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A View From the Easel
“Touching the soil fuels my imagination, and it shows in the canvases.”
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.
Community
Required Reading
This week: the art of writing love letters, Black-owned bookstores across history, poets on the Parthenon Marbles, opening a 1926 time capsule, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“We love that we’re able to make art as queer artists inside a church.”
Books
8 Art Books to Read This February
The trailblazing sculptural practice of Edmonia Lewis, the birth of modernism in Montmartre, the luminous paintings of Kaylene Whiskey, and Gainsborough’s alluring fashion portraits are among our favorite reads this month.
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Required Reading
This week: an 18-year-old painter in Gaza, Zohran’s documentarian, anti-ICE art sleds in Minnesota, the brilliance of “Heated Rivalry,” hidden reggaetón history, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I like seeing how my pieces change in the daylight versus the dawn.”
Community
Required Reading
Rose B. Simpson at SFMOMA, historical writers with day jobs, anti-surveillance clothing, the nostalgia of 2016, a day in the life of an art conservator, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I use palo santo in my space before working to honor my ancestors.”
Guide
15 Art Books We're Excited to Read in 2026
Books about Marcel Duchamp, Frida Kahlo, Alma Thomas, and more, plus critical studies of lipstick and complaining, are on our radar.
Community
Required Reading
The Schomburg Qur’an, Auudi Dorsey’s paintings of Black community at the beach, an unsolved Pollock theft, remembering Claudette Colvin, dollhouse furniture, and more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I'm constantly singing to my tapestries.”
Books Newsletter
David Wojnarowicz in the Age of Surveillance
Books on the living tradition of Palestinian embroidery, the women artists whose legacies Picasso eclipsed, and more to kick off 2026.