Art
Required Reading
This week: Street art memorializes Sonya Massey, the history of women’s athletic clothing, an Olympic cheese sponsorship, women rule BookTok, plucky astronauts, and more.
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.
Community
A View From the Easel
“My studio is between the fruit seller and the kiosk. When I leave the doors open on hot days, people walking by drop in to share their thoughts on my paintings.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: The Bushwick aesthetic goes global, common misconceptions about the Palestinian keffiyeh, Edna Mode is brat, and who can really walk on water?
Community
A View From the Easel: Southwest Edition
“When working outside, en plein air, I wake up with a mission.”
Community
A View From the Easel
“Having more light and space immediately allowed me to make larger work, which I didn't even know I had in me.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, Abercrombie’s comeback, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s downfall, Moby Dick emojis, “survivor” trinkets at the Titanic Museum’s gift shop, and more.
Art
Required Reading
Do White guys who say "inshallah" think they just fell out of a coconut tree? And much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“The best part of my studio is sharing it with a fellow artist.”
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.