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Arts

Arles Photography Festival

What Cannes is to film and Venice is to architecture - Arles is to photography. Our Monocle film crew headed down to the South of France for the opening week of Les Rencontres d'Arles…

  • Film
guy on street and poster
Books

Culture

Films, books, music and our culture editor's monthly column.

  • Issue #54
  • 9 min read
A man with reddish hair and beard wearing headphones around his neck, holding a knife, with an anxious expression.
Culture

Map it out

Mapmaking is an art that involves recording minute details and interpreting the world for travellers. But maps are also open to political manipulation, which can create significant problems for those who rely on them.

  • Issue #51
  • 14 min read
Map it out
Culture

Culture

Film, music and book reviews plus our culture editor Robert Bound looks at the value of good criticism

  • Issue #51
  • 10 min read
Five books arranged on a wooden surface: Jonathan Lethem's The Ecstasy of Influence, Religion for Atheists, The Train in the Night, Suddenly a Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret, and What are Universities for? by Stefan Collini.
Culture

Floating on air

Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, the duo behind French electro band Air, talk to Monocle about their working life, a reluctance to dance on stage and finding the voodoo power in the studio.

  • Issue #50
  • 7 min read
Godin putting the ‘air’ in hilarious
Entertainment

Creative futures

We’ve asked five artists, musicians and writers to tell us what they’ll be up to in the coming year and what will keep their creative juices flowing.

  • Issue #49
  • 11 min read
Illustrated portrait of Eiji Aonuma, Nintendo game designer, wearing glasses and a dark blazer over a graphic t-shirt.
Culture

New creations

The best new books, music, art and films to keep you thoughtful and delighted in the coming months.

  • Issue #49
  • 19 min read
New creations
Music

Leader of the dance

Park Nam Yong has choreographed some of South Korea’s biggest pop icons. He talks to Monocle about succeeding in a tough industry, and about teaching singers with two left feet how to dance.

  • Issue #48
  • 7 min read
Leader of the dance
Culture

Culture

Book, film and music reviews, plus culture editor Robert Bound on what makes an icon.

  • Issue #47
  • 10 min read
Culture

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