March 23, 2026 Issue

This week’s issue features a cover by the great Maira Kalman. An ecstatic bouquet of fuscia, magenta, hot pink, yellow, orange, purple blooms, with a profusion of green leaves, in a blue vase, it delights my eyes and lifts my spirits. Kalman is a supreme colorist. She painted one of my all-time favorite New Yorker covers – the March 14, 2005 “Just Duckie” – showing a blue-billed duck nesting on wonan's green-haired head.