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A View From the Easel
“I consider my art to be visual music.”
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.
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Required Reading
This week: Compton’s forthcoming art center, a Lebanese artist’s workshops for displaced children, dog sledding in Yukon, the NGA goes viral on TikTok, stop-motion versus AI, and more.
Books Newsletter
50 Years of Chicano Photography
Art books we're reading this spring, a deep dive into Frank O'Hara's curatorial gig at MoMA, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I don't foresee certain results, but I welcome the provocation of the material and the form.”
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Required Reading
This week: Calida Rawles paints Blackness and water, the artists who shaped Fire Island, translating literature during the Tehran blackout, why weather apps suck, and more.
Guide
10 Art Books for Your Spring Reading List
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s first catalog in 25 years, Molly Crabapple chronicles the Jewish Bund, a photographer captures a Black Southern waterway, and more
Satire
Ancient Statues at The Met to Receive Patrons' Noses
Thanks to the inaugural Smellowship program, your nose could end up on a marble sculpture in the museum's Greek and Roman Art wing.
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A View From the Easel
“Getting a mold to work still feels like magic to me!”
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Required Reading
This week: what art conservators and novelists have in common, Toni Morrison and canonization, celebrating Eid in Gaza, the Lindy West drama, “girl games,” and more.
Books Newsletter
White Girls and the Global South
Happy spring! If you've been stuck in a reading slump like me, look no further.
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Required Reading
This week: Ukrainian mosaics, artists and motherhood, Dolores Huerta speaks out, copaganda in the US, wall labels versus artworks, and is your diet a little bit fascist?
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A View From the Easel
“I wish I had a vegetable garden next to my studio and a pig walking around in my workspace.”