Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Skyscrapers Are Sinking Into The Sand In Miami
It examined many large buildings built on the strip, half of which were built in 2014 and after, and found that 35 had been...
Should The BBC Scrap Its License Fee And Go Subscription?
The successful roll-out of fast broadband in the UK has allowed streaming services — led by the US giants, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and...
The Curious Incuriosity Of Multi-Culturalists?
For all they like to talk about the “enrichment” that diversity brings, pro-immigration liberalism in Britain often insists on a studied lack of curiosity...
Diversify Curriculum? Aren’t The Classics Diverse?
One of the wellsprings of the English canon is, of course, classical literature. Where does this start? With Homer, who, if he existed, was...
Did You Know You Could Buy The Oldest Ten Commandments Stone Tablet?
Expected to sell for an estimated $1 to $2 million, the tablet fetched a whopping $5 million. - ARTnews
Reconsidering Schoenberg @150
We still don’t quite know how to sell Schoenberg. There is the scary modernist Schoenberg — inventor of the 12-tone system, replacing traditional harmony...
The Year And Reading About Dance
As in last year’s column, a couple of these books were published recently; the others earlier in the century. All, in one way or another,...
In 2024 The Gaming Industry Fell Apart
In 2023, more than 10,000 developers lost their jobs; one-third of game-makers surveyed at the beginning of this year reported they’d been affected by layoffs in...
Why Composers Are Drawn To Writing Religious Music
Whether it’s chestnuts roasting on an open fire or a white Christmas, many of our classic Christmas images are drawn from songs written by...
In Canada The Wait To Check Out Library Books Can Be Over A Year
Despite offering 75 copies of the e-book, the library's waitlist currently sits at about 1,200 people. With a maximum borrowing period of 21 days,...
How Big Publishers Killed The Novel
It’s convenient to assume that readers are to blame for killing literary fiction, and publishers have abandoned it because book-buyers are stupid, have bad...
Can Novelty Scores Change How Scientific Publishing Works?
The novelty score is calculated using an algorithm that compares the combinations of keywords and cited journals in a scientific manuscript with those in...
Is Spotify Feeding Listeners “Ghost” Artists?
Spotify, the rumor had it, was filling its most popular playlists with stock music attributed to pseudonymous musicians—variously called ghost or fake artists—presumably in...
This Year’s Most Interesting Visual Art Lawsuits
Like most years in the art world, 2024 saw a slew of lawsuits wind their way through the courts. - ARTnews
Exploring The Art Of The “Art Monster”
Some creative geniuses make the world richer because of their work. Others have used their cultural impact as an excuse not to treat others...
SFMoMA Fires Curator
Eungie Joo, the curator and head of contemporary art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), was fired from her position on...
The Egyptian Government Just Rented Out The Pyramids To MrBeast
MrBeast says on the podcast that he worked with the Egyptian government to get access to the historic site. “I’ve never been inside of it,”...
How Judith Jamison Shaped The Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Under Jamison’s direction, the Ailey dancers grew more and more godlike in technique without losing earthly looseness and soul. - The New Yorker
The Year That Was In NY Theatre
Broadway returned to boom times, and several commercially produced shows did gangbusters business in smaller theatres, but Off Broadway’s nonprofit companies continued to struggle....
How Music Shapes Our Future Perceptions
“Sound directs our passage through time. It shapes our orientation to the future moment and also to the moment when the future stops.” -...
Rousseau’s Philosophical Diagnosis Of What Ails Us (Still Relevant Today)
Rousseau was, in effect, the diagnostician of despair who captured the affliction of alienation in all of its dimensions. The source of our affliction...
How Did A Publishing Startup Land 25 Books On The Bestseller List In A...
So far this year, Bloom has landed 23 books and two series on the New York Times best-seller list. Last year, it surpassed $100...
Charlotte Symphony Is Making Big Investments In Immersive Performances
“It is going to be a space you can choose where to be and how to listen,” Fisk said. “We want people to lose...
Movie Producers Sue National Parks System Over Permits In Parks
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Wyoming federal court, Alexander Rienzie and Connor Burkesmith challenge the constitutionality of federal permit and fee requirements on First Amendment...
Can A Musical Be A Better Way Of Focusing Politics On An Issue?
Like the drama series about the Post Office scandal aired a year ago, “Mr Bates vs The Post Office,” dramatizations of the news can often...