“When we view the pictures, we are drawn into a region of borders, boundaries, and limits. When asked about this idea behind his photography, Oladele calls it the unique African way of looking.”
Samuel Oladele’s Bordering Portraits
November Issue, 2024
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.
Letter From the Editor: November, 2024, Magpies’ Endorsement
Pre-election ramblings.
Anchor Holding
It also reminds me that regardless of thoughtful preparations there is often a point – not always visible – that once passed steals your ability to shape the future, leaving you without alternative, a passenger on the deaf and indifferent winds of fate.
Magpies’ Mix Tape: Spooky
This playlist collects is for the skeletons in our closet, the departed longing for a glimpse of the living world, the werewolves, and zombies, and vampires. Hot tunes to warm their rattling chains and naked bones, and some cool tunes to join them in their blue moods.
American Mythologies: Points
Of course, because some people are more equal than others, it’s important to have some sort of system in place so people know their place.
Kati Horna: photographing the hidden, occult, and unseen layers of reality
“Through Horna’s pictures, we have access to her inner world, imagination, spiritual beliefs and practices as well as those of the artists she worked so closely with.” A fascinating article about Kati Horna by art historian Olivia Garro.
The New York Beautification Project
Ellen Harvey’s paintings from the New York Beautification Project become a testament to the strange beauty of the ephemeral, even in the way everything decays or gets covered over with time, becoming a part of the shifting layers of history, of the life of the city.
We are grateful to share a selection of stories from the project.
A Palestinian Queen: Rand Dabboor Preserves Palestinian Culture Through Art
Morgan Totah of Handmade Palestine interviews Palestinian artist Rand Dabboor.
Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life
“However, there is a need to reappraise Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger because in the span of each panel, Ormes’ voice rises to address how events such as McCarthyism and the murder of Emmett Till affected Black Americans.”
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