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Eric Kandel on Mark Rothko (Sep 29, 2016)
Read an excerpt from Eric Kandel's "Reductionism in Art and Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures"
William Guynn on Film’s Depiction of Historical Trauma (Sep 28, 2016)
“Recovery of experience can be harrowing and is particularly so in films that speak about traumatic events in the catastrophic twentieth century. All the films evoke unresolved historical situations—unresolved for the communities that experienced them and for the historians who attempt to understand them—situations that continue to inflict individual and collective pain.”—William Guynn The following [...]
This is Your Brain on Jackson Pollock — Eric Kandel on Art (Sep 28, 2016)
The following are highlights from a recent "Science Friday" interview with Eric Kandel, author of "Reductionism in Art and Brain Science"
Eric Kandel on “What Is Art For?” (Sep 27, 2016)
Video: Eric Kandel on the relationship between neuroscience and art.
New Book Tuesday: Entrepreneurship, Dispossession & The Environment, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and More. (Sep 27, 2016)
Our weekly listing of new titles now available.