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Takashi Murakami and Tate Modern’s ‘Electric Dreams’ :

We visit two new London exhibitions. ‘Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami’ at Gagosian’s Grosvenor Hill outpost offers the contemporary artist’s interpretations of Edo-era artworks. We sit down with Murakami to discuss AI, where he finds inspiration and the atmosphere that he likes to create in his studio. Plus, we meet the curator of ‘Electric Dreams’ at London’s Tate Modern.

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687	9 Dec 2024 30 min	Takashi Murakami and Tate Modern’s ‘Electric Dreams’ We visit two new London exhibitions. ‘Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami’ at Gagosian’s Grosvenor Hill outpost offers the contemporary artist’s interpretations of Edo-era artworks. We sit down with Murakami to discuss AI, where he finds inspiration and the atmosphere that he likes to create in his studio. Plus, we meet the curator of ‘Electric Dreams’ at London’s Tate Modern.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
686	2 Dec 2024 27 min	New documentaries: ‘The Bibi Files’ and ‘Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes’ We cover the release of two fascinating and revealing documentaries. Both take a sideways look at men we’re familiar with from their public – and vastly different – profiles: one as a world leader and the other as an icon of Hollywood’s golden age. ‘The Bibi Files’, directed by Alexis Bloom, uses leaked interrogation footage of Benjamin Netanyahu to explore contemporary Israeli politics. Then, ‘Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes’, directed by Kathryn Ferguson, takes a behind-the-scenes look at actor Humphrey Bogart.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
685	25 Nov 2024 27 min	Hank Willis Thomas Hank Willis Thomas is a US artist who works across media to explore themes including identity, popular culture and mass media. We meet him at his exhibition of collages, ‘Kinship of the Soul’, at London’s Pace Gallery.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
684	18 Nov 2024 33 min	Steve McQueen and ‘Blitz’ Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is known for his in-depth, human exploration of characters and history, which is executed with an artist’s eye. We speak to McQueen about the release of his new film, ‘Blitz’, which details the lives of 20th-century Britons during the Second World War. Then: Monocle’s Fernando Augesto Pacheco and ‘Monocle on Culture’ regular Leila Latif share their takes on the film. Plus: titles to look out for this winter.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
683	11 Nov 2024 31 min	20 years of Nonclassical We celebrate 20 years of music promoter, record label and events producer Nonclassical. Over the past two decades, the organisation has been at the forefront of classical, experimental and electronic music, leading the way with innovative and genre-defying sounds. Robert Bound sits down with composer and founder Gabriel Prokofiev and composer Tonia Ko.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
682	4 Nov 2024 30 min	‘Box Office Poison’ We sit down with Tim Robey, author of the new book ‘Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops’. This alternative history of cinema recounts the industry’s biggest bombs, including how they came to be made and what they tell us about both the Hollywood machine and the public who eschewed them.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
681	28 Oct 2024 27 min	Walla Walla Foundry, a new Italian film and French pop star Zaho de Sagazan We head to Rome to find out about a new film dedicated to the Women’s Liberation Movement in the 1970s before visiting one of the world’s largest contemporary art foundries in Walla Walla. Plus: an interview with French pop star Zaho de Sagazan.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	25 Oct 2024 26 min	Gran Turismo Folgore: A Lucca Roadtrip As this special episode pauses to consider elements of great design, it is important to not overcomplicate matters. Sometimes, all you need is four wheels and a beating heart. Monocle’s Italian odyssey concludes with a second roadtrip in another of Maserati’s powerful new all-electric sports cars: the Gran Turismo Folgore. Joining us for the ride are Maserati’s head of design, Klaus Busse, and food writer Luca Cesari.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
680	21 Oct 2024 30 min	A new ballet based on the life and writing of Oscar Wilde We find out about ‘Oscar’, a ballet based on the life and work of Oscar Wilde. Plus: artist Sophie Matisse tells us about designing chess sets, and writer and translator Bruna Dantas Lobato discusses her new book, ‘Blue Light Hours’.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
679	14 Oct 2024 28 min	Asymmetry and Heartland at Noma We venture from Monocle’s Marylebone HQ to London’s Dalston to learn about an organisation looking east. Asymmetry is an unusual, forward-thinking foundation dedicated to developing cultural knowledge in and about Asia. Plus: we head to Copenhagen to find out about Danish festival Heartland’s takeover of famed restaurant Noma.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
678	7 Oct 2024 29 min	The ghost and spirit of Mike Kelley We explore the world of US artist Mike Kelley with the first UK exhibition of his work at the Tate Modern. ‘Ghost and Spirit’ shows Kelley’s influential and experimental practice ranging from drawings and collages to multimedia installations of “dark pop art”. Robert Bound speaks to Catherine Wood, the Tate Modern’s director of programme, about the show. Plus: Lisson Gallery content director Ossian Ward shares his view of Kelley’s imaginative career.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
677	30 Sep 2024 35 min	Public Service Broadcasting and concept albums To celebrate the release of Public Service Broadcasting’s The Last Flight, we explore the world of concept albums. Robert Bound speaks to the band’s J Willgoose, Esq about the making of the album, which explores aviator Amelia Earhart’s final takeoff. To continue the theme, Monocle’s contributing editor Andrew Mueller digs deep into weird and wonderful LPs, while writer Natty Kasambala and Will Hodgkinson, music critic at ‘The Times’, share their favourite concept albums.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
★	26 Sep 2024 24 min	Gran Cabrio Folgore: a Carrara roadtrip Making a masterpiece begins with a vision. And where else to start than with the beloved Italian marque Maserati’s new powerful, all-electric sports car: the Gran Cabrio Folgore. As summer turns to autumn, we engage the roof, connect the charger and hit the road. Join us. Featuring Maserati’s head of design Klaus Busse and sculptor Valeria Greco.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
676	23 Sep 2024 29 min	‘The Goldman Case’ and ‘Sugarcane’ We discuss two new films in this week’s episode. ‘The Goldman Case’ dramatises the 1976 trial of revolutionary left-wing intellectual Pierre Goldman and is a thrilling retelling of a momentous event in French legal history. Plus: we speak to the directors behind the new documentary ‘Sugarcane’, which follows an investigation into the Canadian Indian residential school system.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play
675	16 Sep 2024 28 min	Ukraine’s musical heritage, Agnes Varda and Marina Abramovic’s new London show Monocle’s Andrew Mueller finds out about Soviet-era rock’n’roll in Ukraine ahead of the release of ‘Even The Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996’. Plus: we discuss a new biography about filmmaker Agnes Varda and hear from Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic.	Download Share X Facebook LinkedIn LINE Email	Play

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Monocle on Culture

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Latest episodes

Takashi Murakami and Tate Modern’s ‘Electric Dreams’

New documentaries: ‘The Bibi Files’ and ‘Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes’

Hank Willis Thomas

Steve McQueen and ‘Blitz’

20 years of Nonclassical

‘Box Office Poison’

Walla Walla Foundry, a new Italian film and French pop star Zaho de Sagazan

Gran Turismo Folgore: A Lucca Roadtrip

A new ballet based on the life and writing of Oscar Wilde

Asymmetry and Heartland at Noma

The ghost and spirit of Mike Kelley

Public Service Broadcasting and concept albums

Gran Cabrio Folgore: a Carrara roadtrip

‘The Goldman Case’ and ‘Sugarcane’

Ukraine’s musical heritage, Agnes Varda and Marina Abramovic’s new London show