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The Edit
It can sometimes take a while between a building being earmarked for demolition and the plunger being pushed, but rather than let this tower block in Paris' 13th arrondisement rot, filmmaker Thomas Lallier set about coordinating a project immense in...
Journal
"To not dare is to have already lost. We should seek out ambitious, even unrealistic projects... because things only happen when we dream." - Andrea Putnam We visited the Brooklyn address of artist Gilf, her lofty space assembled into both a...
Melbourne
Jimmy Grant is a difficult person to pin down. His restaurant in Melbourne has cleverly based its identity on his lack of identity – the name of the place is a generic nickname that Aussie dock workers used for any number of immigrant workers...
The Edit
Chelsea Thursdays welcomed an influx of New York's street art populous on 12 September at the doors of Cheim and Read. The space housed the anticipated reappearance of the elusive Barry McGee, breaking his eight year hiatus from Manhattan's gallery...
Newcastle
We love to big up The North whenever we can here at We Heart, but even with that said, the location of MusicSlashArt (MSA) came as a bit of a surprise – albeit a very welcome one. Newcastle-upon-Tyne is the host of this street art gallery crossed...
The Edit
Before hitting the top of the bestseller list with his novel Cloud Atlas, author David Mitchell lived and worked in Japan, and it is his translation of Naoki Higashida's novel The Reason I Jump, about an autistic teen who finds comfort in nature,...
The Edit
Citizens of Amsterdam, stop what you are doing and proceed directly to Batallion at the Westergasfabriek, as you only have two more days to catch the current exhibition from Israeli art collective Broken Fingaz. The group from Haifa created this...
Publications
In the mid 1980s the Western world was riding high, money was growing on trees, and the economic boom was deafening. Corporations were king, and brands like Ford were icons of the capitalist success story. Then came Black Monday of 1987, and by...
Journal
Adrian Sonni likes to paint. His roots on Argentinian streets, an escape to Miami and daubing spaces throughout New York City have all contributed to his experimental dialogue. Routine in Buenos Aires was the catalyst for exploring other outlets...
The Edit
Every Spring the festival performers are announced, and and sure as eggs is eggs the fanfares are followed by the inevitable grumblings that so-and-so is missing and plans are made for an expedition to brave the portaloos while James Blunt takes up...
Melbourne
We're heading back to the 1980s now folks, not by hitting 88mph in a time travelling DeLorean, but by the much easier method of stepping inside Davis Yu's Mexican restaurant Touché Hombre Eléctrica in Melbourne. The second Hombre to stride into...
The Edit
Graffiti has been around as means of personal expression and political dissent since the ancient kingdoms and empires of Egypt, Rome and Greece, but its modern guise rose to popularity more recently, in the North and South American cities of the...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
Dispatches
Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
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Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...