The London-based artist and great-grandson of Sigmund Freud discusses forging his own artistic language and finding inspiration in global conflict.

Human civilization's progress hinges on managing aggression. Sigmund Freud's insight highlights that replacing physical ...

The British artist Lucian Freud is best known for his raw, unflinching portraits. But depending on whom you ask, these artworks are either brutally pitiless or intimately genuine. The figurative ...

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Leading this exceptional quartet is Francis Bacon’s 1972 self-portrait, painted in the shadow of devastating personal loss following the death of his lover George Dyer. That year was also one of Bacon ...

Sigmund Freud’s Oedipus Complex is one of the most controversial yet influential ideas in psychology. It explores the unconscious desires and family dynamics that shape human development. In this ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The fashion designer Bella Freud launched Fashion Neurosis a little over a year ago with Rick Owens as her first guest. The show, available in both audio and video formats, immediately set itself ...

What drew you to Freud’s Last Session, and what excited you most about being part of this production? Our world has always been rich in debate, but far too often, these discussions turn into contests ...

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For many years Sigmund Freud of Vienna has studied the tortuous ways of the unconscious mind. Moving his pale hands nervously about among the green pagan gods, the bronzes, the bizarre masks which ...

From the oracles of ancient Rome to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, humans have long turned to the dream world to decode the mysteries of the mind. Lu Chin's mid-16th century painting entitled "Zhuangzi ...