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☆ Frank Stella Went From Bauhaus to Fun House
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Deborah Solomon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Frank Stella, who died on Saturday at age 87, once joked that he harbored only one regret. Stella, it can safely be said, was not a fashion plate. To the end of his life, he had the aura of a nervous whiz kid with oversize glasses and frizzy hair. Despite their portentous titles (“Die Fahne hoch!” for instance, or “The Marriage of Reason and Squalor II”), the paintings reference nothing outside themselves. “What you see is what you see,” Stella declared, providing the Minimalist movement with a pithy and enduring slogan.

Persons: Frank Stella, Stella, ”, hoch, ” Stella Locations: East, New York

☆ A complete timeline of Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift's friendship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Claudia Willen | Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss became inseparable after meeting at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. AdvertisementThe friendship of Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss dates back to 2013, when the musician and the supermodel met backstage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. AdvertisementApril 2014: Kloss and Swift are spotted together in New York CityTaylor Swift and Karlie Kloss often spent time together in New York City. November 23, 2014: Swift brings Kloss as her date to the American Music AwardsTaylor Swift and Karlie Kloss at the 2014 AMAs. July 11, 2015: Kloss appears at another of Swift's concerts in New JerseyTaylor Swift's friends went to her concert in New Jersey.

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☆ Don't feel too bad for Joe Alywn. He's likely making millions from cowriting 6 Taylor Swift songs.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The album follows Swift's breakup with British actor Joe Alwyn, her longtime muse and collaborator. Alwyn likely earned millions from the six songs he cowrote with Swift. It's the first set of new music since Swift's breakup with British actor Joe Alwyn was confirmed in April 2023. But if some of the songs expose details about their relationship, you shouldn't feel too bad for Alwyn. He has likely earned millions from Swift's songs already, according to multiple reports.

Persons: Taylor, Joe Alwyn, Alwyn, Swift, —, It's, Beth Garrabrant, Swift's, William Bowery, Betty, Taylor Swift, Los Angeles , California Kevin Mazur, Don Arnold, TAS24, William Bowery's, Joe, he's, Bon Ivor, Kelly Clarkson, William Organizations: Poets Department, Service, Los Angeles Convention Center, The Recording, Spotify, Bloomberg, Disney Locations: Coney, Los Angeles , California, Sydney, New York

☆ In Martha Diamond’s Art, She Took Manhattan
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Jonathan Griffin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Martha Diamond, who died in December, at age 79, was remarkably consistent in her subject matter — namely New York architecture — but extraordinarily wide-ranging with what a painting of a building could signify. In some of the works displayed in her first show at the David Kordansky Gallery, “Martha Diamond: Skin of the City,” it seems as if her only concern was for color; in others, abstract form takes over. In a painting such as “New York With Purple No. 3” (2000), the tall buildings appear to evaporate into the busy sky, architectural solidity succumbing to shimmering atmosphere and dappled, springtime light. Diamond’s paintings may have been of New York, her muse since she settled into a loft on the Bowery in 1969, but they are about so much more besides.

Persons: Martha Diamond, David Kordansky, “ Martha Diamond Organizations: City Locations: New York, ”, York

☆ Agtech valuations were crushed in 2023. But food security concerns will keep it on the agenda.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Agtech Unicorn Index, which tracks venture-backed startups in the sector worth over $1 billion, recorded a 20% decline in 2023, according to the Morningstar Unicorn Market Monitor Q4 2023 update. Advertisement"There are more software companies that have sprouted over the past decade, but it traditionally requires fairly technical knowledge about plants and biology." London’s vertical farming unicorn InFarm also struggled and shuttered in Europe . Indeed, PitchBook’s Frederick anticipates agtech will outperform the broader VC ecosystem in the near term due to issues around food security, per PitchBook’s Agtech Q4 2023 report. More broadly, the number of companies hitting unicorn status was at its lowest level since 2017, with 81 new unicorns entering the Morningstar PitchBook Global Unicorn Index in 2023.

Persons: —, Alex Frederick, Frederick, Po Bronson, Bronson, PitchBook’s Frederick, agtech, ” Frederick Organizations: Service, Business, Morningstar, US, Farmers Business Network Locations: cybersecurity, Europe, Ukraine, India, California, Spain

☆ Milan Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2024: The trends that matter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Milan CNN —Gimmicks were gone at the latest Milan runways — which concluded yesterday — with designers instead striking a more serious note that encouraged investment buying. Julianne Moore, A$AP Rocky and Salma Hayek front row at the Bottega Veneta fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week. Jacopo Raule/Getty Images1980s reduxRelegated as the style decade that people preferred to forget, the 1980s is slowly but surely starting to pop up on the radar. Jacopo Raule/Getty ImagesEven at MaxMara, famed for its trademark camel, creative director Ian Griffiths went in a deliberately different direction to focus on silhouette over shade. Jacopo Raule/Getty ImagesDark colors also dominated at Giorgio Armani this season.

Persons: Milan, Miuccia Prada, Raf Simons, Donatella Versace, ”, Julianne Moore, Rocky, Salma Hayek, Daniele Venturelli, Giorgio Armani, Bottega Veneta’s Matthieu Blazy, ” Franken, Franken, Jonas Gustavsson, Matthieu Blazy, Victor Virgile, Blazy “, Massimo Giorgetti —, Truman Capote’s “, —, knitwear, Jacopo Raule, Jil Sander, stilettos, Matteo Tamburini, Kim Jones, Karl Lagerfeld, Leigh Bowery, Judy, Julia, Versace, Anne Hathaway, Gina di Bernardo —, Aldo Fallai’s, Prince, Ferragamo, Tom Ford, Giovanni Giannoni, Ian Griffiths, “ We’re, we’re, Marco M, Gigi Hadid, Solange Knowles, Jacopo M, Matthieu, Aitor Rosas Sune, WWD, Hari Nef, Riccardo Giordano, Sipa Cate Blanchett, Gabriel Bouys Organizations: Milan CNN, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Blazy, Truman Capote’s “ La, Truman Capote’s “ La Cote Basque, Getty, Dolce, Diesel, Milan Locations: Milan, —, Bottega, MSGM, Truman Capote’s “ La Cote, London, “ London, MaxMara, Avavav, AFP

“He’s known to us in the subway system,” the chief said, adding that video from security cameras in the station had helped investigators identify Mr. Jones as the suspect. Being shoved suddenly on a subway platform in particular is a perennial urban nightmare. Through Oct. 15, there had been 15 people pushed off subway platforms in New York City this year, compared with 22 in the same period last year, the police said. In May, a woman was critically injured after a man shoved her head against a moving subway train at the Lexington Avenue/63rd Street station. The woman, Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy, 35, was partially paralyzed in the attack.

Persons: “, Jones, Emine Yilmaz Organizations: Bowery, Committee, Lexington Locations: New York City

☆ Get Close: 10 Gems From the Pretenders
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Dear listeners,On Wednesday night, I was one of approximately 600 sardines crammed into Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom for a very special concert. We were packed so tightly, I couldn’t move an inch; even clapping felt like a precarious use of my elbows. Did I mention it is August, in New York, and the humidity has been hovering around 75 percent for days? Because we were there, in an impossibly small club, seeing the rock legends the Pretenders. The night before, Chrissie Hynde and company had played for a crowd roughly 100 times larger, opening for Guns N’ Roses at MetLife Stadium.

Persons: Chrissie Hynde, ”, Hynde, that’s, repping Organizations: MetLife Locations: New York, Washington ,, Asbury Park, N.J, Ohio

☆ Cannabis Vendors in Limbo as Judge Halts N.Y. License Program
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Ashley Southall | More About Ashley Southall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just 23 retailers have opened storefronts or delivery services since the first licensed shop opened in December, and only about 18,000 pounds of cannabis have been sold so far, according to the Office of Cannabis Management. At the current sales rate, 564,000 pounds of legally grown cannabis will remain unsold by the end of the year, agency officials said. Some licensees and lawyers have laid some of the blame on Attorney General Letitia James, whose office is responsible for defending the cannabis program against lawsuits. At the hearing last week, her lawyer struggled to answer basic questions about the program from Justice Bryant, such as distancing requirements between dispensaries. Then, an investor agreed in June to put up $150 million to revive the state’s dispensary plan under terms that have not been disclosed.

Persons: Beau Allulli Jr, ”, Letitia James, Justice Bryant, Kathy Hochul’s Organizations: Cannabis Management, Justice Locations: Lower Manhattan

☆ ‘These Old Guys?’ Short on Lifeguards, the City’s Oldest Swimmers Step Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Aidan Gardiner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Kalmann grew up one of four boys in the Netherlands. Mr. Kalmann jumped in and pulled two of the men to shore. Initially, Ms. Jacobus’s friends warned her that it was too dangerous and pointed out that she would be working more hours as a lifeguard than she did as a social worker. But like Mr. Kalmann, she felt a deeper calling. She is the daughter of a Lutheran pastor and grew up doing volunteer work before entering social work.

Persons: Kalmann, John Lennon, Phebe’s, “, ”, Mary Jacobus, Liang Sung, “ We’re, ” Mr, Sung Locations: Netherlands, New York

☆ Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson will represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Benjamin Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — Jeffrey Gibson, the Colorado-born, New York-based artist who is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, will represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, becoming the first Indigenous artist to have a solo exhibition in the US Pavilion. Gibson’s work mixes many traditions, combining techniques from Indigenous beading, weaving, metalwork and more with the formal language of hard-edged abstract painting, Pop Art sculpture. For his exhibition in Venice, Gibson will create installations inside the US Pavilion, on its exterior and in its courtyard, incorporating elements of performance and multimedia in addition to static works. Jeffrey Gibson Brian Barlow“The last 15 years of my career have been about turning inward and trying to make something I really wanted to see in the world,” Gibson, reflecting on his selection for the Biennale, told The New York Times.

Persons: — Jeffrey Gibson, Gibson, Jeffrey Gibson Brian Barlow “, ” Gibson, Kathleen Ash, Louis Grachos, Abigail Winograd, Jeffrey, ”, Milby, Venice —, ” Winograd, Ruth, Elmer Wellin, Leigh Bowery, Simone Leigh Organizations: The Art, CNN, Colorado -, Mississippi Band, Choctaw, Institute of American Indian Arts, Bard College, Biennale, New York Times, Portland Art Museum, SITE, Portland Museum of Art, US State Department, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Biennial, Gallery of Art, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum Locations: Colorado, New York, United States, Venice, Santa Fe , New Mexico, Navajo, Portland , Oregon, SITE Santa Fe, American, Oregon, New Mexico, Clinton , New York, Bentonville , Arkansas

☆ Amazon's Whole Foods to triple shelf space for vertical farmer Bowery
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Ophelia Anwah | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Bowery, a vertical farming company that grows crops indoors, is getting more shelf space at Amazon 's Whole Foods, with a deal to triple the stores stocking its salad kits. Currently, Bowery's salad kits and a selection of greens are carried at 50 Whole Foods Market stores in the Northeast. The deal comes amid challenges for both vertical farming and Amazon's efforts to expand its grocery footprint. The vertical farming industry, meanwhile, has been under pressure, like many formerly high-flying, heavily VC-funded startup niches. According to PitchBook, through the first quarter of 2023, vertical farming deals declined by 91% year-over-year.

Persons: Matt Williams, Zesty Caesar, Balsamic Vinaigrette, romaine, Andy Jassy, Jassy Organizations: Foods, Bowery, CNBC, Walmart, Albertsons, Westside, FreshDirect, Amazon Locations: Northeast, Westside Market, Brooklyn, East Coast, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee , North Carolina, Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami

☆ For Mire Lee, Rising Art Star, It All Comes Down to Guts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Andrew Russeth | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It feels like you’re looking inside the guts of a dragon, or like something that you don’t actually want to see. They do not quite belong to this world, you sense, and they threaten to malfunction or become sentient at any second. Textiles dipped in liquid clay will hang on its interior walls. It may be warm in there, thanks to a steam machine, which will keep her clay humid. “I like it to be a bit unpleasant,” she said, “so that it feels like it’s actually getting onto you.”

Persons: ”, Cecilia Alemani, Gary Carrion, Murayari, Madeline Weisburg, Lee, it’s Locations: New York, Venice

☆ Where Do New Yorkers Want to Rent?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Michael Kolomatsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you’re moving to New York City and want to find the most popular rental neighborhoods, it makes sense to follow locals in the know. Recently, RentHop did just that by studying web traffic to New York City listings that originated from within the city. Two Queens neighborhoods and four Brooklyn neighborhoods showed increased popularity. Astoria, Queens, rose to the top from ninth place a year ago. Other drops in Manhattan included Greenwich Village and the West Village, ranked 10th and 11th, each dropping six spots from last year; and the Bowery area ranked 13th, falling seven spots.

Persons: RentHop Organizations: New York City, Bushwick, Greenwich, Village Locations: New York City, New York, Queens, Brooklyn, Astoria, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, Manhattan

☆ Six innovations that can help feed the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Mark Tutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN asked three experts to outline the innovations that can help increase food production without harming the planet. Insect proteinSingapore-based Insectta uses black soldier fly larvae to convert organic food waste into fertilizer and animal feed. The maggots are fed food waste, such as the byproducts of soybean factories and breweries. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty ImagesMadramootoo says that a wholescapes approach can also be applied to food production in urban and peri-urban areas – the spaces immediately surrounding a city. “In congested peri-urban areas, we can use vertical farms in warehouses or abandoned buildings, for example, to produce food.

☆ Bowery: 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Founded in 2015 in New York City, Bowery is among several urban plant factories that are changing food supplies, and attracting substantial funding. The need to grow produce more efficiently, and closer to end markets, is represented in Bowery and the concept of vertical agriculture. Early last year, Bowery secured a $150 million credit investment from KKR & Co. Overall, Bowery increased its retail distribution 40% in 2022, with supermarket chains Albertsons, Giant Food, Walmart and Whole Foods on board. Almost a decade on from its founding, the idea behind Bowery remains novel, but skeptics say vertical farming remains closer to a DIY niche than a grown up, globally scalable agtech industry.

Following the events of "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum" (2019), "Chapter 4" sees Wick take his battle against the criminal High Table organization global. Check out the trailer for 'John Wick: Chapter 4'Keanu Reeves reprises his role as legendary hitman John Wick. "John Wick: Chapter 4" also features Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Shamier Anderson, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Ian McShane. In addition to standard showings, "John Wick: Chapter 4" is playing in IMAX and Dolby Cinema for premium prices. Keanu Reeves in "John Wick: Chapter 4."

☆ Where New York’s Asian Neighborhoods Shifted to the Right
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Jason Kao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

In last year’s governor’s election, voters in Asian neighborhoods across New York City sharply increased their support for Republicans. And predominantly Asian areas — precincts with a majority of eligible Asian voters — have undergone a pivotal shift. Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Note: The precinct in Kensington is mostly Indian and Bangladeshi. Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Flushing, 2022 Murray Hill Bayside Flushing Northern Blvd. Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area Detail area state senate race Bensonhurst Sunset Park McDonald Ave. 65th St. New Utrecht Ave. 8th Ave.

☆ Punk icon Tom Verlaine, founder of the band Television, dies at 73
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Tom Verlaine, who redefined rock guitar in the punk era of the 1970s with his band Television, died Saturday in Manhattan. Tom Verlaine’s soloing (and Richard Lloyd‘s as well, of course) showed me you could be a virtuoso and dangerous at the same time, more Coltrane or Ornette than the arena rockers of the day. In 2007, Lloyd was replaced in the touring unit by Jimmy Ripp, who had for many years supported Verlaine on his solo albums and tours. Only after his twin brother John played the Rolling Stones’ “19th Nervous Breakdown” and other contemporary rock records for him did Miller rethink his preferred instrument. Though he always boasted a devoted cult fan base, Verlaine never succeeded in attaining a commercial foothold on the charts; his 1981 sophomore solo album “Dreamtime,” his lone entry, peaked at No.

☆ Cage the Elephant singer arrested on weapons charges at New York City hotel
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Cage the Elephant singer Matt Shultz has been charged with criminal weapons possession after police found two loaded guns at a New York City hotel, authorities said. Shultz, 39, of Nashville, Tennessee was arrested Thursday after police were called to investigate a report of a person with a firearm at Manhattan’s Bowery Hotel. Shultz was seen in the hotel lobby bathroom between midnight and 1 a.m. pulling a gun from his front pants pocket, according to a criminal complaint. A search warrant turned up two loaded .45-caliber handguns in a bag in a hotel room, the complaint said. Shultz was arraigned Friday and bail was set at $10,000 cash or $30,000 bond, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said.

☆ J.Crew embarked on a much-hyped comeback after filing for bankruptcy. Retail experts share what the brand needed to do to right the ship — and whether it's working.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

J.Crew embarked on a comeback after filing for bankruptcy in the early months of the pandemic. But hype alone isn't enough: experts say the stores and product needed a revamp, and the brand is now on the right track. J.Crew has since placed a new CEO at the helm — Libby Wadle, who previously oversaw J.Crew's fast-growing sister brand, Madewell. "In our industry, it begins with product," Quan said. Quan said he's cautiously optimistic, saying that the product improvements hint that the brand is on the right track.

On TikTok, the hashtag “Gaylor” has more than 264 million views; the term refers to Swift fans who subscribe to the theory that she is queer. Fans have gone down these rabbit holes before, speculating over other hints across Swift’s songs, music videos and social media posts. Previous Easter eggs discovered by fans include the album title for “Lover” hidden in the background of the music video for “Me!” ahead of the album title’s announcement. “I think a lot of people have to deal with this now ... because we live in the era of social media,” Swift said. In a 2019 interview with Vogue, she addressed why she made her support for the LGBTQ community more visible.

☆ Taylor Swift 'Midnights': Joe Alwyn's pseudonym appears on 'Midnights' track
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Megan Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Swift put a stop the the guessing in a 2020 Disney+ documentary about the project. “There’s been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity, because it’s not a real person,” Swift said in the documentary. “So William Bowery is Joe, as we know. And Joe plays piano beautifully and he’s always just playing and making things up and kind of creating things,” she added. Fans will have wait a few more hours for “Sweet Nothing” to debut to hear the couple’s latest collaboration.

☆ I'm a 26-year-old vintage reseller who sells to customers like Post Malone. Here's how I got started on Depop and expanded to a New York City storefront.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Emma Rogue is the founder of Rogue, a vintage store in New York that has fans like Post Malone. He said I should make a video about my Depop store, Rogue — which remained separate from my job at Depop — instead. Depop eventually offered me a full-time job, but I decided to see where I could take Rogue instead and left Depop Space NY in October 2020. The business still has startup vibes, but we have more processes in placeShoppers in the Rogue store. I'm earning more than when I was working at Depop Space NY, but I'm so grateful to Depop because this is how I got my start.

☆ An indoor farming startup is valued at $2.3 billion after a historic fundraising round as climate change concerns become more urgent
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-26 | by ( Alex Hickey | Morning Brew | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

This story is from today's edition of Morning Brew, an awesome daily email publication read by 2.5 million next-generation leaders like you. The startup, now valued at $2.3 billion, grows produce using indoor vertical farming setups. Sci-fi farming is catching onClimate change concerns and a renewed focus on the food supply chain have contributed to increased investor appetite for indoor farming. Last year, global VC investment in indoor farms tripled to almost $1.9 billion. Zoom out: The indoor farming sector is growing but is still just a wee seedling.

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