The myriad examples of artwork created by children in internment camp settings are evidence that the human spirit is strong and malleable, even under the most extreme conditions.
An Abject Human Failure
Raymond Darlington’s Expressionist Realism
“Although he personally describes his art as Afro-realism, when we look at it with historical circumspection, we will be more attuned to link it to the larger zeitgeist of a slew of known and unknown artists operating presently in the Internet and social media spaces, so that it almost feels like a movement.”
April Issue, 2026
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, April, 2026: Go along so
Spring ramblings.
Esther Oladapo: Art, Fashion, Image-Making and the Language of the Body
“She sees herself as a tool for social activism and what she does with this tool is to shape into images of self-affirmation.”
The Legendary Iranian Poet Who Gives Me Hope
“Read Forugh’s poems and you’ll find the very forces that shape our moment: misogyny, censorship, nativism, consumerism, the annihilating violence of war. Read her poems and you’ll find that they, like all the best poems, don’t merely offer a reprieve from the abuses and terrors of the world, but a repudiation of the forces that make those abuses and terrors possible: ignorance and political regimes for which ignorance has been and will always be their life’s blood.”
Lola Álvarez Bravo: Picturing Mexico
Lola Alvarez Bravo, an oft-overlooked female artist, created profoundly personal works, which combined a radical humanism with experiments with the uncanny.
Syria, I Went Back
“And now, one year later, I would walk into an arrivals hall at Damascus airport filled with Syrian families crying and hugging separated sons, now-married daughters, and children that have never seen their homeland. So many tears.”
Darkness Visible: An Interview With Joel Adas
A conversation with painter Joel Adas.
Lee Godie: Beauty in My Mind
“I always try to paint beauty, but some people say my paintings aren’t beautiful. Well I have beauty in my mind …”
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