Institute of Art and Ideas
Are space and time real?
We think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Time, Space and Being (long form version)
We think space and time are the structure of the universe. Yet Einstein argued 'space and time are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live'. And philosophers, Kant and Heidegger, saw space and time as the framework of...
Amor Sciendi
The Many Meanings of Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
A close reading of Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère through many different critical lenses.
Big Think
A short history of knowledge, from feudalism to the Internet | Alice Dreger
Crowdsourcing as an idea isn't anything new, says historian and sex researcher Alice Dreger. She tells us about the history of public gathering of information from the medieval era to today. The enlightenment period was a big boon to the...
Tate
Michael Rakowitz | TateShots
There aren't many artists who have been interviewed both by TateShots and Star Wars Insider Magazine, but that's what happened to Michael Rakowitz as he put the finishing touches to his Tate Modern exhibition. Star Wars fans, it seems,...
Tate
Moby at Tate Modern | TateShots
Moby, king of ambient electronic music, had a childhood fantasy of being left alone in a museum after hours. TateShots made it reality, with a late night tour of Tate Modern. Moby talks about the impact art has on his music, and picks...
Crash Course
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro's beautiful and bloody Pan's Labyrinth, a fantasy adventure/political drama, is the focus of the ninth episode of a film criticism playlist. The narrator looks at the film through two interpretative lenses: as a story...