Books Newsletter
Art Reads for Banned Books Week
J. M. W. Turner’s role in the slave trade, zines and riso prints from the New York Art Book Fair, and books we’re reading right now.
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin is an editor, reader, 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, with a focus on books, at Hyperallergic.
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A View From the Easel
“There’s a lot of construction going on en route. Sometimes I capture the sounds.”
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No One Is Reading, Except at the New York Art Book Fair
The overlooked, subversive, and playful currents of politics and queer culture flow freely at the fair’s 20th anniversary edition, held at MoMA PS1.
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A View From the Easel
“I also have a mini trampoline that I’ve always had in my studio, it’s a reminder to stay playful.”
Books Newsletter
Poems for Alma Thomas
An excerpt from Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s book on the late painter, plus reviews of new titles by Sophie Lewis and Dana Mashoian Walrath.
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A View From the Easel
“Piles to start a project, piles during a project, and piles of stuff after it is finished.”
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A View From the Easel
“Sometimes it's infinite folding and binding, and I just spend the day or weekend doing that.”
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Artists Reflect on 9/11 and the Wounds of the “War on Terror”
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and others share stories from the day of the attack and the vicious campaign of Islamophobia, racism, and surveillance in its wake.
Books Newsletter
A New Batch of Art-World Novels
Satirical art-world novels, poetry collections, and biographies we’re reading this season, plus a review of Ann Patchett’s newest book.
Daily Newsletter
Art Books We’re Reading This Fall
We recommend art novels, catalogs, memoirs, and more, plus an artist reflects on her portable studio.
Guide
15 Art Books for Your Fall Reading List
Guadalupe Rosales’s memoir, Christine Sun Kim’s artist book, Fady Joudah’s ode to the people of Gaza, and Elizabeth Alexander’s essay collection are among our most anticipated titles.
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A View From the Easel
“My studio is presently portable, modular, and itinerant.”