The Final Days of “Covering The New Yorker”

Want to uncover the creative process behind The New Yorker‘s iconic covers? Join us this weekend at L’Alliance New York for the final two days of the exhibition Covering the New Yorker! Tickets are still available to Sunday’s conversation with The New Yorker’s Art Editor, Françoise Mouly, and guests at 6pm.

JC Agid at ThirtySevenEast recently visited our exhibition and spoke to Françoise Mouly, discussing the iconic images in the exhibition and her history in the New York arts scene.

Here’s an excerpt from the blog:

The cover of The New Yorker is a cultural and editorial marker, one that Mouly has helped shape for decades.

As she sat on a sofa at the entrance of L’Alliance New York for a conversation on the creative process behind The New Yorker covers, the adjacent gallery presented an exclusive series of artworks to celebrate the magazine’s milestone. Some became iconic New Yorker front covers—such as Maira Kalman’s Dog Reads Book or Ana Juan’s Solidarité, published after the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, France—while others were never published.

One of the artworks exhibited at L’Alliance New York stands out as possibly among the most significant illustrations for the magazine. Mouly published it soon after the 9/11 attacks. That morning, she was first and foremost a New York mother of two, not thinking about how the tragic news might impact her role as artistic editor at The New Yorker.

“September 11, 2001, is the day I learned to trust my own emotions,” Mouly reflects.

More of this blog post can be found at JC Agid’s full Q&A at ThirtySeven East.

Exhibition at L’Alliance New York: Covering The New Yorker (free, until March 30, 2025) | Click Here

Talk with Françoise Mouly at L’Alliance New York on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 6pm | Tickets Here