Laura Feinstein
Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia H.E. Ivica Bocevski visits Columbia University next Tuesday to speak about the accession of his nation to the European Union. Big Think spoke with Gordon N. Bardos, Assistant Director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia, about what this innocuous country's ... Read More
No one does a good riot like the French. But is this really just 1789 all over again?In the last ten years, this medium-sized country has rioted about police harassment and brutality, class frustrations, rising unemployment, and even unpaid internships. During the riots of 1968 French students put ... Read More
For the past five years, there has been much buzz about how Berlin is to artists what SoHo was in the 1980s—cheap and creative.But this comparison is viewed unfavorably by Berliners who are in no way jealous of New York--especially these days. What initially lured young artists to Berlin was the ... Read More
Last year, after the dust had cleared from the meteoric crash of the contemporary art world, there was the distinct feeling that the party had ended. But has it?Lately, famous works have gone unsold even at rock bottom prices. Publicly-funded exhibits from China to Iceland have been stopped mid ... Read More
About Laura Feinstein
Laura Feinstein is a freelance writer and multimedia artist living in Brooklyn New York.