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.
Renaissance Art
November 29, 2024

Exhibition at the Met Explores How Siena Helped Set the Italian Renaissance in Motion

Florence is often the city that comes to mind when we think of the Italian Renaissance. It's where Botticelli was born, where Michelangelo came into his own, and where the powerful Medici family helped fund a generation of artists. However, many don't realize that the origins of the Renaissance sit about 50 miles south in the town of Siena.

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Travel
November 27, 2024

My Modern Met’s Art + Culture Guide to Palm Springs

Located in the Coachella Valley, Palm Springs is a desert resort town known for its mid-century modern architecture, cultural offerings, and music festivals. A fashionable vacation destination for the Hollywood elite from the 1930s onward, it has continued to capture visitors' imaginations. Millions flock to the city each year to enjoy everything it has to offer, from vintage architecture and fine dining to poolside festivals and stunning scenery.

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Academy
November 25, 2024

Save 25% on All Creative Classes During My Modern Met Academy’s Black Friday Sale

Time is ticking down to the holidays. If Black Friday is your official start to the shopping season, look no further. My Modern Met Academy is having a big sale on all of our online art classes. Our courses in drawing, painting, crafts, and photography are here for you to enroll in and learn from anywhere in the world. Plus, they can be viewed as many times as you like.

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Environment
November 19, 2024

Indigenous Group Submerges Large-Scale Images of G20 Leaders’ Heads in Climate Protest

Ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) held a peaceful protest in Rio de Janeiro that denounced the world's leading nations for their lack of effort in combating climate change. As part of this protest, they sank cutouts of the heads of these leaders in the water in front of Sugarloaf Mountain.

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