Academy
June 24, 2025

Learn How to Create Stunning Mural Art Like Internationally Acclaimed Street Artist Alice Pasquini

In a tiny Italian town that, until very recently, was half abandoned, something magical happens every year. For a few days in the transition between spring and summer, mural artists from all over take to the streets of Civitacampomarano to participate in the CVTà Street Fest. A once-declining city center explodes with life and color, attesting to the importance and beauty of art in everyday life.

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Photojournalism
June 23, 2025

Sudanese Photographer Shares Personal Experience Documenting His Country’s Ongoing War [Interview]

On April 15, 2023, years of tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) boiled over into war. The effects of the conflict, which is still ongoing, have had a massive humanitarian toll. It's estimated that over half a million children have died from famine sparked by the war, with violence and disease taking the lives of many more.

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Tattoos
June 23, 2025

Enigmatic Tattoos Imagine Beautiful Women Wearing Animal-Inspired Headpieces

Tattooist and painter Edit Ben Gida takes a realistic approach to her art while infusing surrealist imagery into her enigmatic pieces. Working primarily as a tattoo artist, Edit’s most striking body art features women with animal-inspired headpieces—a theme that extends to her oil paintings. In Edit’s works, her subjects wear bejeweled headcovers that have spider-like legs dangling from carapaces.

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History
June 22, 2025

Fascinating Animation Reveals the Inner Workings of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome

Big, complex venues and meticulously crafted entertainment are two things that may feel very modern, but somehow they aren't. At the Colosseum in Ancient Rome, dazzling shows and and epic fights took place, bringing the masses together. But don't be fooled by the looks of this landmark today. As an animated video by Deconstructed shows, based on thorough research, the Colosseum was an engineering marvel that was well ahead of its time.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.