Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.24.14

The Talking Cure, Part One (networking)
AJBlog: We The Audience | Published 2014-03-24

A Top Ten List In Dubai
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-24

Everything I Know about Why Art Matters I Learned from My 5-year-old
AJBlog: Field Notes | Published 2014-03-24

Arts as an Engine of Unrest Or, How the Arts Ruined a Perfectly Good Childhood
AJBlog: Field Notes | Published 2014-03-24

 

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Christoph Eschenbach Extends His Contract At National Symphony Through 2017

Anne Midgette: “The start of Eschenbach’s tenure appeared to be reinvigorating the orchestra, and the two international tours within eight months in 2012 and 2013, to South America and to Europe, boosted morale and the orchestra’s profile … Yet for all of the new energy, Eschenbach’s concerts with the orchestra have not consistently represented the kind of vital music-making one might have hoped.”

Compare Paintings And Google Street Images To See How London Has Changed (Way Cool)

“Redditor Shystone has laid old paintings over Google Street View photographs to create a series of perspective-bending composite images of old and new London. Modern sculptures dominate a plaza that was once wide open; neon signs reside on the same block as gas-lit streetlights; and a bridge covers over a river that was once filled with sailboats.”