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Françoise Mouly: The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers

Meet Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker's art director. For the past 24 years, she's helped decide what appears on the magazine's famous cover, from the black-on-black depiction of the Twin Towers the week after 9/11 to a recent, Russia-influenced riff on the magazine's mascot, Eustace Tilley. In this visual retrospective, Mouly considers how a simple drawing can cut through the torrent of images that we see every day and elegantly capture the feeling (and the sensibility) of a moment in time.

English
  • Originally Aired August 3, 2017
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network YouTube
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Name Type Role
Françoise Mouly Guest Star