Max L. Feldman is a writer and academic based in Vienna.

He writes about art, culture, film, music, philosophy, and politics, and teaches philosophy and humanities subjects at universities, online, and in private sessions.

Writing

For my writing, as seen in Artforum, Flash Art, Frieze, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Spectator, The New Criterion, and others.

‘A Brief History of Flow’, Los Angeles Review of Books, Issue 49 (Summer 2026)

‘Archaeologists of Ourselves: Pompeii as a Disaster Movie’, EPOCH, Issue 4 (April 2026)

‘Our Animals and Other Family’, Los Angeles Review of Books (January 2026)

‘Rights of Mann’, The New Criterion (September 2025)

‘Hardened Skin in the Game’, Dublin Review of Books, Issue 1/2/25 (February 2025)

‘How Arnold Schoenberg became the poster boy for the Viennese cultural-heritage industrial complex’, The Spectator (November 2024)

‘Falling Back into the Future of Old: Frieze London 2023’, Flash Art (October 2023)

‘Still to Come for the Kids: On Opera and Seriousness’, Mousse (March 2020)

Teaching

For my teaching in philosophy and humanities subjects, including lectures at universities, online courses, and private tuition for students 11 and over.

Private Tuition (11+)

Individually tailored private tuition in philosophy and humanities

University Level (and Above)

Independent online seminars in philosophy, criticism, aesthetics, and intellectual history.

Options in 2026/27:

• Kitsch: A Critical Concept

• Flow: A Concept from the Media ‘Fossil Record’