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A View From the Easel
“The ability to step back and view the composition from a distance is just as important as being close to the surface.”
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.
Books
10 Art Books for Your March Reading List
Delve into Lucy Lippard’s short fictions, Tamara Lanier’s indelible memoir, The White Pube’s tales of absurdity in the art world, new perspectives on Mucha, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week: Anne Carson on handwriting and Cy Twombly, Roberta Flack’s outsized legacy, the downfall of Shein, the “Zillennial” curse, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I love that I have a studio — that is a seriously magnificent fact.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: Lauren Halsey’s love letter to South Central, James Baldwin’s sartorial revolution, car-free neighborhood design, painterly book covers, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I always have at least two dogs keeping me company while I work.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: a trip to “Yokofest,” outsmarting surveillance pricing, the Haida Nation reclaims its land, dachshund side-eye paintings, and did Microsoft invent a new type of matter?
Community
A View From the Easel
“I'm finding that the plants have started taking over my life and creativity.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: snarky dance criticism, a Super Bowl performer’s protest, Barbara Kingsolver builds a rehab center, Chappell Roan starts a trend, and did Rupi Kaur’s poem age well?
Community
A View From the Easel
“Water has become my actual medium.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: Sanford Biggers’s musical sculpture, Bayard Rustin’s secret antiquities, lessons from Octavia Butler, elephant autonomy, Severance bros are back, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I almost never allow myself to sink into the feeling of guilt or shame about not getting enough work done.”