How Venmo is Enabling People’s Stinginess

In many ways, Venmo—the peer-to-peer payment app, now owned by Paypal—has revolutionized the way we sort out group meals, cab rides, rent and more. It’s virtually eliminated IOUs, the hassle of searching for ATMs and the possibility of accidentally shafting someone with an unfair portion of the bar tab. But according to Quartz, the ease of using Venmo has also brought out the worst in …

The Lines: Single Engine Duster

There’s plenty of intrigue surrounding The Lines’ recently released album hull down, of which “Single Engine Duster” is the lead single. The Lines are not a new band. They released a few albums in the late ’70s and early ’80s, and once shared a stage with The Cure—before disappearing from the cultural conscious. hull down is billed as the band’s “lost” album, and it’s a …

Meet the 22-Year-Old Who’s Building ‘The MoMA of China’

22-year-old Michael Xufu Huang is a University of Pennsylvania undergraduate currently pursuing degrees in art history and marketing. He’s also a co-founder of one of Beijing’s brightest new museums: M WOODS. During a recent trip to New York, Huang visited the offices of Artspace to discuss the pros and cons of being so young in the art industry and how he plans to establish M …