My Modern Met

February 23, 2026

SpraySeeMO: A Mural Festival Bringing Sprawling Street Art to Kansas City [Interview]

Kansas City, Missouri, is known as the City of Fountains, but it’s also become a city of murals. You just have to know where to look. Throughout its downtown, particularly in the Crossroads Arts District, large-scale street art graces the sides of buildings, bringing vibrant colors, casts of characters, and graffiti-inspired designs to the urban landscape. Facilitating these pieces is SpraySeeMO (a play on KCMO, the nickname for Kansas City)

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Dogs

February 23, 2026

Escaped Wolfdog Crashes Winter Olympics Ski Race and Steals the Show

Embed from Getty Images During the women’s cross-country skiing team sprint qualifying race at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February...

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Good News

February 23, 2026

Disabled Filmmaker Creates World’s First Wheelchair Camera System

For Chris Lynch, accessibility in filmmaking isn’t just a preference—it’s a necessity.

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Renaissance Art

February 23, 2026

Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Rediscovered in North Carolina After 100 Years

When we think of women in the Italian Renaissance, we often picture the enigmatic sitter in Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, or the serene beauty of La Fornarina by Raphael. These women have become icons of Western art. Yet far fewer people can name the women who were the actual painters of the time, as opposed to “the muse.

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Painting

February 23, 2026

Artist Uses Pops of Color To Highlight Portraits of Black Kids and Teens [Interview]

Artist Guy Stanley Philoche creates work blending realistic portraiture with abstraction.

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Graphic Design

February 22, 2026

Vintage Japanese Matchbox Labels Masterfully Blend Cultural Identity With Commerce

Before digital branding and mass advertising, Japan found a vibrant graphic language in an unexpected place: matchbox labels.

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Architecture

February 21, 2026

Mercedes-Benz Teams up With Binghatti To Build a “City Within a City” in Dubai

Mercedes-Benz has long been a beacon of luxury in the automotive world, and now its stylish design is reaching beyond the car doors. The company has teamed up with Binghatti, a Dubai-based luxury real estate developer, to launch their second joint project, named Mercedes-Benz Places Binghatti City in the United Arab Emirates.

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Entertainment

February 20, 2026

RIP Eric Dane: Actor From ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Euphoria’ Dies at 53

Actor Eric Dane, best known for his roles as Dr.

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Dance

February 20, 2026

Priest Amps Up Crowd With Dance Moves at a High School Basketball Game’s Halftime Show

If the Super Bowl halftime show gets Bad Bunny, high school basketball gets… a priest dancing to 2000s pop music!

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Inspiring

February 20, 2026

‘Big Bang Theory’ Star Kunal Nayyar Anonymously Pays Medical Bills for Families on GoFundMe

In a recent interview with The i Paper, actor Kunal Nayyar revealed that he often donates large sums to GoFundMe campaigns, providing anonymous support to families grappling with medical bills. The revelation has since gone viral on social media, especially considering Nayyar’s reported net worth is $45 million, per Fortune.

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