Guide
15 Art Books to Gift This Holiday Season
A Ruth Asawa catalog for the disenchanted, artsy almanac for the planners, Prospect Park photo book for the New Yorkers, Vermeer tome for the Golden Age fans, 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
Required Reading
This week: New Mexico beyond Georgia O’Keeffe, pop Medievalism, Indigenous protesters at COP30, Black farmers step up, mourning Teen Vogue, AI hobbies, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Everything is where I know it should be, with me included in it.”
Community
Required Reading
This week: Mira Nair’s influence on Zohran, journalists sound the alarm on the genocide in Sudan, a trans punk zine makes a comeback, Ms. Rachel’s dress, stained-glass leaves, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“My studio offers fewer distractions and less cat hair.”
Interview
Molly Crabapple Is Savoring Zohran’s Win
“We don’t have enough examples of winning, so it’s really important to taste the sweetness when we do,” the artist and activist told Hyperallergic.
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Required Reading
This week: the Bronx’s corpse flower, Jesmyn Ward on hip hop, the danger of SNAP’s expiration, horror and healing, Zohran jack-o-lanterns, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I’m not one of those incessant mark-makers; I spend a great deal of time just looking.”
Community
Required Reading
This week: an homage to the Young Lords, wool in Armenia, AI is not your friend, remembering Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, whale personhood, cuffing season at Frieze, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I try to only love people. However, I do really, really like the proportions of my studio.”
Guide
10 Art Books to Read This Month
Hew Locke’s new monograph, an anthology of the Studio Museum’s collection, Brandon Taylor’s latest novel, and more to dive into this October.
Community
Required Reading
This week: Andy Warhol’s autobiography, remembering D’Angelo, unpacking politics and mall architecture in LA, the long history of truffles, the problem with “invasive” species, and more.