Cover StoryEric Drooker’s “Outside Art”A reprieve from the city’s chaos.By Françoise MoulyArt by Eric DrookerAugust 3, 2026Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyFor the cover of the August 10, 2026, issue, the painter and graphic novelist Eric Drooker depicted the Guggenheim Museum as a cool clearing in a forest. “I grew up amid Manhattan’s monotonous grid and found the endless boxes, aligned along strict perpendiculars, overwhelming. As a child, the Guggenheim’s round form was my oasis,” Drooker said. “In a hectic, crowded metropolis, it was a breath of fresh air, a return to nature.”For more covers featuring the city’s museums, see below:“January 24, 1970,” by Charles E. Martin
“Modern Life,” by Sergio García Sánchez
“Chiaroscuro at the Met,” by Victoria Tentler-Krylov
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