Art

July 24, 2025

Elegant Pop-Up Installation Merges Flowers and Industrial Aesthetics

For one day only, flowers became art in a Williamsburg townhouse thanks to Crosby Studios and Flover. The Paris and New York City-based Crosby Studios, run by Henry Nuriev, is known for its industrial aesthetic. By partnering with Flover, a floral design studio, it created Flower Room. This installation fuses nature with minimalism to create a fascinating result.

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July 22, 2025

Two Decades of an Artist’s Exploration of Timeless Beauty Celebrated in Expansive Exhibition

Artist Karen LaMonte explores concepts of timeless beauty, strength, fragility, and the “fleeting nature of life” through her stunning sculptural works. Porcelain, bronze, glass, and stone are the materials with which she expresses these ideas—and has done so for over two decades. Now, an expansive exhibition at the Munson Museum in Utica, New York, is celebrating her work.

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July 16, 2025

Surreal Sculptures of Fragmented People Inspiring Self-Reflection [Interview]

South African artist James Cook’s sculptures weren’t always grounded in abstraction. Before he began creating the fragmented, dreamy sculptures for which he’s become known, he mostly stayed within the lines. At first, this was an attractive option for him: there was a “technical challenge” implicit in “capturing the human form with precision,” the artist tells My Modern Met, yet he often felt that the final results remained “static.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.