Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Robot Artists Detained By Egyptian Authorities Over Security Concerns
A robot artist made it to an exhibit at Egypt’s pyramids after its British maker said airport security held his creation for 10 days...
Chicago Art Institute Fired Its Docents. But The Story Isn’t So Simple
James Rondeau, the Institute’s director, said that the docents program had long been viewed as logistically unsustainable, and that the Institute had stopped adding...
How The Big Resignation Is Remaking America
This is a moment of fascinating decentralization. The U.S. economy lost its mojo. We had less quitting, less moving, and less entrepreneurship than in...
The New York Times Long History (And Ambitions) For Books
It all started in the very first issue of The New York Daily Times on Sept. 18, 1851. In an article on Page 2...
Exploring: The Culture Of Music Genres
“It’s not untrue that these genres are a kind of record company plot to sell us music but there’s a reason why this conspiracy...
Vinyl Records Are Popular — Too Popular To Keep Up
Left for dead with the advent of CDs in the 1980s, vinyl records are now the music industry’s most popular and highest-grossing physical format,...
Reconsidering The History Of Humanity
Humanity was not restricted to small bands of hunter-gatherers, agriculture did not lead inexorably to hierarchies and conflicts and there was not one mode...
A New Shakespeare-Style Theatre In The UK North
Shakespeare North Playhouse is on course to open next summer, joining only a handful of historically accurate, wooden-framed theatre auditoriums in England. - The Stage
25 TV Shows That Are Defining/Reflecting The 21st Century
These are the series that are both influential and significant, that have broken new ground, that have reflected life specifically in this century, or...
What Fuels Conspiracy Theories
New research suggests that it’s not just negative emotions that contribute to the appeal of conspiracy theories. People can also find conspiracy theories entertaining – and...
Report: One-Third Of UK Music Jobs Were Lost During Pandemic
The research said there were 69,000 fewer jobs in music in 2020 than in 2019 - a drop of 35% - due to the...
Shakespeare, Otello, And Race – A Complicated Issue
Art at its Shakespearean finest isn’t a repository for wisdom but an interrogation of what we think we know. It’s one of the rare...
How To Count Audience? Netflix Makes A Change
The streamer, in reporting its third quarter financials, noted that it will switch to reporting on hours viewed for its shows and movies rather than the...
Sotheby’s Launches An NFT Marketplace
The layout of the Metaverse website, similar in format to NFT-specific platforms such as OpenSea and Nifty Gateway, is designed to display the NFTs so that...
The Truth About Conspiracy Theories — By Those Who Study Them
True, we’re hearing a lot about Covid-19 and QAnon-related conspiracies. But just because they are more visible does not mean that belief in them...
How TikTok Is Spreading Learning Of Indigenous Languages
The platform best known for it's viral dance clips, is making learning languages fun. - The World
Why The Dallas Symphony Is Making Significant Investments On Digital Content
“Audiences who were very reticent or uninterested in digital content became interested. I believe we cannot turn back from that whole process.” - Dallas...
A Growing Chorus Demanding Safer Movie Production Rules
“It’s really clear from our survey, that it’s not just about the data; it’s the stories that people are telling about their experiences working...
The Existential Dangers Of “Longtermism”
Longtermism might be one of the most influential ideologies that few people have ever heard about. I believe this needs to change because I...
Facebook Gets Serious About Building The Metaverse
The company announced it plans to create 10,000 new jobs across the European Union in order to develop what it calls the metaverse. In...
Motion Picture Academy Boss To Step Down After Ten Tumultuous Years
The news comes just weeks after the long-awaited opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a $480-million project that Hudson played a key...
Surprise: Graduate Enrollment At US Universities Increased In 2020
The CGS survey found that graduate applications increased by 7.3 percent and first-time graduate enrollment increased by 1.8 percent in fall 2020 compared to the year...
Why Music Is Not A Background Sport
Music — at least for some of us — is an engaged and engaging activity that involves your ear, your intellect, your memory, your imagination...
Culture Shift? America’s Workers Grab Control
In unionized industries, this takes the form of collective bargaining and, where necessary, voting for strikes. In non-unionized industries, which make up the vast...
How Environmental Art Brings Climate Change Awareness
In the past few decades, new practices of art, design and architecture in the public realm have helped raise awareness about ubiquitous waste, pollution...
