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A View From the Easel
“I’m not one of those incessant mark-makers; I spend a great deal of time just looking.”
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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This week: an homage to the Young Lords, wool in Armenia, AI is not your friend, remembering Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, whale personhood, cuffing season at Frieze, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I try to only love people. However, I do really, really like the proportions of my studio.”
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10 Art Books to Read This Month
Hew Locke’s new monograph, an anthology of the Studio Museum’s collection, Brandon Taylor’s latest novel, and more to dive into this October.
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This week: Andy Warhol’s autobiography, remembering D’Angelo, unpacking politics and mall architecture in LA, the long history of truffles, the problem with “invasive” species, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“New Mexico light saturates my studio, it snakes across the floor, it permeates the air.”
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A View From the Easel
“When I'm painting, I think of the myths, the characters, the gods. I mentally walk alongside them.”
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A View From the Easel
“When it starts to rain, it will literally change the painting.”
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This week: film restorers perform magic, sellout comedians in Riyadh, Native boarding school survivors tell their stories, remembering Jane Goodall, ranking pasta shapes, and more.
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Required Reading
This week: how Serbia inspired the Renaissance, an independent magazine sues ICE, Shakespeare’s enigmatic rival, audiobook narrators deserve better, the music of Palestinian tatreez, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“Charcoal is my first and most enduring love.”
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12 Art Books to Read This Fall
A Louise Bourgeois biography, Joe Sacco’s latest graphic investigation, a Wifredo Lam catalog, a study of diasporic Nigerian women artists, and more.