“Everyone in Brooklyn is a d.j., so I rely on my much cooler friends to take me out,” the artist R. Kikuo Johnson says. “I have been taken to many one-night-only warehouse parties—I love dancing—but this was my first time at the Palisades,” he continues, referencing the underground venue in Bushwick that was the model for his cover of this week’s issue.
And for a taste of how our artists have portrayed entertainment and night life in decades past, here is a slide show of covers from the Jazz Age:
Françoise Mouly has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993.
Mina Kaneko is a member of The New Yorker’s editorial staff.
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