Artists
Book Currents
Rachel Kushner’s Advice to Writers
The author of “Creation Lake” on how artists steal from the world.
Cover Story
David Hockney’s “Going Up Garrowby Hill”
An artist revisits seasons across a lifetime.
By Françoise Mouly
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.
By Vinson Cunningham
Cover Story
Kadir Nelson’s “Major Taylor, a Champion Who Led the Way”
A celebration of the “world’s fastest man.”
By Françoise Mouly
Cover Story
Barry Blitt’s “Soft Landing”
Only a “stupid person” would turn down a free plane, Donald Trump says.
By Françoise Mouly
Cover Story
Christoph Niemann’s “Spotted in New York City”
Small moments that span a century.
By Françoise Mouly
The Art World
Digging Deep with Jilaine Jones
In her show at 15 Orient, the sculptor shows us how life shapes and reshapes us.
By Hilton Als
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.
By The New Yorker
Cover Story
Rea Irvin’s “Eustace Tilley” at One Hundred
The magazine celebrates its centenary.
By Françoise Mouly
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.
By Megan Marshall
Page-Turner
How Giant Robot Captured Asian America
The magazine explored Asian American culture, without dwelling too much on what that meant.
By Hua Hsu
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.
By Anthony Lane
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.
By Doreen St. Félix
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.
By Amanda Petrusich
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.
By Ian Johnson
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.
By Andrew Marantz