Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Sunday 21 November
Narco-bling on the block
In the low-lit banquet room of an upscale hotel in Mexico City, hundreds of wealthy men and women gathered Thursday morning, all prepared to spend some money.
- 101 results for auction
Design / Arts
On the block
London’s Phillips de Pury Chicago’s Wright, Sweden’s Örnsbergsauktionen and Berlin-based online auction house Auctionata are put under the Monocle microscope. We look at how the auction design industry is keeping pace in…
Culture / Arts
The Big Frieze
A London October used to be known for falling leaves, drizzle and an uneventful art sales calendar. Auction house Sotheby’s saved its strength – and its best lots – for New York’s crucial sales in November. But then, in…
Culture / Arts
Art market briefing
The chairman of Phillips de Pury talks us through his company's forthcoming art sales, plus the latest event from Paris and our new series featuring galleries and their owners.
Culture / Arts
Art Market Briefing
Galleries, art sales, interviews and the latest media products, both analogue and digital.
Culture / CEOs
Art market Briefing
Bonhams, one of the world’s oldest art auction houses, has opened its doors in Japan with the launch of a new Tokyo office. Colin Sheaf, chairman of Bonhams Asia, explains why.
Affairs / Investments
Monocolumn
Sunday 16 January
Lisbon: Portugal gets top marks for effort
Portugal has narrowly escaped danger with its recent successful bond auction. Putting aside the still precarious, publicly scrutinised financial situation, the harrowed country is also proving it can at least do some things…
Culture / Arts
Art market Briefing
A new Russian TV comedy channel, a bookshop in Bratislava, a new gallery in Washington and a Q & A with the founder of the Pinta art festival in Argentina.
Affairs / Society
Snow houses
Since 2007, the Colombian government has made over €50m from the sale of property confiscated from busted drug barons. And there are currently an estimated 1,200 buildings waiting to be sold. Plus a large collection of…
Design / Interior design
Going for old
The Japanese love vintage, but the idea of bidding for second-hand furniture is an unfamiliar concept. Now three entrepreneurs are bringing design classics to a new market in the country’s first modern and contemporary…
Business / Gardening
Bloom town
In our series looking at the companies behind everyday scenes, we visit one of the world’s biggest flower auctions. Blooms were first auctioned at a café in Aalsmeer back in 1911. Today the Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer auctions…
Culture / Arts
Art market Briefing
This month's books, music and films, plus our culture editor's regular column and an interview with director Trần Anh Hùng.
Culture / Arts
Art Market Briefing
French radio's success in London, an interview with exiled Moroccan journalist Aboubakr Jamai and auction frenzy in China
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Wednesday 26 May
Controversy in cowboy country
On the face of it, it is just an auction of 35 horses in a small Western town.
Culture / Arts
Art market Briefing
A pioneering art gallery project in Oslo, a Q & A with Brussels-based publisher Andreas Qvist and a sleek new digi-radio.
Culture / Arts
Art market briefing
A gallery in Brussels, Russian art auction in London and art-collecting in Turkey.
Culture / Media
Media Briefing
French radio's success in London, an interview with exiled Moroccan journalist Aboubakr Jamai and auction frenzy in China
Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Tuesday 17 November
Happy endings
A few months ago, the legendary film director Ingmar Bergman’s possessions were sold to the highest bidder by the Swedish auction house Bukowskis.
The Monocle Daily, episode 255
The latest on the bombing in Beirut, Peter York discusses British attitudes to class, and we learn why auction houses are now competing with galleries.
Culture / Media
Media & Art market briefing
The world of mags, print and photography, plus a visit to an Istanbul gallery and the Phillips spring auction in New York.