Posts by Eva Baron

Eva Baron

Eva Baron is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met. Eva graduated with a degree in Art History and English from Swarthmore College, and has previously worked in book publishing and at galleries. She has since transitioned to a career as a full-time writer. Beyond writing, Eva enjoys doing the daily crossword, going on marathon walks across New York, and sculpting.
Good News
May 22, 2025

Teen Bets $10 He’ll Marry His High School Sweetheart, Almost a Decade Later They Tie the Knot

Even at 15 years old, Brodie Richards was confident that he would marry his girlfriend Savannah—so confident, in fact, that he said so to one of his friends, and bet her $10 back in 2016. Richards' friend caught the moment on camera, and the video didn’t resurface until years later, in April 2024, when Brodie and Savannah did indeed get married.

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Installation
May 19, 2025

Chiharu Shiota’s Newest Exhibition Highlights “Emptiness” by Filling the Void With Webs of Thread

Despite working predominantly with thread, Chiharu Shiota wants to be clear: her art should be read as paintings, not as cobwebs. For the Japanese artist, threads are brushstrokes, and her monumental installations are canvases, delicately painted and suspended in the air. “When I finally began using thread,” Shiota said in a recent interview with My Modern Met, “I felt like I found my own material. I could express my emotions.

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Animals
May 18, 2025

Study Reveals How Female Bonobos Stick Together To Maintain Their Power

Out in the wild, countless animal societies are governed by males. That’s why scientists have long puzzled over those in the animal kingdom that are female-dominated, whether they consist of elephants, honeybees, or, most recently, bonobos. Why, a new study asks, do female bonobos reign supreme, even when male bonobos are so much bigger, louder, and stronger? Turns out the arrangement has a lot to do with solidarity.

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