Art

August 3, 2026

Porcelain Flower Sculptures With Golden Accents Capture the Way Sunlight Dances Across Petals

Earlier this month, My Modern Met Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief Eugene Kim visited the 2026 Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, where he explored the work of more than 100 award-winning Orange County artists across painting, photography, ceramics, glass, sculpture, and more. One of the stand-out artists included Monica Prado, a ceramic artist who uses porcelain and gold luster to create stunning floral sculptures. For Prado, every sculpture begins with a feeling she wants to hold onto.

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July 30, 2026

Rain Sculptures Capture the Fleeting Ripples of Raindrops as Carvings in Solid Black Granite

For more than two decades, Chinese artist Shen Lie-Yi has transformed the fleeting movement of water into enduring sculpture. His ongoing Rain series captures the moment a raindrop strikes a surface, expanding outward in delicate ripples before disappearing almost instantly. Shen recreates these transient forms in materials such as Shanxi black granite, black obsidian, and carbon fiber, turning a brief natural gesture into something that can endure.

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July 28, 2026

Artist Creates Mossy Arms Wrapping a Forest in Tree Hugs

Nature is one of our greatest sources of connection, and trees represent an entire ecosystem of interweaving relationships. This is something that artist Christophe Guinet, better known as Monsieur Plant, explores in Tree Hug, an outdoor exhibit on the grounds of the Maison Chateaubriand in Châtenay-Malabry, France. The mossy arm sculptures evoke a sense of warmth and tenderness for nature as they wrap themselves around the trunks of trees.

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