itself… Outdoors
“When we made the decision that we couldn’t perform indoors in Music Hall, the hunt was on. Of course, the first obvious choice would...