Art
June 22, 2026

Fleeting Fog Installation Transforms Historic Paris Museum Into a Shifting Cloudscape

Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya has spent more than five decades creating sculptures from something that can never hold a permanent shape. Since unveiling the world’s first fog sculpture at Expo ‘70 in Osaka, she has transformed mist into an artistic medium at museums and landmarks around the world, including the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Grand Palais in Paris, and Philip Johnson’s Glass House in Connecticut.

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Books
June 20, 2026

Earliest Surviving Edition of ‘King Arthur’ Manuscript Is Going up for Auction

The tales of King Arthur and Merlin have been told for centuries, mythologized and rewritten into a legend that has influenced the way we tell stories. Now, one of the earliest surviving manuscripts is up for auction at Christie’s in July 2026, and the sale is likely to reach a whopping $2 million. The manuscript, which is believed to be the earliest edition of the stories ever at auction, is from roughly 1290–1310.

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Funny
June 19, 2026

Two Redditors Team up To Make an “Earth Sandwich” From Opposite Sides of the World

Have you ever wondered what is on the exact opposite side of the world from where you stand? People have long asked themselves this question, leading to the creation of tools to determine where you’d end up if you dug up a tunnel across the planet. Others, like a young man named Etienne Naude, have had a more whimsical approach to it. He set out to make an “Earth sandwich.

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My Modern Met

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