Posts by Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
Archeology
July 16, 2026

Archaeologists Discover 1,600-Year-Old Roman Guardian Sculpture at Ancient Fort Near Hadrian’s Wall

On June 16, 2026, Dr. Andrew Birley, director of excavations at Vindolanda, was excavating a fourth-century Roman barrack when he came across a beautifully preserved sandstone statue depicting a protective guardian spirit. The rare Roman relief was untouched since it had been deliberately buried beneath the barrack floor more than 1,600 years ago. Vindolanda was a Roman fort in northern England, built around 85 CE, just south of Hadrian’s Wall.

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Art
July 13, 2026

New Exhibition Explores Palestinian Stories of Displacement Across Generations

Though there has been little said about it over the years, Palestinian displacement started decades ago. During the 1948 Nakba, around 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes as Zionist groups seized towns and villages, forcing families to rebuild their lives elsewhere. Some eventually settled in Canada, and today their stories are being shared at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).

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Sculpture
July 9, 2026

Antony Gormley Fills a Gallery With Giant Bodies Made From Industrial Materials

Legendary British sculptor Antony Gormley has spent decades focusing on the human body, exploring both its relationship with nature and the built environment. His latest exhibition, What Holds Us, continues that exploration through sculptures made from industrial materials including clay, concrete, iron, and cardboard, diving into what it means to exist as “urban animals.” The exhibition is located at GALLERIA CONTINUA in San Gimignano, a medieval hill town surrounded by the rolling Tuscan countryside.

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Sculpture
July 6, 2026

Artist Transforms Burned Cars From the LA Fires Into Stained Glass Sculptures

While the LA fires in January 2025 reduced tens of thousands of homes to ash, they also left around 6,000 burned-out cars rusting in driveways across the city. Most were eventually towed away and recycled as scrap, but stained glass artist Ben Tuna (of Glass Cowboy Studio) saw something worth saving. He rescued some of of the charred vehicles and transformed them into works of art.

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