Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
Art
February 16, 2020

Expansive Book Features Never-Before-Seen Paintings by Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí is an endlessly fascinating figure in art history. Known for his Surrealist point of view—and its most enduring motif, the melted clock—the eccentric creative produced paintings as well as works in sculpture, film, photography, and more. But it's Dalí’s genius on canvas that is the subject of a recently expanded book by Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret, published by Taschen. Titled Dalí.

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Drawing
February 10, 2020

‘Parasite’ Fans Are Celebrating the Ingenious Film With Their Own Alternative Movie Posters

The South Korean film Parasite made Academy Award history on Sunday, February 9, 2020. The comedy-thriller broke boundaries by becoming the first film that's not in the English language to win Best Picture. But the top prize wasn't the only award Parasite earned that night. Director Bong Joon-ho won for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (shared with Han Jin Won), and Best International Feature, too.

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Animals
February 1, 2020

People Love How Much Ireland’s President Loves His Bernese Mountain Dogs

You don’t have to love dogs to talk to Irish President Michael D. Higgins, but it certainly helps. The head of state has gained a passionate following thanks to his adorable Bernese Mountain Dogs named Síoda and Bród. They often accompany him as he goes about his daily business of meeting with his constituents and officials both in the Irish government and abroad.

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