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?
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
Lakshmi Rivera Amin (she/her) is a writer and artist based in New York City. She currently works as an associate editor at Hyperallergic.
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A View From the Easel
“I’m finding that the plants have started taking over my life and creativity.”
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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A View From the Easel
“I love that I can be here with my family, we can create together, and what we create can exist side by side.”
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Required Reading
This week: female directors dominate Indian film, fiber arts as therapy, the chilling influence of conservative YouTubers, Bad Bunny’s new album, rodent cinematography, and much more.
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A View From the Easel
“Being surrounded by our work feels like being surrounded by children — it brings us immense joy, but it can also make our minds restless.”
Posted inArt
Required Reading
This week: subway art honors NYC’s Native history, García Márquez on Netflix, Rachmaninoff’s last student turns 100, test-driving IKEA rooms, and much more.