Interview
What Carmen Maria Machado Wants You to Know About Power
The author and memoirist spoke to Hyperallergic about curating the work of Cuban painter Rocío García, whose characters linger in the space where power and pleasure meet.
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.
Guide
7 Art Books You Should Read This Pride Month
A joint biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, a catalog on Martin Wong’s Chinatowns, Catherine Opie’s portraiture, queer nightlife through the ages, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I love that I can make a mess and leave it until the morning.”
Community
Required Reading
This week: Esperanto on Duolingo, a Black Panther Party stud grandma, Arsenal and Africa, queer fish, the secret leftist history of Renaissance faires, and more.
Books Newsletter
Why Your Shelf Looks Like a Gallery
Plus a book about an infamous art trafficker, an Anni Albers bio, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Over the past decades my material has been light.”
Community
Required Reading
This week: a record-breaking World Cup mural in Mexico City, the Gen Z of 19th-century France, van Gogh and AI, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I feed pistachios to neighborhood crows and jays.”
Community
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.
Books Newsletter
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,
Guide
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.
Community
A View From the Easel
“The Barbies belong to my six-year-old granddaughter, who sometimes joins me in the studio to paint.”