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A street art exhibition on unprecedented scale, Beyond The Streets is an exhaustive survey of urban culture from the beginning to beyond...

Lisa Davidson 20 August, 2019

Curated by Roger Gastman—with Sacha Jenkins SHR, Evan Pricco, and David CHINO Villorente as co-curators—BEYOND THE STREETS has been making its mark in the city where it all began; the New York exhibition of graffiti, street art and urban...

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The Butcher’s Daughter extends on its Brooklyn outpost with a beautiful neighbourhood bakery, market and community space...

Lisa Davidson 8 July, 2019

Plant-based restaurant, The Butcher’s Daughter, have expanded their presence in Williamsburg with the recent opening of a bakery and market set over 1,200 square feet; located next door to the dapper chain's existing venue on the corner of...

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Technology, discerning design and mindfulness come together at Sister City, a new hotel concept from the team behind Ace...

Lisa Davidson 7 June, 2019

Design and technology live side-by-side at Sister City, a New York hotel rewriting the rulebook on how to experience a city through travel. Designed by creative agency Atelier Ace—that's the folk behind the game-changing Ace Hotel—guests can...

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Gastronomic royalty collaborate at New York's Mercado Little Spain, a vast culinary carnival offering an authentic Iberian experience...

Lisa Davidson 29 April, 2019

Extending far beyond just food and drink, chef José Andrés’s Mercado Little Spain—rooted in Spanish aesthetics, culture and décor—immerses its diners and visitors in a truly experiential environment, this 35,000 square foot space at posh...

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Fusing fashion and art, Forty Five Ten New York is a breathtaking retail experience that one might confuse with a trip to a gallery...

Lisa Davidson 17 April, 2019

Occupying four distinct fifth-floor storefronts over a total of 16,000 square feet at mega-money project The Shops at Hudson Yards, Forty Five Ten—the forward-thinking Dallas-founded brand that merges fashion and art—brings the new, the...

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Bringing tropical flavours and aesthetics to downtown Manhattan, Nolita's Wayan serves up drama alongside Indonesian fare...

Lisa Davidson 12 April, 2019

Serving Indonesian cuisine with a modern French flair, neighbourhood restaurant Wayan—located in New York City's upscale Nolita—is a venture between chef Cédric Vongerichten (son of Michelin-starred Jean-Georges Vongerichten), his wife Ochi...

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With kitsch design sensibilities and bags of culinary theatre, the Bronx's Ice Scream is a roaring hotspot of uninhibited merriment...

Lisa Davidson 8 April, 2019

With interiors that hit the sweet spot just as much as the ice creams they turn out, the Bronx's Ice Scream is a riot of modernism, pop art, 1950s kitsch design leanings and that irrepressible Memphis design of the 1980s. Situated in Mall at Bay...

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With esteemed guests through the centuries, Troutbeck is the Hudson Valley hideaway still capable of stirring momentous inspiration...

Lisa Davidson 25 March, 2019

A two hour drive north of New York City, Troutbeck is a country house in the upstate cultural and culinary corridor of Hudson Valley curated with the sort of impeccable taste that will stop design lovers in their tracks. And with trends between the...

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Marking catalytic years in women’s rights, Women.Now. is a potent exhibition chronicling their impact on contemporary society and art...

Lisa Davidson 30 November, 2018

Paying homage to two major anniversaries and uniting artists from different generations—commenting on women’s role in modern society and the arts, and paying tribute to monumental periods in women’s rights—Women.Now. is a powerful group...

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The glittering exuberance of New York's Art Deco heritage is mapped in the latest architecture guide from Blue Crow Media...

Lisa Davidson 29 November, 2018

Art Deco architecture features prominently in the New York City skyline, the building boom of the 1920s and 1930s playing a big part in a profusion of the architectural style throughout the city. Despite the Chrysler Building—briefly the world's...

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Charting the compelling grit of early-1980s New York, painter Jane Dickson's lens focussed on the city's unwholesome characters...

Lisa Davidson 23 November, 2018

As a member of the Colab art collective formed in 1977, American painter Jane Dickson—alongside collaborators including painter and sculptor Jolie Stahl and Dickson's husband Charlie Ahearn—was a central figure of New York’s explosive art...

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Brooklyn Photographs Now documents the rapidly-changing urban landscape of New York City's most populous borough...

Amelie Jones 15 October, 2018

Gentrification might continue to sweep New York City's most populous borough, but Brooklyn still refuses to be defined by it. A cultural capital with artists, designers, writers, musicians, and creatives from the world over calling it home, Brooklyn...