Art Now: Aesthetics Across Music, Painting, Architecture, Movies, and More - A Lecture by Leon Botstein

Attendees will be treated to a free screening of Leon Botstein's (President of Bard College and conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra) professionally produced video lecture "Art Now: Aesthetics Across Music, Painting, Architecture, Movies, and More" in which Botstein tackles the question "What is art?" and puzzles out art's role in a democratic, capitalist society. Following the screening President Botstein will lead a live audience Q&A about the issues raised in the lecture.