Lakshmi Rivera Amin

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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.

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Required Reading

This week: a new museum of Chumash history and culture, Sally Ride gets the doc she deserves, the future of fireflies, the beauty of “ugly” Instagram cakes, and much more.

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A View From the Easel

“I like renting short-term studios in shared spaces — it makes me feel free.”

Art Review

How the Moomins Showed Us a More Compassionate World

At the Brooklyn Public Library, an exhibition on queer Finnish artist Tove Jansson's beloved characters reminds visitors of all ages that justice and joy are within our grasp.

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Required Reading

The beauty of Iranian brickwork, the murderous silence on Gaza, the truth about Coldplay, and the anglerfish that touched the hearts of millions.

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A View From the Easel

“The work grows with the size of my space.”