Lakshmi Rivera Amin

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A View From the Easel

“I am endlessly fascinated by porcelain.”

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Required Reading

This week: remembering Betye Saar on her 100th birthday, saving a women’s sculpture garden, Emily Wilson breaks the internet, climate scientists on OnlyFans, and more.

Books Newsletter

Benjamin Moser on Frederic Edwin Church

The writer and translator reviews a new biography of the Hudson River painter, plus more books to round out July.

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A View From the Easel

“Always in stock: coffee, beer, tequila, and that Swiss chocolate named Ragusa.”

Art Movements

Meet the Curators of the Next “Made in LA”

Michael Wellen and José Luis Blondet get the nod, Tate names a new director, and the Immigrant Artist Biennial is back for another edition.

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Required Reading

This week: the Louvre reopens the room where it happens, a Texas artist’s outdoor collection, Nancy Drew in the public domain, Rachel Cusk and Natalie Portman have beef, and more.

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A View From the Easel

“One of my favorite museums is the street itself.”

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Required Reading

This week: Chitra Ganesh’s futuristic myths, André Breton and optimism, the mermaids of Florida, a Palestinian digital archive, Argentina and racism, and more.

Books Newsletter

A People’s History of Mount Rushmore

Eight art books reframe America 250 and stock photography in the age of AI.

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A View From the Easel

“My batik process is done in stages: from drawing, to waxing, to color staining, to boiling, and finally to oil painting.”

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Required Reading

This week: Iranian artists remember the victims of the Minab airstrike, a trip through Alabama’s Barn Quilt Trail, Kansas City’s bygone lesbian haven, Erling Haaland memes, and more.

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A View From the Easel With Arghavan Khosravi

“It feels like I am spending my time doing what I love.”