Movies
October 7, 2025

Netflix Celebrates Jane Goodall’s Legacy With Posthumous Docuseries

In March 2025, renowned primatologist Jane Goodall struck an agreement with Netflix: she had recorded a docuseries with the streaming service, but only on the condition that it be aired after her death. Now, Netflix has made good on its promise, finally releasing Famous Last Words: Jane Goodall following the naturalist’s death at 91 last week. Throughout her confidential interview with Emmy Award-winner Brad Falchuk, Goodall offered reflections on her storied life and career.

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Academy
October 7, 2025

Level Up Your Architectural Illustration Skills With This New Online Art Class

Have you ever seen sketches of buildings by Renaissance masters like Brunelleschi or Michelangelo? They are as beautiful as they are realistic: it almost seems as though the buildings rendered are coming out of their page to meet us as viewers on the three-dimensional plane. If you’re interested in getting your architectural illustrations to similarly pop off the page, My Modern Met Academy’s newest class will help you to do just that.

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Endangered Animals
October 6, 2025

Orangutan Sanctuary Is Giving New Hope To Endangered Primates in Borneo

In just 50 years, or the lifetime of an orangutan, humans have destroyed half of Borneo’s rainforest and thereby endangered the lives of orangutans. Humans have invaded the rainforests of Borneo, where 90% of all orangutans live, for palm oil farms and coal mines. As a result, two-thirds of the Bornean orangutan populations has disappeared, leading the species to its current critically endangered status.

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Sculpture
October 6, 2025

Artist Explores Humanity’s Wide Range of Emotions Through Multi-Faced Sculptures

What if the entire range of human emotions could be gleaned all at once, within a single face? That question is one that Yoshitoshi Kanemaki seeks to answer through his art. For years, the Tokyo-based artist has carved delicate, life-size sculptures out of wood, each filtered through impressive “glitch” effects that ultimately create several disparate faces. In one sculpture alone, we can encounter everything from glee, playfulness, and pride to despair, anxiety, and frustration.

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My Modern Met

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