It snowed yet again here this morning in the Hudson Valley. A good opportunity to (once again) take a stab at organizing one of the Spill’s archive rooms. It’s been a long and semi-fruitful quest to arrange things so I know where to find them. Yesterday I dealt with piles of loose copies of The New Yorker, arranging them by
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Attempted Bloggery On A Recently Auctioned Arno From Attempted Bloggery, January 20, 2026, “Peter Arno: A Bit Of Wisdom For Poffinger” Stephen Nadler, the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain, and keen observer of NewYorkery art things auctioned, takes a look at a recent sale of a Peter Arno drawing that appeared in the magazine April 15, 1939.
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Group Exhibit In Connecticut Includes Work By Arthur Getz The Rose Algrant Show in West Cornwall Connecticut will include work by the late exceptionally great New Yorker artist Arthur Getz. Mr. Getz holds the title of most prolific cover artist in the magazine’s history (213 in his 50 years of contributing). The Spill contacted Mr. Getz’s daughter for information
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For quite some time now, the daughter of Arthur Getz, the late New Yorker cover artist (and holder of the title of most prolific New Yorker cover artist of all time) has been posting his covers on Instagram, (Arthurkimmiggetz) always identifying them by their chronological appearance in (on!) the magazine. The other day she posted the cover of July 6,
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