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Italian Artist Bianca Bagnarelli Creates New Yorker's First 2024 Cover

publication · 2026-04-27

The first issue of The New Yorker for 2024, titled 'Deadline,' features a cover illustration by Italian artist Bianca Bagnarelli. The artwork portrays an individual at a computer, simultaneously observing New Year's festivities. Art editor Françoise Mouly commissioned this piece. Born in Milan in 1988, Bagnarelli studied at the Accademia di Bologna and has contributed illustrations to The New York Times, Il Post, The Atlantic, and various editions of The New Yorker. She established Delebile in 2010 and was awarded the Bartoli Prize in 2014. In 2015, her graphic novel 'Fish' earned her a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators. The cover has ignited conversations about the work conditions faced by younger generations, alluding to the term 'deadline's' historical roots.

Key facts

  • Bianca Bagnarelli designed the cover for the first 2024 issue of The New Yorker.
  • The cover is titled 'Deadline' and shows a person working at a computer while watching New Year's celebrations.
  • The cover was commissioned by New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly.
  • Bagnarelli studied at the Accademia di Bologna under Vanna Vinci and Sara Colaone.
  • She has illustrated for The New York Times, Il Post, The Atlantic, Il Foglio, and The Milaneser.
  • She created book covers for Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Klara and the Sun' and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 'We Should All Be Feminists' (Einaudi).
  • She founded independent publisher Delebile in 2010.
  • She won the 2014 Bartoli Prize and the 2015 Society of Illustrators gold medal for 'Fish.'
  • She participated in 'Fumetti nei Musei' with 'Vulcanalia' set in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
  • Her self-portrait is in the Uffizi collection.

Entities

Artists

  • Bianca Bagnarelli
  • Vanna Vinci
  • Sara Colaone
  • Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Institutions

  • The New Yorker
  • New York Times
  • Il Post
  • The Atlantic
  • Il Foglio
  • The Milaneser
  • Einaudi
  • Accademia di Bologna
  • Delebile
  • Society of Illustrators
  • Ministero della Cultura
  • Parco Archeologico di Pompei
  • Uffizi
  • Tlon
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Bologna
  • Pompei

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