My Modern Met10 hours agoJapanese Artist Yayoi Kusama Was the Top-Selling Contemporary Artist of 2023verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Sarah CurrierThe style of Yayoi Kusama's art is nothing short of iconic. Brightly colored, imaginative, and covered in polka dots, the Japanese artist's larger-than-life aesthetics, both in her art and her self expression, are arguably some of the most striking works to come out of the 21st-century art world. …
My Modern Met11 hours ago58-Year-Old Woman Sets World Record by Holding Plank for Over 4.5 Hoursverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Mia SantarelliA 58-year-old named DonnaJean Wilde from Alberta, Canada, has set a new record for the longest plank held by a female. This monumental achievement consisted of holding a plank in proper form for four hours 30 minutes and 11 seconds. Mother of five and grandmother of 12, Wilde's feat shows her …
My Modern Met13 hours agoFormer Airline Employee Shares Hack That Could Save You From Missing Your Next Flightverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Elizabeth BeiserIf you've ever been in a rush to make your connecting flight, only to be fouled up by a last-minute gate change, then you'll appreciate this tip from TikToker and former airline employee Darby Maloney. She says, “I never have to look at screens in the airport anymore. It’s the greatest hack ever …
My Modern Met14 hours agoJR Transforms Milan Central Station Into a Rocky Landscape to Honor Its Originsverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Regina SienraMilan’s Stazione Centrale is home to JR‘s latest installation—a daring piece that sees the artist challenge himself to try something new. In La Nascita (The Birth), JR trades his signature medium of paper and glue for scaffoldings in the name of sculptural anamorphosis. In other words, by …
My Modern Met16 hours agoColorful Immersive Installations Celebrate the Unique Beauty of Earth’s Biodiversityverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Mia SantarelliEnvironmental artist Clare Celeste proudly pursues art as an avenue to bring attention to the eight different ecosystems on Earth. Using hand-cut images of various foliage and animals, the artist cultivates an immersive experience. Her work provokes viewers to relish in the beauty of our ecosystems …
My Modern Met17 hours agoPainter Transforms Vintage Oil Artworks Into Playfully Pixelated Paintingsverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Sarah CurrierDresden-based artist André Schulze specializes in modifying vintage paintings and turning them into something new. He selects old German paintings from the early to mid-20th century and reworks them with “precision and subtle irony to give them a new life.” His latest body of work transforms these …
