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Musée d’Orsay’s Director Survives Staff Rebellion – For Now

“[Guy] Cogeval, who has led the museum since 2008, applied for a third term, but his ability to lead the museum, particularly after suffering a stroke in 2014, has been openly challenged by the museum’s staff.” But France’s brand-new culture minister convinced President Hollande to let Cogeval stay on for one more year.

Seven Rising Women Conductors To Whom Attention Must Be Paid

This isn’t a list for the likes of Marin Alsop, JoAnn Falletta, and Susanna Mälkki, who are already established. You’ve heard of some of these women; you will be hearing more of all of them. (They forgot Karina Canellakis, though.)

Harvard Art Museums Have A New Director

“[Martha] Tedeschi, who serves as deputy director for art and research at the Art Institute [of Chicago], comes to the Harvard post with deep curatorial roots – experience that she says will help her oversee museum programming that serves the university’s student population while also welcoming the public.”

Boston Symphony Names Composer As Its First Artistic Partner

“In his new role, … [he] will conduct the BSO in his own music and other repertoire. He also will compose a new BSO-commissioned Piano Concerto, perform as a chamber musician, teach at the Tanglewood Music Center, and direct two upcoming editions of the TMC’s Festival of Contemporary Music (in 2018 and 2019).”

Most Popular Theories of Consciousness Are Worse Than Wrong

“In the modern age we can chuckle over medieval naiveté, but we often suffer from similar conceptual confusions. We have our share of phlegm theories, which flatter our intuitions while explaining nothing. They’re compelling, they often convince, but at a deeper level they’re empty.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.10.16

On Failure and Fun
In this video, Beth Kanter, discusses the prominent resistance to using failure in the nonprofit sector to our benefit or as a learning mechanism. It is helpful to move out of … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-03-10

A Design Thinking Frame of Mind
When you’re watching things go down in flames or they’ve just collapsed in front of you, it can be hard to keep a broad perspective and focus on moving forward productively. … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-03-10

C’mon Celebrate!
Even when you’re in the middle of a sticky situation, it’s possible to find the humor in your predicament and change perspective. Although not all failures are productive, in fact, we’d … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2016-03-10

View from the street
The Go-Go Symphony rises from the streets and clubs of Washington, DC, combining pop and classical music. And because of that poses — or ought to pose — a sharp challenge to the Kennedy Center … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2016-03-10

The Operatic Republican Candidates
Anyone who has watched any of the Republican candidates’ debates, particularly the recent ones, has to have been amazed at the extreme statements, the antipathy, the crassness, and the violence of the tone, not to mention … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2016-03-10

Explaining Delacroix, Continued
The Delacroix exhibition at the National Gallery in London that I mentioned in my last post was also on view here in the U.S., at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, under the title Delacroix’s Influence: … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-03-10

Tracing Bloodlines
The Stephen Petronio Company premieres a new work and revives one by Trisha Brown. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2016-03-10

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The Enormous Moving Panoramas Of 19th-Century America

“[A panorama] wasn’t meant to be viewed all at once. As a sort of pre-cinema film strip, it would be slowly turned for an audience as it immersed itself in the nautical narrative. Despite the huge popularity of such moving panoramas in the 19th century, very few survive. One of these rare examples is having a special viewing this month.”

Author: Matthew Westphal