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A View From the Easel
“People really underestimate how much pacing and walking you do when making.”
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin is an editor and writer based in Brooklyn. She graduated with a BA in Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University in 2021 and is currently an Associate Editor at Hyperallergic.
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Louise Bourgeois’s Overdue Biography
The countdown to 2026 — and the deluge of end-of-year lists — has begun in earnest, but we're not quite done with 2025 yet. This week, our reviewers tackled two colossal subjects: monuments and the late great Louise Bourgeois. Monumental by Cat Dawson invites us to contemplate a world of
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This week: Lankton Greer’s dolls live on, Indigenous glass artists, AI slop recipes take over the holidays, contact lens art, chronically offline hobbies, and much more.
A View From the Easel
A View From the Easel
“I feel so safe and unselfconscious here in my garage studio.”
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This week: pothole mosaics, mosque demolitions in India, Yazidi cultural reclamation, remembering Alice Wong, vocal fry, “American Gothic” drag, and much more.
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A View From the Easel
“The darkness surrounding my studio has its own magic.”
Guide
15 Art Books to Gift This Holiday Season
A Ruth Asawa catalog for the disenchanted, artsy almanac for the planners, Prospect Park photo book for the New Yorkers, Vermeer tome for the Golden Age fans, and much more.
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This week: New Mexico beyond Georgia O’Keeffe, pop Medievalism, Indigenous protesters at COP30, Black farmers step up, mourning Teen Vogue, AI hobbies, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“Everything is where I know it should be, with me included in it.”
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This week: Mira Nair’s influence on Zohran, journalists sound the alarm on the genocide in Sudan, a trans punk zine makes a comeback, Ms. Rachel’s dress, stained-glass leaves, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“My studio offers fewer distractions and less cat hair.”
Interview
Molly Crabapple Is Savoring Zohran’s Win
“We don’t have enough examples of winning, so it’s really important to taste the sweetness when we do,” the artist and activist told Hyperallergic.