Lakshmi Rivera Amin

Art

Required Reading

This week: Anne Carson on handwriting and Cy Twombly, Roberta Flack’s outsized legacy, the downfall of Shein, the “Zillennial” curse, and much more.

Community

A View From the Easel

“I love that I have a studio — that is a seriously magnificent fact.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: Lauren Halsey’s love letter to South Central, James Baldwin’s sartorial revolution, car-free neighborhood design, painterly book covers, and much more.

Community

A View From the Easel

“I always have at least two dogs keeping me company while I work.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: a trip to “Yokofest,” outsmarting surveillance pricing, the Haida Nation reclaims its land, dachshund side-eye paintings, and did Microsoft invent a new type of matter?

Community

A View From the Easel

“I'm finding that the plants have started taking over my life and creativity.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: snarky dance criticism, a Super Bowl performer’s protest, Barbara Kingsolver builds a rehab center, Chappell Roan starts a trend, and did Rupi Kaur’s poem age well?

Books

8 Art Books on Love to Read This Valentine’s Day

Letter-writing, art historical affairs, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, and more artsy titles on love in all its forms.

Community

A View From the Easel

“Water has become my actual medium.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: Sanford Biggers’s musical sculpture, Bayard Rustin’s secret antiquities, lessons from Octavia Butler, elephant autonomy, Severance bros are back, and much more.

Community

A View From the Easel

“I almost never allow myself to sink into the feeling of guilt or shame about not getting enough work done.”

Art

Required Reading

This week: Celia Paul’s transportive brush, yoga-washing, the mythology of American orphanhood, one grandma’s Lunar New Year photoshoot, the science of laughter, and more.