Art
Required Reading
This week, new US census categories, a dispatch from an art-framing shop, university crackdowns on student protesters, silly TikTok recipes, and much more.
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 spend some moments quietly observing the work in my studio and try to listen to what the work needs.”
Art
Palestine Solidarity Shines at the New York Art Book Fair
This year’s show is an imaginative and openly political space that flies in the face of the commercial book sphere.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Entering the studio, my ritual is to transform the space by turning on all the lights.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, the return of the “dumbphone,” the future of music criticism, and a primer on how to title an academic paper.
Community
A View From the Easel
“My practice has grown in new ways just from being in close proximity to other artists.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, Eid in Gaza, Arizona’s draconian anti-abortion law, a TikTok critic’s honest review of the eclipse, trolling Eric Adams, postmodern Bob Ross, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I arrive at the studio in the morning and play a perreo song by Karol G, Ivy Queen, or Tokischa; I dance; that is my meditation.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, women of color in architecture, shady government comic books, a beloved cherry blossom tree’s last bloom, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“At times I just sit and have a tea and go into my thoughts for a while; I don’t allow myself to do this at home or anywhere else.”
Satire
After Low Attendance, Whitney Biennial Releases Open Call for “Controversial” Artwork
Dwindling visitor numbers signaled “an urgent need for measured controversy, neither too inflammatory nor too trite,” the museum said.
Community
A View From the Easel
“My studio space doubles as a place of meditation, allowing me to enter a state of flow where ideas move freely and barriers dissolve.”