Claudia Moscovici
29.02.2016
Presidential Elections in the U.S.
Let’s vote for Governor John Kasich We’re experiencing an election season like no other. The two major political parties in the U.S. find themselves in the unique predicament of elections [...]
22.02.2016
The true banality of evil
– Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning – Hannah Arendt referred to Adolf Eichmann as the paradigm of the banality of evil: an ordinary man led by extraordinary circumstances to [...]
15.02.2016
The Innovations of Impressionism
Impressionism and Postimpressionism have become analogous with the subversion of official academic standards and thus also with artistic modernity. It is said that Impressionism entailed a [...]
08.02.2016
Intoxication: Artistic Fame and the Magnetic Persona
No matter what they may say, few artists create art only for themselves. Just as few writers write only for themselves (unless they’re only writing in a journal, and even then, they may do it [...]
01.02.2016
How to make your novel into a movie
I don’t know of many authors who don’t want to make their novels into a movie. There are probably three main reasons why writers would love to see their novels or short stories made into films: [...]
25.01.2016
Shaking Things Up in the Art World
The Biennale de Paris and the Salon des Refusés As an inherently subjective field despite (or perhaps because of) its many changing standards, art has been surrounded by controversy (at least) [...]
18.01.2016
Conformism and Artistic Freedom
Artistic freedom and aesthetic value are interrelated. Art that is not considered valuable by the artistic establishment – art critics, museum curators and art historians – doesn’t [...]
11.01.2016
Când arta se intersectează cu matematica
– Constantin Brâncuşi, M.C. Escher şi Cristian Todie – (Notă: acest eseu este dedicat tatălui meu, matematicianul Henri Moscovici) Doar relativ recent în istoria culturală – [...]
04.01.2016
Why we still love Audrey Hepburn
With an unforgettable elfish, delicate and childlike beauty and extraordinary talents in acting, languages and dance, Audrey Hepburn is also known as an avid humanitarian. Since I have been [...]
28.12.2015
Why we love Brancusi
Like his magnificent statues, for Romanians, the artist Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) is a national monument. To extend the metaphor, he’s also one of the pillars of Modernism. A favorite in [...]
