Eric Kandel
The Nobel-winning neuroscientist who found how neurons store memories, then turned to art and the brain.
Books
In Search of Memory2006His own story, from leaving Vienna as a boy in 1939 to a Nobel for the biology of memory.
The Age of Insight2012The unconscious in art, mind and brain, from Vienna 1900 to today, and what it says about how we look at pictures.
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How do you paint loneliness?
How do you paint sadness and loneliness with no face and no symbol? From Bruegel’s Icarus to Picasso’s blue and Friedrich’s ship, and why every viewer finishes a painting with their own life.