Arts
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Design
Surfboards, bathtubs and house boats – and a special focus on Milan's Salone del Mobile for good measure.
Time to collect
From design to art, magazines to furniture, we all know the pleasure of collecting. But how do we ensure that passion beats pure investment? This was the question that Robert Bound posed to the…
The secret to buying a painting
In the latest episode of our ‘Secret to...’ series, Alexander Gilkes, co-founder of online auction house Paddle8, unveils the alchemy that surrounds the world of collecting art.
Palette cleanser
How Austria’s once-conservative seat of aesthetic endeavour learnt to love modernity.
The conversation: Sitting pretty
Portraiture has a long history that provides rich insights into both artist and subject. Contemporary artists Gavin Turk and Peter Blake discuss their approach to this fascinating and freighted form.
Art market
We speak to Simon Mordant, collector and chairman of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Object lessons: Design companies
To understand what makes Australia special, look to its dynamic design community. Monocle meets a choice selection of the nation’s crafty creators making their mark at home and abroad.
Letters from home
We meet the makers and painters continuing the aesthetic legacy of their cities, creating and preserving signs with gold leaf, ochre-white paint and neon tubes.
