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A View From the Easel
“I have a day job, too, so studio time is precious.”
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: 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?
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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.”
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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.
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A View From the Easel
“Hidden in an industrial area, down an alley, difficult to find, my studio is freedom.”
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This week: Renée Cox’s trailblazing photography, more Eric Adams shenanigans, the loneliness epidemic, and why do we binge-watch TV shows about work?
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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.”
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This week: a 200-year-old message in a bottle, the poetry of Marcellus Williams, Ta-Nehisi Coates changes his mind, a new Mozart banger, and much more.
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A View From the Easel
“I’ve tried establishing routines, but I always end up reverting to a more spontaneous approach.”
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This week, yoga and nationalism, opulent Tibetan mandalas, the environmental costs of ChatGPT, Earth’s temporary “mini-moon,” and much more.
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A View From the Easel
“The experience of beginning with literally a white cube was actually very cathartic.”
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Rachel Martin Serves Up a Communal Meal of Art
Martin's capacity to weave cultural traditions together in her distinctive artistic voice translates into inventive drawings that center the joy of communing, confiding, and sharing meals.