02. Rat on the mayor Eric Adams in the mayor of New York City and about a year ago the New York Times Magazine ran on a profile on him, which they knew he wasn't going to cooperate with them on.

New Yorker artists are people who can present a dilemma, an issue, a moment or a spectacle visually, not abstracted, but through emotional empathy. The covers are non-linear but require “reading”.

A version of this article appears in print on April 28, 2025, Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Gretchen Dow Simpson, 85, Painter Whose Art Graced New Yorker Covers.