Posts by My Modern Met Team

Podcast
October 7, 2020

My Modern Met Launches the Top Artist Podcast

For the past 12 years, My Modern Met has been bringing you the best in art and culture from around the world. And now, we're excited to share something we've been cooking up for the past few months—the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. This biweekly podcast will allow listeners to go in-depth with some of the top creatives working today.

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Art
May 15, 2019

Interview: Artist Reveals Bristling Scales by Meticulously Cutting a Single Sheet of Paper

Artist Lauren Collin reveals exquisite textures from flat sheets of paper. Using a scalpel with surgical blades, she carves watercolor paper into “bas-reliefs” that are a dazzling collection of bristling scales in a variety of shapes and sizes. The details of her work are incredible; Collin uses the thickness of the material to create layers of scales that result in a surprising amount of depth.

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Art
July 20, 2018

10+ Talented Artists Creating Magnificent Miniature Worlds

Over the years, we've seen tons of artists who create whimsical adventures in a miniature-sized world. Using everyday materials as well as toy props, these artists transport us into another world, sometimes even making us questions what is real and what is fake. Today, we've rounded up six of the most talented artists who are as equally skilled at setting up miniature scenes as they are about snapping the perfect shot.

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Photography
December 25, 2017

Best of 2017: Top 40 Photographs From Around the World

Well, another year has gone by and it's safe to say that it has been a memorable one. We’ve had a great year for photography with an abundance of images to fill us with uncontainable joy, laughter, heartache, anger, sorrow, exhilaration, and wanderlust. It’s only natural to want to feel it all again by taking a look back at the best photos of 2017. As a year saturated with heated political discourse, shocking (but not-so-shocking)

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