Photo Contest
April 18, 2025

Haunting Portrait of Palestinian Boy Named 2025 World Press Photo of the Year

Once again, an image of the human cost of war was named World Press Photo of the Year. In 2024, Mohammed Salem's haunting photo of a woman cradling her dead niece, who was killed in Israeli airstrikes, was honored with the prize. And in 2025, Samar Abu Elouf gives a glimpse of the reality for children who may have made it out of Gaza alive, but will be forever be marked by these horrific events.

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Sculpture
April 18, 2025

Quantum Physicist Turned Artist Creates Innovative “Disappearing” Sculptures

Sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae hasn’t always been a practicing artist. Before moving to the United States in 2001, to pursue a BFA in sculpture, he was a quantum physicist—first at the Freie University Berlin and the University of Edinburgh, and later at the University of Vienna. While there, he and his team conducted a seminal experiment now commonly featured in many physics textbooks, demonstrating the quantum behavior for “buckyball” particles.

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Funny
April 17, 2025

Humorous Trading Cards of Middle-Aged Men Go Viral in Small Japanese Town

Yu-Gi-Oh. Pokémon. Magic: The Gathering. These are some of the world’s most popular trading card games (TCGs), and yet children in Kawara, a small town in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture, are opting for something a little more unique. Their homegrown TCG doesn’t feature fire-breathing dragons, gigantic orcs, or wand-wielding wizards—it features middle-aged and elderly men (ojisan).

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Painting
April 17, 2025

Artist Creates Hyperrealistic Paintings Teeming With Microscopic Details [Interview]

When asked about his artistic influences, Marco Grassi often credits sfumato as one of them. The technique, which gradually blends colors, light, and shadow, emerged during the Renaissance, and lent itself to the hazy yet realistic canvases that characterize the era. Though compelled by it, Grassi also knew he wanted to push the style further, merging its core principles with that of contemporary art. And so Grassi’s own visual language emerged.

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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.