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A book about the European Art Market and the First World War

‘What about looting? Was there looting during the First World War?’ – I smile at the question from the young man who eagerly awaits confirmation of his supposition.  There’s some habit in...

Maddalena Alvi | 23 Apr 2025

Illusions of Intentionality

When philosophers write about and explain actions they focus almost exclusively on so-called “intentional actions.” These are actions that are done for reasons, selected in the light of one’s beliefs...

Peter Carruthers | 22 Apr 2025

Paradise Painters: Images and Agency in the Age of the Reformations

As the diminutive early Christian saint Giustina teeters between life and death in Paolo Veronese’s painting depicting her martyrdom, her gaze sets itself upon one of the most spectacular scenes of...

Marie-Louise Lillywhite | 22 Apr 2025

Fifty Shades of Corruption ?

Americans hear a lot about corruption these days, with prominent figures claiming (and many citizens agreeing) that our governments suffer major waste, fraud, and abuse. Major changes are taking place,...

Oguzhan Dincer, Michael Johnston | 21 Apr 2025

A complex systems view on the visual arts

It is Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 10:42 am. Artist A. is mixing magenta and cobalt blue oil paint – produced by the famous Blockx manufacturers of artist materials – with a few drops of alkyd...

Paul van Geert | 21 Apr 2025

Sans “White Gaze”: From the Transgressive Multilingual Radiance of a Franco-Malian Pop Star to the Transnational Englishes of Innocent Caribbean Youth

In July 2024, amidst the global attraction of a Paris 2024 Olympics with eugenicist roots historically designed in part to prove the athletic superiority of Europeans racialized as white, Aya Nakamura,...

Patriann Smith | 14 Apr 2025

What does it mean that Marx was a philosopher?

Karl Marx (1818–1883) began as a philosopher. But his subsequent relationship to philosophy, as his career developed, has been a subject of dispute. In my book, Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy,...

Christoph Schuringa | 11 Apr 2025

An ‘anomaly among anomalies’ or an international norm? How Britain inserted its colonies into the League of Nations.

In the hit 2018 film ‘Black Panther’ a scene at the United Nations (UN) revealed a flag proudly flying the Welsh dragon among the litany of other UN member states. Although probably a mix-up in the...

Thomas Gidney | 11 Apr 2025

Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts

The “art world” comprises a complex, diverse set of people and institutions – an international, interdependent complex of artists, collectors, museum professionals, dealers, and auctioneers, with...

Stephen K. Urice, Simon J. Frankel | 11 Apr 2025

“Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate”

Each year, more than 20 million people on average are displaced by floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts, and that number will increase in coming decades as the impacts of climate change strengthen...

Robert A. McLeman, Kelsea Best | 10 Apr 2025

Legal Knowledge: The Last Great Untapped Source of Business Competitive Advantage

The modern business environment is more heavily regulated than ever before. What if managers could turn their legal obligations into value-generating opportunities? Organizations are on a near-perpetual...

Robert C. Bird | 4 Apr 2025

Cultural Learning is a Human Capital Challenge Schools Cannot Ignore

In my forthcoming book Cultural Learning in Urban Schools and Minority Serving Institutions, I explore one of the most urgent human capital challenges in the American workforce today: how to staff K-16...

Tiffany Brown | 3 Apr 2025