Health
December 23, 2025

Immersive Wellness Spa Will Blend Art and Science With Traditional Bathing Practices

The advent of bathhouses can be traced back to at least 2500 BCE, and their rejuvenating properties remain popular today. But what if, beyond the mineral pools, steam rooms, and ice baths, art played a role in this wellness experience? Submersive is doing just that. As the world’s first immersive art bathhouse, it will blend art, science, and traditional bathing practices to take you “beyond relaxation into elevated states of consciousness.

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Pen Drawing
December 22, 2025

Artist Has Been Drawing a Dense, Evolving Architectural World for Eight Years

The artist known as Margritt is constructing an entire world, one stroke at a time. Using a pencil, fine-tipped pen, and her imagination, she creates expansive artworks as part of her ongoing series titled Futur/amas. “The work in Futur/amas is structured around perspectives, vanishing points, and complex architectural composition,” Margritt explains to My Modern Met.

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Architecture
December 20, 2025

Düsseldorf’s New Opera House Will Feature Carved-Out Interiors, Resembling an Eroded Cave

Earlier in 2025, Snøhetta unveiled the Shanghai Opera House, an innovative structure resembling an unfurling fan. This opera house is just one of many performing arts centers that the Oslo-based architecture firm has designed, including the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, the Busan Opera House in South Korea, and the Isabel Bader Center in Canada. Now, Snøhetta has turned its attention to Düsseldorf, where it will build yet another ambitious opera house.

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My Modern Met

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