Tilt was once a start-up with extravagant soirées, hazy business plans, and a $375 million valuation. Then it came to the end.
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Before Becoming an Art Critic, Jerry Saltz Wanted to Draw 10,000 Dante-Inspired Altarpieces
On the project that almost drove Jerry Saltz into despair.
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The Demise of Tilt
A brash, charismatic CEO. Big funding rounds. The inevitable beer-pong-on-the-office-roof-deck. How could the “Facebook of money” fail?
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My Life As a Failed Artist
Jerry Saltz, New York‘s senior art critic, revisits his own short career as a Dante-obsessed artist in late-seventies Chicago.
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Haute Cuisine Has a Low Wage Problem
How an army of unpaid apprentices keeps the world’s best restaurants afloat.
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The (Film) Revolution Will Be Streamed
“We have to get rid of the romantic part.”
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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Get by with a Lot of Unpaid Labor
Behind every celebrity chef, an army of eager, uncompensated stagiaires.
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The End of Independent Film As We Know It
How a new generation of indie filmmakers is finding its voice through Amazon and Netflix — and why this might be a scary development for the future of cinema.
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Will London Fall?
In an increasingly insular Britain, the world’s most cosmopolitan capital is bracing for an uncertain future.
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The Swan (Mascot) that Would Not Be Tamed
The story of a football team’s mascot, the man inside the costume, and the town that rallied around its local hero.