Posts by Sage Helene

Sage Helene

Sage Helene is a contributing writer at My Modern Met. She earned her MFA in Photography and Related Media and an MST in Art Education from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She has since written for several digital publications, including Float and UP Magazine. In addition to her writing practice, Sage works as an Art Educator across both elementary and secondary levels, where she is committed to fostering artistic curiosity, inclusivity, and confidence in young creators.
Photography
October 26, 2026

Photographer Layers Time and Memory to Completely Reimagine the Cities He Visited [Interview]

Italian photographer Riccardo Magherini has spent 15 years exploring how we remember the places we visit. His ongoing project, The Shape of Memories, brings together photographs taken across cities including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Hanoi. He layers different moments into a single image, combining street scenes, architecture, and human figures to reconstruct his experience of each place. Magherini develops these compositions in the studio weeks or months after taking the photographs.

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Art
October 23, 2026

Step Inside Five Famous Paintings in This Immersive Virtual Reality Exhibition

Five iconic works from Madrid’s Museo Nacional del Prado come to life in an immersive, high-tech event. At Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, New York, Masterpieces: A Virtual Experience of the Museo del Prado invites visitors to step beyond the frames of historic paintings and explore their worlds in three dimensions. Developed by ACCIONA Cultura in exclusive collaboration with the museum, the exhibition debuts in the U.S.

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Photography
October 18, 2026

How This Artist Uses Light and Time To Transform Photographic Paper Into Luminous Art [Interview]

For artist Rachelle Bussières, photography begins where the camera ends. Working primarily with black-and-white silver gelatin paper, the French-Canadian artist creates camera-less works that allow light, time, and physical gesture to shape the image. Her luminous surfaces emerge in blues, violets, and warm beiges, not through applied pigment but through the chemistry of photographic paper responding to exposure. Bussières works between photography, sculpture, and works on paper.

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Installation
October 14, 2026

JR Covers the Vatican Apostolic Library With a Giant Wave Measuring Nearly 100 Feet High

A massive wave appears to crash across the facade of the Vatican Apostolic Library. Nearly 70 meters (230 feet) wide and 30 meters (98 feet) high, the black-and-white image transforms the 16th-century building into the scene of an impending flood. Created by French artist JR, Diluvium turns one of the Vatican’s greatest fears into a monumental work of art. The installation was unveiled on September 14, 2026, as part of AQVA.

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