Travel
March 16, 2021

Dubai Has a Heart-Shaped ‘Love Lake’ in the Middle of the Desert

Dubai’s Love Lake is a truly unique tourist destination for couples and families alike. Located in the middle of the desert near Al Qadra in Dubai, this manmade lake is designed in the shape of two intersecting hearts. The lake acts as a perfect retreat from the bustling city life of Dubai for both local city-dwellers and travelers to the United Arab Emirates.

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Sculpture
March 16, 2021

Powerful Bronze and Glass Sculptures Visualize the Consuming Struggles of Alcoholism

Belgian artist Thomas Lerooy combines two age-old mediums—bronze and glass—in his exciting conceptual sculptures. Speaking in Tongues and You Were On My Mind were both created in 2014 and exhibited at Glasstress in 2015—a collateral event of the La Biennale di Venezia that focuses on contemporary glass art. “Artists want to create the best work that they can,” Lerooy tells My Modern Met.

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Music
March 15, 2021

Malawian Musician Plays a Homemade Bass Guitar With a Glass Bottle and Stick

Remember crafting cereal box guitars as a kid? The cardboard instruments are fun to make, but they don't exactly sound too impressive. Malawian musician Gasper Nali is proof that some homemade instruments can produce amazing sounds, though. He plays what he calls the Babatoni—a handmade, three-meter-long, single-stringed bass guitar—with an empty bottle and a stick. Nali describes his sound as “the most beautiful and catchy original afro-beats possible.

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My Modern Met

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