This week's The New Yorker cover, "Homecoming," by Kadir Nelson.

[demmiblue]

Spring has arrived, and around a third of Americans have been fully vaccinated. For the first time in a long while, people are tapping into their senses for proximity, touch, intimacy. We recently talked to the artist Kadir Nelson about his portrait of a young couple locked in embrace.

Your characters seem to emerge through a combination of observation and inspiration. Is people-watching a part of your process?

I think that people-watching comes with the job of being an artist. It certainly inspired this painting. I saw a young couple embracing each other downtown, shortly before the start of the pandemic. Such a display of public affection was a common sight then, but it holds much greater significance after more than a year of isolation.

You lived in Brooklyn while you were a student at Pratt. What are your favorite places in the borough?

I’d have to say that Pratt is my favorite place in Brooklyn, but Brooklyn Heights and the waterfront near the Brooklyn Bridge are a close second.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2021-05-17

[ananda]

1. My nephew went to Pratt and lives in Brooklyn.

That graduate degree really paid off for him,
even though it put him $100k in debt.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Gorgeous cover...nt