Welcome to our second annual issue dedicated to the creative superpower that is the United States of America – on sale from today, 4 July, and available as a free download to those signing up to receive our daily digest of news (until 7 August – sign up below).
Honouring a country the size of the US through the lens of its creative denizens is a Herculean – you might even suggest Sisyphean – task. But once again we’ve come prepared, asking our US director, Michael Reynolds, to lead the conversation on what currently constitutes its creative heartbeat and, at the same time, offer a commentary on what it takes to shape a nation well versed in entrepreneurship and achievement while remaining alert to the forces that forge its global stature as a crucible of artistic endeavour.
