For the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson features Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a parade of bicyclists from eras past and present. “I wanted to pay tribute to the most ...

Oil portrait of Barack Obama by Kadir Nelson Kadir Nelson This ... “History will tell,” says Nelson, a Los Angeles artist who specializes in African-American subjects and is working on ...

Narrative art is created to represent stories through ... Maxfield Parrish and Kadir Nelson; comic artists such as Winsor McCay, Frank Frazetta, Jack Kirby and Robert Crumb; muralists such as ...

The New Yorker is celebrating its 100th year with a short video showcasing 700 of its 5,000 covers in all their glory. The work honors the publication’s current editorial staff, with the script ...

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“Those books that win more than one award are a bit more of a challenge, especially when you have gorgeous art by Kadir Nelson,” Raymo said. She then pointed to the airy negative space on the ...

24—but don't worry, he's keepng fans occupied with the Kadir Nelson-designed album art for the project, which he debuted via OVOSound.com tonight. As expected, Twitter went crazy. Drake's ...

Drake’s album covers haven’t always been well received, but they’re often conceptually ambitious and see the superstar musician working with artists like Kadir Nelson (Nothing Was the Same ...

“I love you Harlem,” artist Alice Neel wrote in her journal ... but a shared reality—further mirrored in Kadir Nelson’s Homecoming (2021), a painting, included in the show, that depicts ...

Geoff Bennett: Finally tonight, it's time for our weekend spotlight with acclaimed artist Kadir Nelson. Perhaps you've seen his work featured on the cover of The New Yorker magazine, or hanging in ...