Drawing
May 31, 2023

Illustrator Shares Her Top Drawing Tips (And Two Things to Avoid)

Drawing is a practice that’s all your own, but it’s always valuable to get tips from the pros. After all, they’ve gone through hours upon hours of putting pencil to paper and have learned helpful tips and tricks along the way. Illustrator and My Modern Met contributing writer Margherita Cole is a prolific drawer who has shared with us her top suggestions as well as a couple of pitfalls you’ll want to avoid.

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Music
May 30, 2023

Beyoncé Pays Tribute to Tina Turner With a Powerful Performance

Tina Turner left an indelible mark in the world of music. From overcoming severe obstacles on her way to the top to opening doors for aspiring female musicians and artists of color, her legacy will live on for ages. Recently, Turner sadly passed away at age 83, after battling a long illness. The announcement prompted luminaries to pay their respects and share what made Turner such a special figure.

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Sculpture
May 30, 2023

Lyrical Sculptures Fuse the Beauty of Nature With Elegant Human Movement

There’s a lyrical beauty in the figurative sculptures of Jonathan Hateley. Constructed out of hand-painted bronze and bronze resin, the pieces combine human movement with nature motifs. The elegant subjects are cloaked in leaves, webbing, blossoms, and more. They evoke unity with their surroundings, which are often among gardens or have the backdrop of a field or forest.

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Archeology
May 29, 2023

Hi-Tech Scans of the Titanic Create the Sunken Ship’s First 3D “Digital Twin”

Once more, mankind has returned to Titanic. The ship—which collided with an iceberg in the early hours of the morning on April 10, 1912—has held great sway in the public consciousness for the past century. Most recently, the 25th anniversary of James Cameron's Titanic film has renewed interest in the wreck. However, there is still much that is unknown about how the Titanic, and 1,500 of its passengers, met a tragic watery end.

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