Opening Reception: The New Yorker's Parks Covers: A Centennial Stroll

Thursday, March 27, 2025

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

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Join NYC Parks for the opening of The New Yorker's Parks Covers: A Centennial Stroll at the Arsenal Gallery.

From the excitement of Coney Island’s amusement rides to the pomp and circumstance of a single street tree planting, the stylistically diverse covers featured in this exhibition reveal much about our parks and their vital impact on urban life.

Featured Artists
Alan Dunn, Arthur Getz, Barry Blitt, Bruce McCall, Charles E. Martin, Charles Saxon, Chris Ware, Christina Malman, Edward Sorrel, Eric Drooker, Eugène Mihaesco, Garrett Price, Harry Brown, Ilonka Karasz, Jorge Colombo, Julian De Miskey, Kadir Nelson, Kikuo Johnson, Leonard Dove, Ludwig Bemelmans, Mark Ulriksen, Peter Arno, Rea Irvin, Robert Tallon, Ryo Takemasa, Sergio Garcia Sánchez, Sue Williams, Susan Davis, Victoria Tentler-Krylov, and William Steig

Image Credit: ”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.

Location

Arsenal in Central Park

830 Fifth Avenue

Manhattan

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Location Details:
The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park 830 Fifth Ave. & 64th St., 3rd Floor Manhattan

Cost

Free

Event Organizer

NYC Parks Art & Antiquities

Contact Email

artandantiquities@parks.nyc.gov

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