My Modern Met

May 28, 2025

16-Foot-Tall Cactus Made of Vintage Cadillac Parts Celebrates Palm Springs Heritage

Like a mirage, the genius of Roger Reutimann’s newest installation becomes clearer the closer one gets to it. At first, it appears to be a simple cactus, its spiny arms rising out of the Californian desert. Approach it more and a metallic sheen and red lights begin to emerge. Even the installation’s name is a play on its hybrid identity.

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Painting

May 27, 2025

17th-Century Painting by Old Master Found in Barn Attic Sells at Auction for Over $7 Million

On May 21, Sotheby’s New York hosted an auction replete with stunning paintings by Old Masters.

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Inspiring

May 27, 2025

100-Year-Old Italian Barista Says Her Job Keeps Her Young and She Plans To Work Until 105

According to ISTAT, Italy's national statistics bureau, there are more than 22,000 Italians between the ages of 100 and 104.

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Video

May 27, 2025

Filmmaker Captures Schoolmates at 50 Years Old and Again at 60 in Beautiful Look at Aging

Filmmaker Jeroen Wolf of Imagine Video has once again created a fascinating look at aging with a short film titled 50 Turned 60. In the three-and-a-half-minute video, he captures a group of 50-year-olds saying the Dutch word for “50” and places them side by side with their future selves as 60-year-olds saying the word “60.

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Travel

May 27, 2025

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Launches Cruise To Set Sail Across All 5 Great Lakes

Architecture lovers with a passion for the open water can now set sail on a one-of-a-kind Frank Lloyd Wright-themed cruise...

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Art

May 27, 2025

Chicago White Sox Unveils New Mural of Pope Leo XIV Inside Baseball Stadium

Pope Leo XIV may be living a new life in the Vatican, but he’ll forever have a presence in Chicago—not...

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May 27, 2025

Preserve Your Memories (And Make New Ones!) With These Fun and Inspiring Online Embroidery Classes

Sometimes, our traditional methods of preserving memories just aren’t enough. Sure, photos and videos are great ways to record trips, special occasions, and milestones, but there is something to be said for the fleeting moments sensed beyond sight and sound that remind you of a fond memory. Touch, in this way, is a seriously underrated and underutilized method of enhancing how people preserve their memories.

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History

May 26, 2025

New Research Suggests Human Language Evolved More Than 135,000 Years Ago

There are an estimated 7,000 languages spoken around the world today, allowing humans to chat, tell stories, and share information.

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History

May 26, 2025

This Is the Only Illuminated Manuscript From Antiquity Depicting Homer’s ‘Iliad’

With all the buzz around Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, one question comes to mind: what about...

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Archeology

May 26, 2025

Ancient Egyptian Drawing Now Theorized To Represent the Milky Way’s Great Rift

New research suggests that ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut may contain an early representation of the Milky Way galaxy. According to Dr. Or Graur, an astrophysicist and associate professor at the University of Portsmouth, a recurring dark, zigzagging band across Nut’s back could symbolize the Great Rift, a dense dust lane that cuts through the Milky Way.

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