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Being scene
With commercial galleries on the rise and an ambitious programme of museum development, Los Angeles is forging a formidable reputation as a centre for contemporary art. But can it really rival New York?
Art market
A report on a Naples gallery boosting the city's art reputation, an interview with collector and jewellery designer Julia Muggenburg, and Phillips de Pury's Latin American art sale.
Korean Golf
With membership fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, clubhouses designed by star architects and troupes of attentive young female caddies - golf is the ultimate statement of wealth in South Korea -…
The digital scramble
In the rush to go digital, US media giants abandoned their core values, says a veteran journalist. Elsewhere, old-fashioned values are thriving and we meet the players with successful business models.
Culture
Book, film and music reviews, plus culture editor Robert Bound on what makes an icon.
Media
Internet advertising that knows exactly who you are, an Istanbul magazine delivered by bicycle - by the editor, plus more media news.
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.
Expo 47: Press forward
From its base in Brazil’s finance capital, ‘Folha de S.Paulo’ is a newspaper success story. With a nose for exclusives, its dedicated journalists continue to set the country's news agenda.
More than a moghul
Alexander Lebedev, former politician and owner of the UK’s ‘Independent’ and Russian opposition title ‘Novaya Gazeta’, is not your average oligarch. Here, he tells us why his management style is definitely hands-off.
Making airwaves
Hilversum was the centre of Dutch broadcasting for a century, a model media city of daring architecture. Now, the city is searching for new relevance in the digital media age.
