Guide
10 New York City Art Shows to Wind Down Your Summer
From Tove Jansson’s lovable Moomins to Ben Shahn’s political engagement, there’s plenty of art to see as the fall season kicks off.
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin is an editor and writer based in Brooklyn. She graduated with a BA in Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University in 2021 and is currently an Associate Editor at Hyperallergic.
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Required Reading
This week: rewriting the stories of two forgotten artists, how Jaws gave sharks a bad rep, Afghanistan earthquake aid, shady influencer funding, a radical history of boxing, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I love the creaky floorboards and how they hold the memories of artists before me.”
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Required Reading
This week: The ethics of design, Noguchi Museum workers speak out, Native communities on the closure of “Alligator Alcatraz,” Letterboxd woes, music classes in Gaza, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I wanted a true artist’s home — welcoming, colorful, like a cabinet of curiosities; weird, filled with me.”
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Required Reading
This week: Sudanese diasporic photography, art-world novels, inside Gaza’s only Catholic church, scientists ditch X, “Christian girl fall” threatens to return, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“Oil paint is endlessly versatile, has great presence, and always feels alive.”
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Required Reading
This week: the death of Brat Summer, the problem with The Gilded Age, intersex activism, drunk architecture, and can we finally say “like” now?
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A View From the Easel
“My work table is my dining table, teaching table, and painting table.”
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Required Reading
This week: 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Black Girls in Art Spaces, remembering a salsa luminary, Jinkx Monsoon takes on JK Rowling, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I also tend to call my friends and gossip for hours while I paint.”
Guide
New York City Shows We Love Right Now
From Moomins to Warhol to posters protesting nuclear war and prayer as healing, we’re all about uplifting shows this week.