The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Kimberly Bradley
We head to Vienna for this week’s art review to learn about ‘Political Populism’ at the Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Always, Always, Others’ at Mumok and Clegg & Guttmann’s ‘Modalities of Portraiture’ at Galerie Georg Kargl.
Film: Karen Krizanovich
In this week’s film review we go to the ballet in ‘Bolshoi Babylon’, a scandalous behind-the-scenes documentary about Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. We also discuss Tarantino’s latest blood-fuelled adventure ‘The Hateful Eight’. Plus: we end…
Books: Sharmaine Lovegrove
Tom Edwards and Sharmaine Lovegrove, co-founder of page-to-screen consultancy Dialogue Scouting, discuss some of the month’s book releases, including ‘Human Acts’ by South Korean author Han Kang and Anna North’s ‘The Life and Death…
TV: Alice Vincent
Ben Rylan chats with Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Daily Telegraph’, about Netflix’s latest hit, crime-documentary ‘Making a Murderer’. They also discuss the BBC’s lush new costume-drama, an adaptation of Tolstoy’s…
Music: Will Hodgkinson
Will Hodgkinson, rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, reviews ‘Blackstar’, the brand new album by David Bowie. He also discusses a reissue of French songstress Françoise Hardy’s 1966 album ‘La Maison Ou J’ai…
Art: Ossian Ward and Jane Morris
Ossian Ward, head of content at the Lisson Gallery, and Jane Morris, editor of ‘The Art Newspaper’, tell us about the art exhibitions they’re looking forward to in 2016.
Film: Tim Robey
We conclude 2015’s film review in a galaxy far, far away as the new Star Wars movie launches in cinemas around the world. We’re then brought back down to earth with a tale of…
Books: Cathy Rentzenbrink
Cathy Rentzenbrink, director of Quick Reads and contributing editor at The Bookseller, shares her favourite book of the year, a recommendation for Christmas and something she’s looking forward to getting stuck into in 2016.
Theatre: Matt Wolf
Monocle’s Tomos Lewis and Matt Wolf, theatre critic for the ‘International New York Times’, round up some of London’s latest productions. We review Sheridan Smith’s latest role in First World War musical ‘Funny Girl’…
Music: Robert Bound
We get in to the festive spirit with a run-through of Culture editor Robert Bound’s favourite Christmas tunes.
