Tag: City
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Wilbe opens White City lab in London to remove infrastructure bottlenecks for science startups
Wilbe, the venture fund and platform that trains and backs scientists to build companies from day one, today announces the launch of its first dedicated lab facility in White City, London. To date, Wilbe has trained more than 1,400 scientists, backed 22 companies, and helped create over $1.3 billion in value worldwide. However, through its read more
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Can Berlin become Europe’s most builder-friendly tech city in 24 months?
When I tell people I live in Berlin at startup events abroad, I often receive a bad reaction, especially from investors. Many people associate Berlin with its heyday of Rocket Internet and see it as a city full of techno sex clubs, drug addicts, and founders more interested in partying than disciplined, global ambition. It’s read more
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Centre Pompidou’s New Jersey Museum Is Officially Canceled After Jersey City Mayor Pulls Support
A Centre Pompidou satellite museum that was expected to open in Jersey City is officially not happening anymore, the city’s Mayor said on Wednesday. On Thursday, a Centre Pompidou spokesperson confirmed that the museum was no longer pursuing the project. The museum, officially known as the Centre Pompidou x Jersey City, would have been the read more
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Centre Pompidou’s New Jersey Museum Is Officially ‘Dead,’ Says Jersey City Mayor
A Centre Pompidou satellite museum that was expected to open in Jersey City is officially not happening anymore, the city’s Mayor said on Wednesday. The museum, officially known as the Centre Pompidou x Jersey City, would have been the only North American satellite operated by Paris’s biggest museum of modern and contemporary art, which is read more
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Art and Power Collide in New York City
New York Newsletter The Epstein files rip through the art world’s elite, yet hope emerges in the work of Goya, Amazonian artists, and three millennia of storytellers. Call it conceited, call it tunnel vision, call it East Coast elitism or editorial hyperbole, but sometimes it really does feel like everything in the world runs through read more
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Five Shows to See in New York City Right Now
We tell ourselves stories in order to live.Joan Didion, a New Yorker, famously said this. The exhibitions we recommend you trek out to see —and it’s a high bar, given these subfreezing temperatures —center that age-old practice. A show on storytelling at the Morgan Library & Museum, with a 3,000-year scope, should prime you well read more
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7 Shows to See in Mexico City Art Week
Los Angeles–based artist rafa esparza has two exhibitions on view in Mexico City at the moment. At Lago Algo, located within the Bosque de Chapultepec, he has a solo exhibition showing the breadth of his practice, including sculpture, painting, video, sound, and installation. Titled “juntxs” (Spanish for “together” with the “o” in “juntos” replaced in read more
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Best Sandwiches in New York City, According to Expert
This spot in Astoria has been open since 1940! So yea, they know their way around a deli sandwich. These sky-high, foot-long sandwiches are feats of engineering, with a pretty quintessential Italian deli approach: Some mix of cold cuts or deli meats, with the option to add sweet peppers, hot peppers, provolone or American, oil read more
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Did You Know That 'Industry' Films Mostly in This Welsh City
On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favorite films, television shows, and more. This time, we take a look at Industry. Taking supporting women’s wrongs—and rights—to new levels, everyone’s favorite toxic on-screen Girl Boss duo are back for a fourth season of Industry: Harper Stern and Yasmin Kara-Hanani. This time, the drama read more
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The Best Hotels in Scotland, From Cozy Cottages to Grand City Stays
Some of the best hotels in Scotland exist outside of the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow—but that’s not to say you can’t find somewhere exceptional to stay wherever you wish to lay your head across the country. Whether you’re looking for a cosmopolitan city break or hoping to explore Scotland’s stunning coastline on the road read more
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From heat waste to heat source: Power Mining launches shipping-container data centres for city heating
Personal Bitcoin mining device manufacturer Power Mining has developed a portable data centre that will heat towns using residual heat from Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin mining consumes a significant amount of electricity globally eliciting significant greenhouse gas emissions and local air-pollution impacts. In response, the sector is advocating for ways to not only reduce the energy read more
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20 Great Ways to Spend Christmas in New York City
Christmas in New York City is one of the best times to be here. Regardless of whether or not you celebrate or how you do so, there’s a cheer in the cooling air that’s accessible to everyone on the premises. Locals are happier, and more welcoming of tourists, despite the cold. The lights are brighter read more
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New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Names Arts and Culture Transition Committee
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who decisively beat back independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in the election to lead the city earlier this month, has named an arts and culture transition committee. The 28-member group includes curators, art dealers, journalists, and arts and nonprofit administrators. It ranges from Elizabeth Alexander, the president of the Mellon read more
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This Asian Metropolis Is the Best City in the World for Shopping, Our Readers Say
The global shopping map has been redrawn, and your flight plan may be outdated. For years, Paris was the reflex splurge and Tokyo the “culture trip with a little shopping on the side.” The most committed shoppers now build routes around Seoul’s dermatology corridors and Singapore’s air-conditioned superblocks, where retail, dining, and leisure sit under read more
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