“Last Stop,” by Eric Drooker. First published as the cover of The New Yorker, August 5, 2002. All works © the individual artist & The New Yorker. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
From the excitement of Coney Island’s amusement rides to the pomp and circumstance of a single street tree planting, these stylistically diverse covers reveal much about our parks and their vital role in urban life
For The New Yorker‘s centennial, NYC Parks presents a sampling of the magazine’s 100 years of cover art, highlighting the impact of urban parks on the city’s cultural identity.
A frequent touchstone for the cover artists, parks have appeared on the cover of The New Yorker in all but five years of the magazine’s century-long history.
Art featured in this The New Yorker’s Parks Covers: A Centennial Stroll exhibition captures familiar park locations—from the macrocosm of a birds-eye view of The Battery to the microcosm of a cast iron fence at Stuyvesant Square Park—affirming their significance as markers of time and place.
A public opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 6 p.m.
This exhibition is FREE and open to the public. For more information, visit nyc.gov/parks/art.
March 28, 2025 – May 30, 2025
The Arsenal Gallery
Fifth Avenue & 64th Street, 3rd Floor
MANHATTAN
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