

The ephemeral forms were lit from the onset of the exhibition and will continue to melt until year’s end. Dotted with chairs ranging from an African stool to an airplane seat to those inspired by collection in the Musée du Quai Branly, Fischer is crafting a dialogue between the grounded ornaments and the marouflaged canvas on the dome and building a narrative of creative destruction through the transformation of chiselled facades into formless puddles. The exhibition comprises Fischer’s redesigned life-size replica of the “abduction of the sabine women,” and an effigy of artist Rudolf Stingel.
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In a thematic study of impermanence and metamorphosis, Swiss artist Urs Fischer’s series of wax sculptures in the rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce are burning. Urs Fischer’s wax sculptures are burning inside the new Bourse de Commerce in Paris. The timepiece retailer notes that it will direct its fresh cash flow to spur growth and enlist new talent.

The recent funding round was spearheaded by equity firm General Atlantic, with participation from Aglaé Ventures and other longtime investors, with the total investment in Chrono24 above $234 million. Attracting investments from Aglaé Ventures, the technological appendage of LVMH, Chrono24 is capitalizing on the shift to a secondhand market in the timepiece industry where sales are exceeding its premium counterpart. The watch marketplace Chrono24 exceeds $1 billion valuation with a recent funding round.Ĭhrono24, a digital marketplace for new and used watches, announced that it raised $117 million in a funding round that valued the online vendor at $1 billion. All locations where the company is in arrears are still open. Perhaps this is because the chain is backed by Related Group, which was recently valued at more than $60 billion. While a number of independent gyms and yoga studios did close during the pandemic, Equinox seems to be doing fine despite towering SoulCycle debts. Among the offenders are Equinox Orchard Street, Wall Street, and West Village, but other locations are even reneging on rent deferral agreements that would put off payments until 2022. Multiple locations of the luxury fitness chain have reportedly been sued by landlords for millions in unpaid rent, taxes, and utilities. Is the rent too damn high? Equinox seems to think so. Multiple Equinox locations are facing multimillion-dollar lawsuits for not paying rent. Have a news story our readers need to see? Submit it here. Think of it as your cheat sheet for the day in design delivered to your inbox before you’ve had your coffee.

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