What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Artist’s Palette’ by Alexandra Loske

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Updated 04 December 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Artist’s Palette’ by Alexandra Loske

What can the palette an artist used or depicted tell us about their artistic process, preferences, and finished works? From traditional wooden boards to paint pots, ceramic plates, and studio walls, these deceptively simple yet potent tools provide vital evidence. 

“The Artist’s Palette” presents 50 unique palettes alongside paintings by the celebrated artists who used them, gathering expert analysis of color, brushstroke, and technique to offer new histories of these artists and their work.


What We Are Reading Today: When Trees Testify by Beronda L. Montgomery

Updated 02 March 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: When Trees Testify by Beronda L. Montgomery

In “When Trees Testify,” plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery explores the way seven trees are intertwined with Black history and culture.

She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning.

Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer.