Arts
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Culture
Roman Polanski's new drama The Ghost, music picks from gospel to "geyser-pop", the new books we've been reading.
Art market
Christie’s is posting one of its biggest auctioneers, François Curiel, to head up its Asian HQ in Hong Kong. He will lead the house's expansion in one of the most promising post-recession art markets.
Culture
Film reviews for Lion's Den and Lebanon, our picks of books and music releases and culture "czar" Robert Bound's column.
Drawin them in
Emilio Giannelli’s satirical cartoons on the front page of ‘Corriere della Sera’ unite Italy in laughter. He has become untouchable by the nation’s highly litigious politicians, including Silvio Berlusconi.
In her element
MacArthur Fellow Teresita Fernández makes art reflecting the landscape as she sees it. Monocle visits her Brooklyn studio as she prepares for her new show in New York.
Culture
Douglas Coupland's unerring eye continues to define his times, Michael Haneke's White Ribbon scars the horses, and Toronto Indie superheroes Hidden Cameras mix it with Sweden's finest frostbitten chanteuse.
Look & listen
Monocle’s summer arts calendar highlights the best albums to line up, books for the beach, shows to saunter round and movies to enjoy – from Fuji Rock to the Whitney Museum.
Art market
The Russians are coming - well that's what London hopes. Plus, Swiss design under the hammer in Paris and plot the market's progress with the Fine Art Index.
Just so hot right now
Often overlooked next to Dubai, Sharjah’s boundary-breaking art biennial is forcing a rethink of Arab art. An optimistic show with brilliant young women as its driving force, it's the real heart of art.
