Name: President Leon Botstein Asks “What is Art?”
Uploaded: 2012-02-23T15:49:05-05:00
Duration: 1 min 29 s

Who's in the Video

President, Bard College & Music Director, American Symphony Orchestra

Leon Botstein is a conductor and academic known for his innovative programs and interest in contemporary and neglected repertory. He was a violin student of Roman Totenberg and studied conducting with[…]

Go to Profile

All Videos

President Leon Botstein Asks “What is Art?”

▸

1 min

—

with

President, Bard College & Music Director, American Symphony Orchestra

Up Next

A Black Hole in Our Own Backyard

▸

5 min

—

with

Michio Kaku

Amidst a backdrop of dramatic clouds, a figure reminiscent of AJ Jacobs, sporting a beard and long hair, dons a red and brown robe while holding a staff and raising their arms skyward.

Books

Why AJ Jacobs’ ‘Year of Living Biblically’ has never been more relevant

Jacobs followed the Bible as literally as possible. Here’s what he learned about God, himself, and what it means to be religious in modern-day America.

Black and white image of a classic flying saucer-shaped object in the sky, tilting to one side with a faint cloudy backdrop.

Books

Science fiction, Project Blue Book, and the beginnings of the UFO craze

In this preview from “The Saucerian,” author Gabriel McKee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”