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Is Lisbon’s art market on the up? Arco Lisboa, the city’s growing contemporary art fair, has put on a promising display
Monocle reflects on the Portuguese capital’s biggest art fair, Arco Lisboa, and whether the peripheral market is starting to make a bigger splash.
Off the wall: How Frank Bowling painted his way to prominence
Frank Bowling has spent seven decades doubling down on colour. Now, despite an ever more achromic age, the nonagenarian artist is celebrating exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong and Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
What is so special about ‘Le Petit Prince’?
On its 80th anniversary, France’s bestselling and most widely translated children’s fable proves that simple narratives speak volumes.
The best new books, films, museums and albums in June
Listen to music by Kelsey Lu, see Willem de Kooning in Chicago, watch Steven Spielberg’s latest and read about ‘dangerous art’.
The class of 2026: 16 emerging stars in art, politics, architecture and beyond
Monocle has always championed rising stars. Here we spotlight new talent in a variety of fields who are on the cusp of graduating to greater prominence.
‘Making people laugh for a few euros’: Florence’s old school photo booths bring delight to those who wait
In an age of quick snaps, Fotoautomatic captures slow, organic moments, one photo strip at a time.
Treasure hunters: Seven industry specialists behind the art auction block
There’s more to collecting than following markets and speculating on value appreciation. We meet the people at the heart of the action, from a veteran auctioneer to a design-fair director.
Antiquities collector James Perkins invites guests at Parnham Park to holiday among dinosaur fossils
The UK collector is restoring Dorset’s 16th-century manor house after a fire in 2017 destroyed the property, transforming it into a hospitality destination where ancient creatures take centre stage.
Yü-Ge Wang, the auctioneer on a bid to bring art collecting to a new generation
We speak to the woman holding the gavel at Christie’s auction house on the art of reading a room, and the thrills and spills of the auction world.
‘Posters are more than just images on paper.’ Susan Reinhold, the poster dealer elevating prints to fine-art status
After acquiring her first-ever vintage poster more than three decades ago, Reinhold has been on a mission to revamp the image of the printed medium.
