The New Yorker celebrates its centenary this month.
It’s been one hundred years since our founding editor, Harold Ross, and his wife, Jane Grant, dreamed up what they called a “comic paper” over poker games and liquid lunches at the Algonquin Hotel and other midtown haunts.
The 100th Anniversary Issue is available in full today exclusively to our subscribers.
In it, David Remnick writes about the history of the magazine, from its inauspicious beginnings, when the whole thing nearly folded because of a disastrous night at the card table, to its emergence as an ineffable blend of humor, art, deep reporting, critical essays, poetry, and fiction.
Online, subscribers will find a single home for all things relating to the anniversary.
It’s a place to learn about the magazine’s founding editors, writers, and artists; explore specially curated story collections; watch master classes on the art of making the magazine; peruse ongoing and upcoming events celebrating the past hundred years; and shop for special merchandise.
The New Yorker is also in the process of digitizing itr’s complete archive, a project that will transform thousands of our back issues into searchable articles.
There will be many exciting in-person events and other special celebrations in the months ahead, including the release of a documentary film on the magazine, directed by the Academy Award winner Marshall Curry, which is set to première later this year on Netflix.
There will be many exciting in-person events and other special celebrations in the months ahead, including the release of a documentary film on the magazine, directed by the Academy Award winner Marshall Curry, which is set to première later this year on Netflix.
- January 8 - May 3, 2025
The Society of Illustrators presents “Drawn from The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration”
An exhibit curated by the New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly that features more than a hundred and thirty cartoons, celebrating the magazine’s artists from the past hundred years. Learn more »
- January 21 - March 30, 2025
L’Alliance New York presents “Covering The New Yorker”
The New Yorker’s art editor, Françoise Mouly, curates an exhibit of covers that have shaped contemporary culture, offering a look at the vision behind these works of art. Learn more »
- February 21 - March 6, 2025
Film Forum presents “Tales from The New Yorker”
A two-week film festival presents a century of movies inspired by New Yorker stories, including “Brokeback Mountain,” “Citizen Kane,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” and “Monkey Business.” Learn more »
- February 28, 2025
The New York Public Library presents “The Library After Hours: A Century of The New Yorker”
The library hosts “the city’s most cerebral happy hour”—an evening of curated entertainment, drinks, and access to the yearlong exhibit about New Yorker history. Learn more »
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