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Rachel Kushner’s Advice to Writers

The author of “Creation Lake” on how artists steal from the world.
Cover Story

Joost Swarte’s “Sunny-Side Up”

The city fries.
Cover Story

Christoph Niemann’s “The Bridge”

Crossing over the water.
Cover Story

David Plunkert’s “On Parade”

Toying with democracy.
Cover Story

Haruka Aoki’s “Nothing to See”

It’s good to be a cat.
Cover Story

David Hockney’s “Going Up Garrowby Hill”

An artist revisits seasons across a lifetime.
The Art World

Rashid Johnson’s Own “Poem for Deep Thinkers”

The artist’s sprawling survey at the Guggenheim reveals an intellect unfolding and a life under way.
Cover Story

Kadir Nelson’s “Major Taylor, a Champion Who Led the Way”

A celebration of the “world’s fastest man.”
Cover Story

Barry Blitt’s “Soft Landing”

Only a “stupid person” would turn down a free plane, Donald Trump says.
Cover Story

Christoph Niemann’s “Spotted in New York City”

Small moments that span a century.
The Art World

Digging Deep with Jilaine Jones

In her show at 15 Orient, the sculptor shows us how life shapes and reshapes us.
Video Dept.

The Art of the New Yorker Cover

Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker’s art editor, presents a seminar on how the magazine’s famous covers are crafted each week, joined by the cover artists Sarula Bao and Adrian Tomine.
Cover Story

Rea Irvin’s “Eustace Tilley” at One Hundred

The magazine celebrates its centenary.
The Weekend Essay

My Life with Left-Handed Women

In my family, left-handedness meant the omnipotence of motherhood—but also the burdens it could bring.
Page-Turner

How Giant Robot Captured Asian America

The magazine explored Asian American culture, without dwelling too much on what that meant.
Postscript

Frank Auerbach’s Raw Truths

“I find it all very difficult,” the late German-born British artist said, and few painters have done as much to show the struggle of creative endeavor.
Critic’s Notebook

Flag Waving and Flag Burning in Kamala Harris’s America

This past year, there has been a surfeit of so-called recontextualized patriotism, brightened and Blacked up, made sexy, both in culture and in politics.
The New Yorker Interview

What Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Took from the Tornado

The legendary folk artists discuss rescuing their tapes from a catastrophic storm, singing as if they have one mouth, and making music that’s like a pebble tossed in a river.
Persons of Interest

A Chinese Memoirist’s Exile in Las Vegas

Gao Ertai hasn’t returned to his homeland in years, but his memoirs have made him a new model of resistance.
The New Yorker Interview

Why Jerrod Carmichael Turned His Life Into a Reality Show

The comedian discusses “artists’ lib,” putting a billboard in his home town to get his mother’s attention, and his new effort to “Truman Show” himself.