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How Wonderfruit founder Pete Phornprapha built Asia’s most global festival
The brains behind Asia’s answer to Burning Man reveal the organic growth strategy, international audience dynamics and real-estate model that made Wonderfruit a success story.
Novelist Lawrence Osborne takes a gamble on Edward Berger’s ‘Ballad of a Small Player’
The Bangkok-based author reveals what it’s like to see his high-stakes tale reimagined for the big screen.
Rose Wylie, 91 and still painting, brings her glorious irreverence to Frieze London
Meet Rose Wylie, the nonagenarian artist producing exuberant, high-selling masterpieces from her famously messy Kent studio.
Why Hong Kong’s 3812 Gallery is betting on London’s Bayswater to attract the next generation of collectors
Does the Hong Kong-based gallery’s westward move tell a bigger story about changing buyer habits and the new geography of London’s art scene?
Five must-see shows during Frieze London 2025
As the capital’s premier art fair returns, Monocle scouts this year’s standout exhibitions, which include everything from bold retrospectives to daring curatorial visions.
What Frieze London director Eva Langret wants you to see at this year’s fair
As Frieze London returns, director Eva Langret shares her highlights from this year’s edition – including thatched sculptures, stand-up style performance art and her go-to spots for post-fair dinners.
Contrary to what you might have heard, Europe is a 21st-century success story
Listen to the critics and you would think Europe was finished. Too bureaucratic, they say. Cannot agree on migration. Moving at glacial pace while Silicon Valley races ahead. It has become such a tired…
Putting Southeast Asia on the map: Art Jakarta’s Tom Tandio on what’s driving Indonesia’s creative scene
Indonesia’s premier fair Art Jakarta runs from 3 to 5 October. Director Tom Tandio speaks to Monocle about this year’s edition, which is taking place soon after anti-government protests rocked the country’s largest city.
