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Required Reading
This week: an 18-year-old painter in Gaza, Zohran’s documentarian, anti-ICE art sleds in Minnesota, the brilliance of “Heated Rivalry,” hidden reggaetón history, and more.
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin is an editor and writer based in Brooklyn. She earned a BA in Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University in 2021 and currently works as an Associate Editor at Hyperallergic.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I like seeing how my pieces change in the daylight versus the dawn.”
Community
Required Reading
Rose B. Simpson at SFMOMA, historical writers with day jobs, anti-surveillance clothing, the nostalgia of 2016, a day in the life of an art conservator, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I use palo santo in my space before working to honor my ancestors.”
Guide
15 Art Books We're Excited to Read in 2026
Books about Marcel Duchamp, Frida Kahlo, Alma Thomas, and more, plus critical studies of lipstick and complaining, are on our radar.
Community
Required Reading
The Schomburg Qur’an, Auudi Dorsey’s paintings of Black community at the beach, an unsolved Pollock theft, remembering Claudette Colvin, dollhouse furniture, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I'm constantly singing to my tapestries.”
Books Newsletter
David Wojnarowicz in the Age of Surveillance
Books on the living tradition of Palestinian embroidery, the women artists whose legacies Picasso eclipsed, and more to kick off 2026.
Community
Required Reading
Roxane Gay on the Guerrilla Girls, the uncertain future of the dictionary, Trump’s attacks on Venezuela and manufacturing consent, anti-ICE whistles, Snoopy turns 75, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“The studio is not neutral.”
Community
A View From the Easel
“In retrospect, what I created in that basement astonishes me.”
Daily Newsletter
A Year in Blue and Green
As writers and artists, we say the quiet part out loud, and we leave a record of our refusals and dreams.