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A View From the Easel
“There’s a Rauschenberg piece I like to sit with to reconnect with why I make art at all.”
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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A View From the Easel
“My studio currently stores all the supplies for the Queer Liberation March.”
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Required Reading
This week: surviving as an artist in New York City, nostalgic ’90s ads, Mohsen Madawi walks free, the Northern Lights speak, a seven-year-old’s gallery opening, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“You become part of the studio's rhythm, and in that negotiation, something shifts in the work.”
Books
10 Art Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer
The art of Marsha P. Johnson, Yoko Ono reappraised, Jack Whitten’s studio notebook, a fictional curator’s Greece trip goes awry, and more to read this season.
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Required Reading
This week: colonial photography through a Diné lens, Kikkoman soy sauce bottle design, Canadian nationalism on the rise, Australian twins become a meme, and much more.
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A View From the Easel
“This workspace allows the out of doors to come in.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: Lee Bul’s headless sentinels, Tracy Chapman on reissuing “Fast Car,” Viet Thanh Nguyen on the imperialism of American literature, biomorphic seawall designs, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“I always joke that I am working diligently on my PhD — Projects Half-Done.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: photographing auras, The Great Gatsby at 100, a dubious de-extinction project, the “cubs” of the Black Panther Party, art historical Drag Race, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I start at 6am when the light is really beautiful.”
Art
Required Reading
This week: Joan Didion’s archive, Studio Ghibli AI, academia capitulates to Trump, Kaveh Akbar’s call to action, Buy Nothing Facebook drama, balloon wigs, and much more.