Community
A View From the Easel: Leslie Lewis Sigler
“The light and studio interior are literally reflected in my work.”
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin is an editor, reader, 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, with a focus on books, at Hyperallergic.
Interview
Mona Chalabi Paints a Picture of Class Inequality
“The crisis is the system that we’re in,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning data journalist and artist says in an interview with Hyperallergic about her first book, “Ten Lives.”
Community
A View From the Easel: Natali Bravo-Barbee
“As a mother, there are so many spaces in my life that are organized around other people’s needs. The studio is a space where I get to return to myself.”
Art Movements
The Glimchers Can’t Keep Up the Pace
The mega gallery is struggling, Ebony L. Haynes joins Marian Goodman Gallery, longtime Manifesta director steps down, and more in Art Movements.
Books Newsletter
Layli Long Soldier’s Quilted Poetry
The Lakota poet reflects on the visual art in her new book, 10 art titles we’re reading this month, and a biography of Beverly Buchanan sets the record straight.
Community
A View From the Easel: Anna Pajak
“I wanted it to feel like a chapel, a place for everything I believe in. My painting chapel.”
Community
A View From the Easel: Gerardo Rosales
“I often say that my favorite material is the next one, the one I haven’t worked with yet.”
Pocket Review
Ilana Savdie and Chaïm Soutine Shed the Skin
An exhibition pairing paintings by the two artists guides us through the chambers of our own minds and bodies.
Books Newsletter
Art Books on Needles and Threads
We recommend titles on fiber art, weaving, and textiles, plus Megan O’Grady on a new John Berger biography.
Community
A View From the Easel: Allan Wexler
“My past sculptures [and] tools act as levers that pry ideas from my mind.”
Guide
12 Must-Read Books on Textiles and Fiber Art
Titles on contemporary Diné weavers, Black American quilting in California, the Bayeux Tapestry, artists including Cecilia Vicuña and Olga de Amaral, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel: Flor Khan
“Here, I am allowed to play, to not know the answers, to let the message evolve on its own timing.”