New Yorker Cartoon Art

An exhibition to celebrate 100 years of laughs and insight

Below are some photos from the exhibition I curated to celebrate The New Yorker’s Centennial this year. Started over a year ago, It was a true labor of love. I reached out to collectors and artists, and gathered over 130 pieces, wonderful art that covers the last century with great humor, beauty and insight.

A chronological layout, I had to make a choice to have primarily only one drawing per artist. Sadly, I couldn’t include everyone, that would be a show three times as large. My choices included artists who contributed a large amount of work to the magazine over the years, and those who, while they may not be as prolific, nonetheless are signifcant in another way in terms of their contribution to the artistic conversation.

This conversation through cartoons has been a national dialogue, one I love to look at.

The copy I wrote for the wall of the exhibition at the Society of Illustrators is below. There is so much history here to share, but I will save that for another day. It is a wonderful museum, run by a wonderful staff who made this effort enjoyable. Yes, there were headaches and a major stumbling block that I won’t go into (not from the Society nor The New Yorker), but by and large it was a joy. The New Yorker supported me…