Posts by Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart is a Staff Editor and Digital Media Specialist for My Modern Met, as well as a curator and art historian. Since 2020, she is also one of the co-hosts of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. She earned her MA in Renaissance Studies from University College London and now lives in Rome, Italy. She cultivated expertise in street art which led to the purchase of her photographic archive by the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia in 2014. When she’s not spending time with her three dogs, she also manages the studio of a successful street artist. In 2013, she authored the book "Street Art Stories Roma" and most recently contributed to "Crossroads: A Glimpse Into the Life of Alice Pasquini." You can follow her adventures online at @romephotoblog.
Installation
September 25, 2019

440 High Heels Installed on Giant Wall to Honor Female Victims of Domestic Violence

Turkish artist Vahit Tuna has created a haunting installation to draw the public's attention to an important issue—domestic violence. By placing 440 pairs of black high heels on an enormous wall, he's making a bold statement. Each pair represents a woman in Turkey that was killed by her partner in 2018. It's a shocking number in a country where femicide is on the rise.

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Street Photography
September 20, 2019

New Yorkers Appear Frozen in Time in Super Slow-Mo Video at 960fps

When you think of New York City, the first image that probably pops into your head is crowd city street full of people quickly trying to get to where they're going. Filmmaker Glen Vivaris offers another vision of the city in a short clip he recently published. By using the Super Slow-mo feature on his Samsung Galaxy S10 phone, the hands of time are greatly decelerated, leaving the streets of Manhattan nearly frozen in time.

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Sculpture
September 19, 2019

Spooky Wall Sculptures of Victorian Ghosts Emerging from a Mirror

Inspired by Victorian horror literature, artist Michael Locascio (founder of Della Morte & Co.) has created a series of haunting sculptures. His Ghost in the Mirror comes in two versions, one depicting a female ghost and another featuring a male phantom. In both cases, the cast resin figures emerge from antique mirrors as though floating from the underworld into our space.

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