Acrylic Painting
October 27, 2025

Surreal Paintings of Pensive Women Conjure Both Feelings of Tranquility and Unease

Lately, artist Sarah Joncas has been especially fond of the ocean. In the Canadian artist’s most recent canvases, women nestle into fields of sea anemones, slip shells and starfish into their hair, dive deep underwater, and, like monuments, emerge from rippling waves. It should perhaps come as no surprise that these themes dominate her latest solo exhibition, aptly titled Lost at Sea.

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Architecture
October 25, 2025

Tokyo Exhibition Celebrates the “Primitive Future” Architecture of Sou Fujimoto

The incredible architecture of Sou Fujimoto is being celebrated with an exhibition at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum. Sou Fujimoto: Primordial Future Forest is the Japanese architect’s first major exhibition. Split into eight sections, the survey is an innovative architecture exhibition that not only includes the usual scale models, plans, and photographs, but also includes large-scale replicas to transport visitors inside Fujimoto’s creative concepts.

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Art
October 24, 2025

Nearly 30 Years of Artist Lee Bul’s Extensive Oeuvre in One Expansive Exhibition

For artists who have been working for many years, survey exhibitions are a valuable opportunity for us to understand their work as a single oeuvre. What throughlines are there? Are there recurring motifs visible from project to project? Artist Lee Bul is an influential figure in Korean contemporary art, and a major survey exhibition of her work at the Leeum Museum of Art is a journey into her artistic mind.

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Animals
October 24, 2025

Watch the Mesmerizing Beauty of the Annual Mobula Ray Migration

Every year, between May and July, the Sea of Cortez transforms into one of the world’s most breathtaking scenes: the mobula ray migration. The rays, which are also commonly referred to as flying rays, travel in enormous groups called “fevers,” their diamond-shaped bodies gracefully gliding through the water. Sometimes, they’ll even break through the waves, launching themselves up to 6 feet into the air all while flapping their long fins.

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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.