A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
August Issue, 2024
Berenice Abbott: A “Fantastic Passion” for New York
The story of the remarkable Changing New York project in the context of Berenice Abbott’s career, by Bonnie Yochelson
The Alchemy of Grief: Moon Horse and Sky
“Pigments from a rock collected under her horse’s hooves are woven together with ochre earth pigments from France, the same ochres used by Van Gogh in his paintings of sunlit fields.” An interview with Santa Fe photographer and painter Stella Maria Baer by Alice Courtright
Ibn ‘Arabi and Sufism, a way of reading Islamic architecture
That origin can be represented in no other way than through geometry, which is the primordial measure by which all visible forms are composed. Abstraction is the most faithful and evocative way to imagine the divine essence that makes up the world.
Featured Photographer: Avard Woolaver
“We use our creative tools as extensions of ourselves; they help us understand and define our place in the world. For me, having a camera in my hand at all times helped me remember. You only get to do this once. We have to take time and see it, as clearly as we can.”
Work of the Restorer
“The biography became, in effect, two stories: one, in which Harss deftly traces the formative patterns of Ratmansky’s distinctive and prolific career, and a second shadow story, in which Harss herself grapples with the unfolding conflict, the changing international landscape of the ballet world, and, most compellingly, the shifting identity of her subject.”
Islamic carpets and fabrics in Renaissance art
We make a connection between the religious-mathematical foundation of the Islamic form and its introduction into the Renaissance artistic world at a time when it seeks to develop geometric thought based on the new humanist mentality.
Picturing the Past
“How do visual representations of the past, or lack thereof, affect our perception of history? To what extent is our experience and understanding of the present shaped by a more intimate knowledge of past events?”
Cities of Dreams: An Interview With Vinita Karim
We were grateful for a chance to ask Vinita Karim a few questions about her remarkable artwork.
Peter Ydeen: Commuter Motions
Commuter Motions is a photographic series that attempts to frame the intangible spirit of our urban environment through the capture of a commute.
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