Now Voyager #2
230 x 300 mm, 168 pages
New York, US
First published in 2026
Bimonthly
Co-founders and editors-in-chief: Hélène Garneau Werner and Nicolas Stavros Niarchos
Art director: Malù Dalla Piccola
Founded by two former fact-checkers at The New Yorker, new title Now Voyager sets out to usher in an era of reporting devoted to international stories that cross borders and—where relevant—expose the connections between them. The publication promises rigorous journalism, research, and fact-checking, without sacrificing creative liberties, spanning long-form writing, photography, art, food, and humour. Touted as ‘ambitious’ by The New York Times when it debuted—beneath a headline that reads ‘A New Magazine of International Reportage? In This Media Environment?’—Now Voyager sets sail at a time of shifting media landscapes.
Carrying over the intriguing bisected cover design of the debut edition, this burgundy sophomore issue leads with a cover story on the young Cuban fencer Neisser Yoel Gálvez Tabares, captured by British photographer James Clifford Kent. Recognised with a POYi Award of Excellence, the fragmented portrait depicted on the cover—and reproduced in full-bleed inside—draws attention to the recent American-imposed fuel blockade in Cuba, and highlights sport as a unifying force in the face of political turmoil.
Opening the issue, readers will find a 14-page spread dedicated to ‘World Matters’, featuring a series of briefings from across the globe. Elsewhere, Argento Celant pays homage to his paternal ancestor Germano Celant, whose early 1980s workshop at Milan’s Politecnico set the stage for a collaborative, cross-disciplinary performance by Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, and Frank Gehry; a long-form feature penned by Judith Matloff investigates the impact of NATO military training on Indigenous communities in northern Finland; and, Carey Baraka journeys to South Africa to retrace the footsteps of the infamous ‘Drum Boys’, a coterie of Black writers known for their radical reportage during apartheid.
Plus, a whole host of other stories scavenged from across the globe, spanning Venice Beach, Nairobi, Berlin, Taipei, Cabo Verde, and more.