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.
Science
April 10, 2025

Royal Meteorological Society Celebrates 10 Years of Incredible Weather Photography [Interview]

For the past decade, the UK's Royal Meteorological Society has been promoting the beauty and power of weather with its Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year competition. Now open for entry, the contest encourages amateur and professional photographers to submit their best weather imagery taken during the last 10 years.

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Street Photography
April 9, 2025

50 Years of Jamel Shabazz’s Documentary Photography on Display in the Bronx

Photography has been a part of Jamel Shabazz‘s life since he was a teenager, and over time, this has led him to amass a dazzling collection of imagery. From early portraits of his junior high school classmates to his iconic street photography that crystalized the origins of hip-hop in New York, Shabazz has always used photography to immortalize his life. Now, an exhibition at the Bronx Documentary Center displays 50 years of those moments.

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Photography
April 6, 2025

Digital Artist Shares What It’s Like To Have His Work “Ruined by AI” [Interview]

These days, there is a lot of debate about the rise of AI—both good and bad.  As the use of this technology becomes commonplace, people are naturally more skeptical of everything they read and see. And while heightened awareness isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's had an unexpected impact on creatives. Specifically, digital artists have seen their hard work increasingly attributed to AI—a disheartening misjudgement of art that is the fruit of hard work.

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Oil Painting
April 2, 2025

Self-Taught Painter’s Evocative Art Straddles the Line Between Figurative and Abstract [Interview]

Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène‘s oil paintings straddle the line between abstract and figurative art. They sit in an area that almost appears Post-Impressionistic on the verge of Cubism; yet, at the same time, they are decidedly contemporary. His paintings are all the more impressive when looking at his creative process, which forgoes a traditional sitter or reference image, allowing him to paint freely and spontaneously.

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