Movies
July 5, 2025

Watch How Hollywood Legends Pulled off Their Wild Stunts in Iconic 1920s Films

Nowadays, most film studios rely on CGI and green screens, either entirely or as a supplement, to accomplish ambitious stunts. Technology, of course, hasn’t always been advanced enough for such immersive illusions, and yet films from the early 20th century still managed to feature spectacular cinematic effects. They say a magician should never reveal their tricks, but a recent YouTube video by Lost in Time does just that.

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Installation
July 4, 2025

Musical Composer’s Brain Matter Is Still Making Music Three Years After His Death

What if death weren’t the end for human creativity, but instead the catalyst for a new kind of art? Revivification is a haunting and immersive installation created in collaboration with the late American composer Alvin Lucier that probes the liminal space between life and the afterlife. Speculative science fuses raw emotion to create a piece that invites us to question not just how far creativity can go, but whether it even should go that far.

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Creative Products
July 4, 2025

Fourth of July Sale at My Modern Met Store: Save 15% on All of Our Creative Products

The Fourth of July is a day typically spent grilling and hanging poolside. Whether you’re having a cookout or are staying indoors to avoid the heat, you can take advantage of My Modern Met Store’s Fourth of July sale. From July 4 to July 7, we’re offering 15% off your entire order when you use the code FIREWORKS15 at checkout. Don't delay; the discount ends at 11:59 PM PT.

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Installation
July 3, 2025

Dazzling Thread Art Installation Stretches String To Create Luminous Indoor Rainbows

Artist Gabriel Dawe is creating rainbows indoors again. Continuing his dazzling Plexus series, the renowned creative has recently installed Plexus no. 46 as part of a group show at Villa Manin in Italy. The exhibition is titled Transparent Architectures (Architteture Trasparenti) and features Dawe’s work alongside incredible artists, including Christina Kubisch, Robert Irwin, Pat White, and Jeppe Hein.

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