Sculpture
March 26, 2026

Fiber Artist Creates Delicately Woven “Windows” With Cut-Up Silk Paintings

In many ways, weaving came naturally to Élise Peroi. Ever since she was young, the French artist has been exposed to the artform, thanks in no small part to her mother, who was a seamstress and sewing teacher. “I spent a lot of time surrounded by fabric,” Peroi tells My Modern Met. “I loved the texture and the potential of what this flexible material could become.

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Dogs
March 25, 2026

Corgi Leads a Pack of 7 Dogs on a 10-Mile Journey To Make It Back Home

One canine quest sounds like something from a movie. A group of seven dogs in China went missing but miraculously found their way home, traveling more than 17 kilometers (about 10 miles) to reunite with their humans. The leader of this pack—which featured a golden retriever, labrador, German shepherd, and Pekinese—was a commanding corgi identified as Dapang, or “big fatty.

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Painting
March 25, 2026

Artist Explores Blackness Through Blue Motifs and Intricate Frames [Interview]

It all began with a spiritual encounter in 2022. On the final night of her trip to Eswatini, Ashley Nora danced and sang alongside a group of girls at the orphanage that hosted her throughout her stay. Suddenly, amid the festivities, she noticed that their bodies began radiating with a blue aura, a brilliant glow that exceeded the confines of their flesh.

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Inspiring
March 24, 2026

Korean Professors Welcome First-Year Students With Unique Choral Performance of K-Pop Hits

K-pop may be Korea’s biggest cultural export at the moment. Influencing pop culture and music around the world, the love for this genre is just as strong at home, where singers and idols create a frenzy among their hundreds of thousands of fans. K-pop has also become a vehicle to reach out to the youth. The teachers at Seoul’s Ewha Womans University know this all too well.

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My Modern Met

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