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Fashion historian Caroline Weber will never forget the time she was riding the Metro in Paris while wearing a pink vintage cape. “Within five minutes I was incredibly uncomfortable because […]
According to PaceWildenstein Art Gallery owner Arne Glimcher, while Madoff’s Ponzi scam might have closed some doors, it opened others. The whole reason the art industry is irrational is the […]
It’s an absolute fixture in children’s libraries worldwide and upon its publication in 1963 was awarded the Caldecott Medal, a distinguished award given to the year’s best picture book for […]
Fashion historian Caroline Weber came to Big Think yesterday in a beautiful Marc Jacobs dress. The significance of her outfit? Shoulder pads, or as she calls them, an 80s-era fad […]
When Josh Lieb set out to write a book about a 12-year-old billionaire from Nebraska, the comedy writer and producer of The Daily Show, didn’t incorporate too many details from […]
Kurt Andersen, the host of “Studio 360” and master of many media (magazines, novels, nonfiction books, film), came by Big Think today to speak about the introduction he wrote to […]
Over the past decade, there’s been a wide consensus in the Western world that blackface makeup and other takes on old, racist minstrel iconography is no longer acceptable. In the […]
For anybody struggling through a period of creative stagnation and caught against some sort of Proustian desire to develop a grand ‘idea’ for their art, the Irish painter, Guggi, has […]
Josh Lieb, the executive producer of “The Daily Show,” visited Big Think to talk about his first novel, “I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be […]
Most people. in fact I have never met anyone who the slightest idea of the working of own mind their motivation.
They are just a collection of beliefs that rule their thinking and their every thought.
They disagree with other people without understanding anything they have said.
They propound wisdom ,
that they are incapable of comprehending what they have just said ,as I see it,I have also done.
and I am still doing.
as for as I can tell.
Their stories and misadventures have inspired some of Hollywood’s greatest films. They are the hucksters, burglars, and schemers whose love for taking risks and search for outrageous fortune made them […]
Irish avant-garde artist, Guggi, came by Big Think today. He spoke to us about growing up in Catholic Ireland in a Christian Fundamentalist household, his childhood influences, his art and […]
Imagine life losing all semblance of stability and becoming subject to a series of occasionally terrifying hallucinations where you streak across the solar system. For Big Think’s recent guest, Kay Redfield […]
When it comes to 50th birthday parties, you can’t do much better than Gavin Friday. His childhood friend, U2’s Bono, helped arrange a star-studded benefit concert at New York Carnegie […]
I would like to cooperate all around the world for my social and interactive public art events..If I fell where is an positive artistic and humanistic energie I like to be there…For to create new 3D art works,ideas,diologs with Artists and Public peoples…I hope I can move my artistic visions with me where I will go…
It’s happened three times in the last three months. A high-profile and hugely-successful man comes forward to admit to dalliances outside his marriage. The first was legendary basketball coach Rick […]
Irish singer, composer and painter, Gavin Friday stopped by the studio today. Among many topics, he spoke about growing up in Ireland, his work, his friendship with U2’s lead singer, […]
A month of fashion goes out with a bang this week in the city that does it best—Paris. As recent Big Think guest and New York Magazine fashion director Harriet […]
Steve Abrams, the owner of the New York City staple Magnolia Cupcakes just stopped by the office for an interview. While he didn’t bring any treats, he did offer up […]
When attending the Mobius LA forum hosted by the American Institute of Architecture this weekend, a lecture about site-specific art picked my brain. I became obsessed by the subject of […]
Danny Meyer, the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, stopped by Big Think’s offices the other week to chat about the restaurant business in New York City. After more than […]
Gay Talese has long made a habit out of exposing the everyday truths behind a number of America’s cultural institutions. From his research into the ‘sexual revolution’ of the 1950s and […]
While last week’s United Nations General Assembly hosted a variety of world leaders espousing divergent messages, the sprawling diplomatic forum hosted one leader who could become Hollywood’s newest darling. And […]
Valerie Steele is a fashion historian and the chief curator of the Museum at FIT. She stopped by Big Think last week to talk about the “F” word– fashion, that […]
Imagine a device that would resemble an ordinary book, where 50-100 pages are made of electronic “ePaper” with “old” paper feel texture plus the advantages of gadgets like the Amazon’s Kindle: virtual bookshop, subscriptions, etc. You buy every book you want from the eStore and the content is updated on this device. rnrnHere you have the old book reading/feeling experience with the advantages of today’s kindle-like features. Not an eBook but a “feelBook”.