Art

March 29, 2026

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s Groundbreaking Art Collection to Land on the West Coast

For cultural icons Alicia Keys and Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, collecting art is about more than just taste or style. Above all, it’s about the artists themselves, or, in Keys’s words, about the “giants on whose shoulders we stand.” This philosophy has guided the couple and their relationship with artists for years, allowing them to amass some of the world’s most innovative pieces by Black American and diasporic artists.

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March 26, 2026

Fiber Artist Creates Delicately Woven “Windows” With Cut-Up Silk Paintings

In many ways, weaving came naturally to Élise Peroi. Ever since she was young, the French artist has been exposed to the artform, thanks in no small part to her mother, who was a seamstress and sewing teacher. “I spent a lot of time surrounded by fabric,” Peroi tells My Modern Met. “I loved the texture and the potential of what this flexible material could become.

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March 24, 2026

Monochrome Painting of Frida Kahlo Captures Her Soulful Essence in Blue

Few artists have understood the power of color quite like Frida Kahlo did. The late Mexican painter made bright hues part of her visual language, which she used to acknowledge both her heritage and her health struggles. Artist RAH Azul’s approach to color is different, but equally alluring. The painter works in shades of blue to create ornate portraits of Mexican icons and pop culture legends.

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