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Business

Media

South America's love of heavy metal, Brazil's Casa Triângulo art gallery and Al Jazeera launches in the Balkans.

  • Issue #41
  • 4 min read
Heavy metal singer performing on stage wearing a gold sequined jacket and sunglasses.
Politics

Asia

Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang's motorcade and India's embrace of ID cards

  • Issue #41
  • 5 min read
Illustration of a Singaporean passport showing a woman's portrait with statistics on nationality and children per woman.
Media

Media

A gallery in Milan, a magazine you can wrap presents with and a digital delight from Leica.

  • Issue #46
  • 6 min read
Wrap Magazine
Culture

Pray & display

Poland is one of Catholicism’s European bastions, where the religious market thrives. Trade fair SacroExpo is a kitsch celebration of everything from souped-up confessional boxes to huge church bells.

  • Issue #46
  • 7 min read
Sealing the deal at one of SacroExpo’s church- art stands
Media

The next chapter

Nobrow is putting the love back into book publishing. Using a cache of global illustrators, limited editions and quality materials, the London-based press is producing collectable volumes for a new generation of readers.

  • Issue #48
  • 5 min read
The next chapter
Culture

My Frieze Art Fair

The international art world flocks to London for Frieze Art Fair. Monocle meets five key figures involved with the fair to discuss their experiences of Frieze week.

  • Issue #47
  • 8 min read
My Frieze Art Fair
Culture

Patron familias

Sometimes it’s not civic officials who shape the city but passionate families. In Sydney the Kaldors’ cultural philanthropy is enriching their city.

  • Issue #45
  • 11 min read
The Kaldors, from left: Michael, Naomi Milgrom Kaldor, Thomas, John, Bettina, Campbell Davie (John’s stepson), Isabell, Bettina (John’s daughter-in-law), Sophie, Peter
Affairs

Almost there

Montréal has slipped in our city rankings, joining others in our bottom five for the past two years. We welcome newcomer Seattle to the list and will be watching its progress closely.

  • Issue #45
  • 3 min read
Almost there
Culture

The art of summer

Find the cream of culture with our guide to the best books, films, music, festivals and exhibitions this season.

  • Issue #45
  • 14 min read
The art of summer

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