This week, delightfully silly pet photography, ranking art historical tassels, a screenwriter’s musings on AI jokes, art collectors and tax breaks, and much more.
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin (she/her) is a writer and artist based in New York City. She currently works as Hyperallergic's editorial coordinator.
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7 New Art Books We’re Reading This August
Add a few new titles to your art reading list this month, including a Whitfield Lovell catalogue, a guide to making your own paint out of plants, and much more.
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10 Questions for an Artist Who Grows Her Own Pigments
Ellie Irons explains how she mindfully harvests plants and transforms them into paints, a labor of love detailed in her how-to guide Feral Hues.
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Required Reading
This week, 18th-century paintings shed light on wealth inequality today, TikTok is becoming a publisher, the internet’s favorite grandma rates her exes, and much more.
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A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Oaxaca City, Massachusetts, Southern California, and New York.
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Required Reading
This week, Brooklyn’s perpetual stew, the harms of “professionalism,” antique pencil sharpeners, Bratz respond to Barbenheimer, and much more.
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Required Reading
This week, threats to Silk Road monuments, the origins of “the male gaze,” social commentary in Miyazaki films, and how to explain homophobia to your straight friends.
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Required Reading
This week, Renaissance astrology charts, World’s Fair art hidden around NYC, the virtues of a cluttered home, “pretty privilege” discourse returns, and much more.
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Required Reading
This week, the origins of art materials, challenging college legacy admissions, the problem with Goodreads, and Agnes Martin in the age of Google Sheets.
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Required Reading
This week, the Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, Barbiecore interior design, and how the CIA shaped what we consider “great” literature.
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A View From the Easel
This week, a special Pride Month edition of studios in Michigan, New York City, San Francisco, and “anywhere.”
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11 Art Books to Add to Your Reading List This Summer
Our staff and contributors recommend titles for your next artsy summer read, including writings by Philip Guston and Sophie Calle, musings on slime, and a mystery novel set at The Met Cloisters.
