#illustratoroftheyear

Ann Kiernan Art

This year, the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year (named after the museum’s late former director of design) has been awarded to Ann Kiernan, who also wins the Illustrated Journalism Award 2020. 

Ann Kiernan’s work accompanied an article by Wael Eskandar called ‘How Twitter is gagging Arabic users and acting as morality police’. 

The striking piece takes the social media platform’s well-known bird logo and shows it breaking free of a cage, only to be shot down.