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A View From the Easel
“The best part of my studio is sharing it with a fellow artist.”
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin is an editor and writer based in Brooklyn. She graduated with a BA in Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University in 2021 and is currently an Associate Editor at Hyperallergic.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I'm reminded of events in the news or in books I hear when I look at certain areas of my paintings.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: curation and BDSM, America’s first lesbian magazine, myths about the human brain, and is smutty literature hurting our romantic relationships?
Art
A View From the Easel
“I learned my studio has been occupied by 50 other artists from 25 countries, which fascinates me greatly.”
Interview
Sunil Gupta’s Extended Queer South Asian Family
“Art history is essentially a bunch of stories. I thought our stories should be in there and they weren’t,” the photographer told Hyperallergic in an interview.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Miss Piggy’s mom, American fiction’s fatphobia problem, the shady underbelly of glass-eel fishing, Chappell Roan, and what did Old English sound like?
Community
A View From the Easel
“When I am deep into the work, I no longer hear music, as it is pure muscle memory.”
Books
Six Art Books to Read This Juneteenth
Delve into the long history of African-American photography, bell hooks’s essays on art and politics, a graphic novel on the Black Panther Party, and more.
Interview
Philip Yenawine’s Transformative Teaching
“I attribute what creativity I have to being gay,” explained the art historian and author in a conversation with Hyperallergic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, illicit antiquity trading, Harlem Renaissance patrons and whiteness, a new biography of Joni Mitchell, Diane Keaton season, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Sometimes, I will finish discarded pieces months or even years later.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, minstrelsy and AI, groundbreaking lesbian athlete Helen Stephens, British pubs are struggling to stay afloat, and more.