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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.
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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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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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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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.”
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This week: Tania Bruguera’s museum manifesto in stained glass, Molly Crabapple on AI’s art heist, Rachel Corrie’s mother speaks out, remembering Ashaji, right-wing knitters, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I consider my art to be visual music.”
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This week: Compton’s forthcoming art center, a Lebanese artist’s workshops for displaced children, dog sledding in Yukon, the NGA goes viral on TikTok, stop-motion versus AI, and more.