The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Charlotte Burns
We’re in New York for this week’s art review. We begin at the Matthew Marks Gallery for ‘Five O’Clock Shadow’, the largest exhibition of work by Ron Nagle that the city’s ever seen. We…
Film: David Jenkins
Gillian Dobias and David Jenkins, editor of ‘Little White Lies’ magazine, discuss Ridley Scott’s new space adventure, ‘The Martian’, Michael Fassbender’s performance in Justin Kerzel’s brand new Macbeth and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as death-defying stuntman…
Books: Mark Mason
Writer Mark Mason reviews ‘Treasured Island’ by Frank Barrett, ‘Surviving AI: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence’ by Calum Chace and ‘Wiseguy’ by Nicholas Pileggi.
TV: Alice Vincent
On this week’s TV review we chew over Shane Meadows’ final installment of the ‘This is England’ series as we approach the finale this weekend. Online we look at Netflix’s latest commission: a brand…
Music: Luke Turner
On this week’s music review we explore new releases by London-based producer Powell, Polish musician Stara Rzeka and Viriginia-based artist Elysia Crampton.
Art: Kathlene Fox-Davies
Robert Bound and Kathlene Fox-Davies talk us through a few London art exhibitions to keep on your radar this week: Gordon Cheung’s comment on materialism and economic growth in ‘Breaking Tulips’ at Alan Cristea…
Film: Anna Smith
On this week’s film review Monocle’s Gillian Dobias and film critic Anna Smith discuss the relationship between James Dean and his photographer Dennis Stock in ‘Life’, delve into the murky world of dodgy real-estate…
Books: Cathy Rentzenbrink
On this week’s literary review Cathy Rentzenbrink, books editor at ‘The Bookseller’, and Monocle’s Andrew Tuck discuss the following: ‘The Story of the Lost Child’, the latest offering from mysterious Italian author Elena Ferrante;…
Theatre: Matt Wolf
Up for discussion on this week’s theatre review: Nicole Kidman’s return to the stage in ‘Photograph 51’ at the Noël Coward Theatre; the Royal Court’s black comedy ‘Hangmen’; and the musical ‘Kinky Boots’ at…
Music: Laura Snapes
Laura Snapes, senior editor at ‘The Pitchfork Review’, comes by studio 2 with an armful of new album releases, including ‘La Di Da Di’ by US experimental rockers Battles, some Scottish electronica from Chvrches’…
