Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Historical Fiction Is Hot Right Now. Why?
Can historical fiction even be considered a genre of its own? Its many varieties share few common attributes other than that they all take...
Libraries Struggle to Afford Access To E-Books, Which Are More Expensive Than Paper
While one hardcover copy of a novel costs the library $18, it costs $55 to lease a digital copy — a price that can't...
Pianist Byron Janis, 95
In 1944, Janis became Horowitz’s first student and made his orchestral debut with conductor Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Symphony Orchestra. At 18, he was signed...
The Ideas Behind The Harlem Renaissance
That aggregation of talent, energy and audience created what felt like a moment of rupture and renewal, a chance to reinvent Black life and...
Change In Rules Opens Up Investment For West End Theatre
“This is a once in a generation transformational change that will ensure Britain remains the global capital of creativity,” stated composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber....
Philanthropy As A Business Model
First, and most simply, philanthropy is most certainly a business model, or at least the core of such a model, because it is at...
Government Regulators Need AI Experts. They Just Can’t Pay (Well) For Them
As governments spin up new AI programs, regulators around the world are urgently trying to hire AI experts. But some of the job ads...
Personality Typing Is A Multi-Billion-Dollar Business. Why Do We Want To Be Typed?
The self has never been more securely an object of classification than it is today, thanks to the century-long ascendence of behavioral analysis and...
Reframing The History Of Modernism Outside Of Its Eurocentric Story
“The main issue is Eurocentric modernism and its history, which can be dealt with by redefining modernism and re-writing its history. How can this...
Sweden Is At The Forefront Of Music Technology. Is There Something In The Water?
Some music tech entrepreneurs argue the speed at which AI tools are growing globally is also putting pressure on Stockholm's well-oiled music tech ecosystem....
Defining The Great American Novels
In setting out to identify that new American canon, we decided to define American as having first been published in the United States (or intended to...
Josh Kosman: Sizing Up Salonen’s Time At The San Francisco Symphony
Even after regular concerts resumed in earnest that fall, there was still that faint shadow across the proceedings, a sense that we had all...
Who Might Replace Salonen At The San Francisco Symphony?
While American orchestras have a propensity for pursuing and hiring conductors from abroad, MTT’s success here might lead SFS to consider hiring an American....
A First: JRR Tolkien Poetry To Be Published
“Poetry was the first way in which Tolkien expressed himself creatively and through it the seeds of his literary ambition would be sown." -...
What Should Museums Pay Artists For Participating In A Biennial?
These days, payment for inclusion in a biennial or group show at a US museum tends to range from $500 to $3,000, according to...
How Tech Is Changing Learning The Piano
A lifetime since my failure to practise prompted a family agreement that the piano wasn’t for me, I’m back at the keys. This time...
How Elizabeth Alexander (And $500M Of Mellon Money) Are Changing Monuments
The project is incredibly ambitious, a national effort to make sure that the commemorative landscape "more accurately tells our collective histories." It has led...
Artforum Chooses A New Top Editor
Five months ago, the magazine fired David Velasco, its editor in chief, after he signed and published a letter calling for Palestinian liberation shortly after the Israel-Hamas...
Attributing The Provenance Of The “Just Ken” Dance
Dance makers of Hollywood are seeking recognition for their craft by pressing the Motion Picture Academy to add an Oscar for Best Choreography. That...
The End Of The Entertainment Mega-Mergers?
“We’ve seen over the last few decades significant consolidation and a wave of mergers and acquisitions, not all of which have ultimately served the...
ABT Chooses A New Chief Exec — From National Ballet Of Canada
Ballet Theater’s leaders said they chose Barry Hughson, executive director at the National Ballet of Canada since 2014, because of his extensive experience in...
Salonen To Leave San Francisco Symphony: “I Do Not Share The Same Values”
“I have decided not to continue as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, because I do not share the same goals for the...
The End Of The Subscription Era?
The inflection point is coming for Substack, OnlyFans and any platform where creators are reliant on the largesse of their audiences. When creators realise...
Why Toronto’s Festivals Are Struggling
Toronto is a city of festivals, but two years after pandemic restrictions were lifted, even big names in the sector are struggling to attract...
Studies: Music Is The Universal Language
When it comes to its effects on our emotions and bodies, a new study suggests that music truly is the universal language of humanity....