Lakshmi Rivera Amin

Art

Required Reading

This week: Civil Rights photography, Chicago’s 1970s abortion network, the Nancy Drew convention, election memes so we can laugh to keep from crying, cinema-dog-raphy, and more.

Art

Suchitra Mattai Plants the Monument We Need

Gently swaying hives of orange, blue, and gold cloth guided me toward a circle of glacial monuments to transformation, fashioned from used and loved saris.

Art

Required Reading

This week, self-clicking computers, Saif Azzuz’s hymn to Indigenous plants, RIP Bed-Stuy Aquarium fishies, ugly Renaissance babies, Diwali-ween, and more.

Community

A View From the Easel

“Music is a crucial part of my routine, guiding me into an unconscious, fluid state where ideas emerge freely.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: Courbet gets the electoral treatment, the politics of the waistline, ugly medieval dogs, and what happens when you fall out of love with an artwork?

Community

A View From the Easel

“I have a day job, too, so studio time is precious.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: Recreating Rubens’s studio, Brooklyn honors the legacy of rapper Ka, the largest map of the cosmos to date, Ratatouille in real life, and are video games art?

Community

A View From the Easel

“If the landlord would allow me to install a shower, I would probably move in for real. Sadly, it's a no-go.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: public art around NYC, artists in Gaza honor the land, China’s boba-industrial complex, the UK’s last African colony gets returned, how to out-diva JD Vance, and much more.

Art

A View From the Easel

“Hidden in an industrial area, down an alley, difficult to find, my studio is freedom.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: Renée Cox’s trailblazing photography, more Eric Adams shenanigans, the loneliness epidemic, and why do we binge-watch TV shows about work?

Community

A View From the Easel

“The longer I paint, the more I realize what I don’t know or cannot do. Simply exploring the material could keep a person busy forever.”