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A View From the Easel
“I work as an attorney during the day and let loose at night in my studio.”
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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First Impressions From the 2026 Whitney Biennial
Here’s what we liked, what we didn’t like, and what we’re still working through.
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Required Reading
This week: how to make art with a full-time job, portraits of Black marronage, artists vs. algorithms, US men’s hockey team acts up (again), snow sculptures in NYC, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“It’s a place to disappear and get lost in the process of doing.”
Books Newsletter
Reading a Biography of a Mountain
Mount Rushmore, originally known as Six Grandfathers, gets its own biography, plus Sarah Bond on museums’ approach to polychromy and whiteness.
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Required Reading
This week: movie poster art, the typist behind Henry James’s novels, Gisèle Pelicot’s new memoir, indie rock in “Heated Rivalry,” and are we in an arts and crafts renaissance?
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A View From the Easel
“Sometimes I find myself dancing around the studio as I work.”
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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.
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A View From the Easel
“I like seeing how my pieces change in the daylight versus the dawn.”
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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.
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A View From the Easel
“I use palo santo in my space before working to honor my ancestors.”
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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.