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A View From the Easel
“I feed pistachios to neighborhood crows and jays.”
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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Required Reading
This week: a mysterious LA guerrilla artist, Whistler and gold paint, remembering Totó La Momposina, the art of photographing queer nightlife, AI agents turn Marxist, and more.
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Our Summer Art Reading List
Whenever I’m stuck in a reading rut, I find that art books of any kind are the only ones that can rescue me. This time, it’s Kory Stamper’s True Color, a transfixing story about the man who originated Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s definitions for colors. A begonia,
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12 Art Books to Kick Off Summer
A novel lampooning the art world, Megan O’Grady’s meditation on art and living, the man who defined color in the dictionary, Nan Goldin’s tender photo essay, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“The Barbies belong to my six-year-old granddaughter, who sometimes joins me in the studio to paint.”
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Required Reading
This week: artists’ antidote to AI slop, Kimberlé Crenshaw’s new memoir, New Orleans and climate change, an Art Deco train, and what do sex workers think about “Euphoria”?
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A View From the Easel
“Rome has Michelangelo. We have the mountain.”
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Required Reading
This week: Mamdani honors garment workers, a fake exchange with Sophie Calle, the first Black American tattoo artist, RIP Spirit Airlines, and more.
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The Enigma of Alison Knowles
New tomes on Hans Holbein’s portraits, photographer Jan Staller’s studies of Manhattan construction sites, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I like to play with materials that have a history of manipulation.”
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A View From the Easel
“A certain level of distraction can help me see the work more clearly.”
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A View From the Easel With Celia Paul
“The main thing I love about my studio is that it is mine. No one can enter without permission.”