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.
Installation
June 25, 2026

This Floating Store on Lake Ontario Challenges How We Think About Convenience

In most cities, convenience stores are never too far away, but have you ever seen one floating on water? Moored in the Harbour Square Park Basin on Toronto’s Lake Ontario, a fully stocked shop called Global Convenience is turning the familiar bodega into something far less accessible, and that’s exactly the point. It invites visitors to think about daily rituals, accessibility, and the ways we interact with the urban environment.

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Resources
June 19, 2026

Extensive Digital Archive Reunites Hundreds of Leonardo da Vinci Drawings and Manuscripts

One of history’s greatest inventors, Leonardo da Vinci, came up with ambitious ideas that were centuries ahead of their time, filling his notebooks with designs for flying machines, armored vehicles, bridges, hydraulic systems, and mechanical devices. While many of his designs were never built during his lifetime, his detailed sketches were fortunately preserved.

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Installation
June 16, 2026

Tremendous Tulips “Bloom” in Gallery as a Symbol of Hope and Resilience

Inspired by how light can alter a space, Iranian artist Reza Raeisifar transformed Tehran’s Vast Gallery with The Crimson Procession, an immersive installation of light and sound presented in November 2025. The exhibition featured several oversized illuminated tulips, using the flower as a symbol of remembrance, sacrifice, and renewal. Each glowing tulip was crafted from translucent red acrylic petals supported by a steel framework and lit from within, casting a warm glow throughout the space.

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Portrait Photography
June 10, 2026

Split Portraits Explore Human Genetics and How Closely Family Members Resemble One Another

Do people ever tell you that you look just like one of your parents? Or maybe you look almost identical to your sibling. Through his ongoing Genetic Portraits series (which began in 2008), Quebec-based designer and photographer Ulric Collette explores how members of the same family resemble each other, how they’re different, and the role genetics plays in a person’s physical appearance. Collette’s images aren’t your ordinary family portraits.

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