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.
Film
The Philadelphia festival platformed films on Anishinaabe repatriation, the spirited life of art historian Dr. Leslie King Hammond, the Puerto Rican history of the Upper West Side, and more.
Community
“Going back there is a psychological, conscious choice to enter the space and interact with the energy.”
Community
This week: a Renaissance altarpiece returns home, Yoko Ono at the Broad, the anti-AI writing movement, an uncertain future for butterfly collectors, the harp is hot again, and more.
Community
“I am endlessly fascinated by porcelain.”
Community
This week: remembering Betye Saar on her 100th birthday, saving a women’s sculpture garden, Emily Wilson breaks the internet, climate scientists on OnlyFans, and more.
Books Newsletter
The writer and translator reviews a new biography of the Hudson River painter, plus more books to round out July.
Community
“Always in stock: coffee, beer, tequila, and that Swiss chocolate named Ragusa.”
Art Movements
Michael Wellen and José Luis Blondet get the nod, Tate names a new director, and the Immigrant Artist Biennial is back for another edition.
Community
This week: the Louvre reopens the room where it happens, a Texas artist’s outdoor collection, Nancy Drew in the public domain, Rachel Cusk and Natalie Portman have beef, and more.
Community
“One of my favorite museums is the street itself.”
Community
This week: Chitra Ganesh’s futuristic myths, André Breton and optimism, the mermaids of Florida, a Palestinian digital archive, Argentina and racism, and more.
Books Newsletter
Eight art books reframe America 250 and stock photography in the age of AI.