The pair set the tone for a most memorable issue, featuring encounters with:

• Five actors, some whose performances have moved us for decades, others who are new favorites;
• Five artists, whose work collectively encompasses ceramics, furniture, photography, sculpture and painting;
• Two authors, both women, including Marie Darrieussecq, whose exceptional essay about translation is a must-read;
• Two journalists, both men, including a Pulitzer Prize winner who’s unafraid to ask the tough questions;
• Two designers, both of whom were born in Colombia – a country the magazine explores in great depth;
• One architect, also Colombian, whose views on modern architecture are… well, I’ll let readers discover that for themselves;
• One director, a bold and daring auteur whose latest film centers on no less than Putin himself;
• And one scientist, whose formidable work in quantum physics earned him the Nobel Prize.