Chaïm Soutine's paintings hang in major art museums the world over, and yet much of what is said about the man and his work is untrue. In this salon, writer Celeste Marcus, now at work on the first English language biography of Soutine, will consider the question: does it matter that we don't know the…
For the inaugural salon of the Liberties X Interintellect series, Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of the biography Sontag and renowned translator of Clarice Lispector, joins Celeste Marcus to discuss…
For the third Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Rachel Connolly and Celeste Marcus to discuss Rachel's debut novel Lazy City. Rachel has previously written for The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Prospect, The Financial Times, GQ, and many other esteemed publications (peruse her non-fiction writings on her website). She writes with wit and wisdom about…
For the fourth Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Katherine C. Epstein and Celeste Marcus for a discussion of Katherine's recent Liberties essay 'Scholarship and the Future of Society.” For the first 30-45 mins of the salon Katherine and Celeste…
For the fifth Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus for a discussion of what liberalism is, its requirements, and importance. As diverse as the contents and contributors of Liberties are,…
EVENT UPDATE: This salon is being reframed in light of the current crisis in the Middle East: Arash Azizi, a specialist on Iran, and Celeste Marcus, a liberal Zionist, will discuss…
