Craft of Data Graphics

Gallery exhibition

NYC art show of spectacular contemporary and rare works

“Information graphics is a craft—a coordination of hand, eye, head, and heart—that expands understanding and empowers action.”

Those words introduced the April 2025 exhibition at 41 Cooper gallery in New York City. The show had two sides—one personal, one collective.

The first part traced an intimate path through my new book Info We Trust ($39 from Visionary Press). Text, original artwork, and enlarged illustrations underscored how data storytelling is both an art and a science, bridging imagination and evidence.

The other half of the gallery celebrated the field of information design as a whole. Works by leading contemporary designers showcased today’s expanding visual vocabulary alongside historic examples chosen for aesthetic and thematic resonance. Each piece expressed that information, when generously made for the audience, can illuminate and inspire.

Featuring data graphics by RJ Andrews, Zan Armstrong, Nadieh Bremer, Mona Chalabi, Roz Chast, Jen Christiansen, Data Vandals, Kenneth Field, Lazaro Gamio, Kaamran Hafeez, Nigel Holmes, Giorgia Lupi, Maggie Shi, Robert Simmon, Shirley Wu, Karen Yourish, and New Yorker cartoonists.

With historic works by Apollo 11 Crew, Leonard P. Ayres, Charles Bowen, Constantinos Doxiadis, W. A. Dwiggins, Luke Howard, Charles D. Keeling, Florence Nightingale, Time Magazine, and Hatsusaburo Yoshida.

On the show's second evening, RJ Andrews gave a talk to a sold-out theater, below.