Painting
September 20, 2025

Paintings Scattered With Colorful Eggshells Convey Life’s Fragility and Resilience in One [Interview]

When considering metaphors for fragility, eggs are often a recurring theme. They also happen to be a guiding force throughout Larisa Safaryan’s practice, which has long revolved around themes of delicacy and renewal. But, rather than simply using eggshells as a sculptural base, Safaryan scatters them across her abstract paintings. “I [like] eggshells because they embody fragility, mirroring the delicate nature of life itself,” Safaryan tells My Modern Met.

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Astrophotography
September 19, 2025

Inouye Solar Telescope Captures Most Detailed Images Ever of Powerful Solar Flares

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation emitted by the sun during solar storms, standing as the most powerful explosions in the solar system. According to NASA, the biggest flares can have as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs, and yet astronomers have only recently obtained record-breaking photographs of the phenomenon. On August 8, 2024, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope at Maui’s National Solar Observatory (NSO)

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Store
September 19, 2025

Clip-on Prism Transforms Your Phone’s Photos Into Rainbow-Drenched Scenes

Photo filters haven’t always been digital. Long before VSCO, Instagram, and TikTok, if photographers wanted to add tints, distortions, or other special effects to their images, they’d have to use analog lens clips to manipulate the camera lens. This tool hasn’t gone away—many DSLR and film photographers still use them to create great effects in-camera.

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Social Cause
September 18, 2025

Subterranean Library Built in Metro Station Encourages Commuters To Read

Reading a book while riding the subway is nothing new, but Poland’s capital has recently taken that trend to the next level. Nestled in Warsaw’s Targówek district is a new subterranean library, offering locals a radical alternative to smartphone usage during their commutes. Metroteka opened its 150-square-meter (about 1,615-square-foot) space in the Kondratowicza M2 line station earlier this month. Inside, visitors can explore some 16,000 books, all available for loan through an “express” checkout machine.

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My Modern Met

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