As The New Yorker turns 100, its art editor Françoise Mouly says the magazine's distinctive covers are meant to give readers "a sense of what's going on in the world, but not through words." ...

The New Yorker may be America's leading literary magazine, but its story starts with an artist: Rea Irvin. "All the artwork in The New Yorker is based on his work," Diones said.

Holden Seidlitz, a New Yorker fact-checker, ... Ms. Mouly, the magazine’s longtime art editor, took in the scene. The two have been married almost 50 years.

The New Yorker may be America's leading literary magazine, but its story starts with an artist: Rea Irvin. "All the artwork in The New Yorker is based on his work," Diones said.

Updated May 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM EDT. The first issue of The New Yorker published 100 years ago this week.. The cover featured the magazine's mascot: a dandy, looking through a monocle at a butterfly.

The New Yorker, the beloved weekly magazine, is celebrating its one-hundredth birthday. I have been a staff writer at the magazine since 2008, and Bruce Diones has been at The New Yorker since ...