The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Kathlene Fox-Davies
Art consultant and dealer Kathlene Fox-Davies discusses prints by Bruce Nauman at Sims Reed Gallery, ‘Tomoko Yoneda: Beyond Memory’ at Grimaldi Gavin and ‘Roni Horn: Butterfly Doubt’ at Hauser & Wirth.
Film: Karen Krizanovich
Film critic Karen Krizanovich and Monocle’s Gillian Dobias review ‘Love and Mercy’, the tale of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson. They discuss ‘Dear White People’, Justin Simien’s racial satire set in an Ivy League…
Books: Parul Sehgal
Parul Sehgal, an editor at ‘The New York Times Book Review’ reviews Joshua Cohen’s internet epic ‘Book of Numbers’, Vendela Vida’s ‘The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty’ where the protagonist loses her passport and reinvents…
Television: Alice Vincent
Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for the ‘Daily Telegraph’ reviews the third season of ‘Orange is the New Black’, discusses the blurred lines between people and robots in sci-fi drama ‘Humans’ and as…
Music: David Stubbs
Music writer David Stubbs and Monocle’s Andrew Mueller discuss an eclectic selection of music releases, encompassing new works of ambient electronica, modern Glaswegian folk and a collaboration between The Long Lost Band and Tim…
Photography: Sue Steward
Photography critic Sue Steward talks us through the latest exhibition at the Wapping Project Bankside, a show of Raymond Cauchetier’s work at the James Hyman Gallery and ‘Fresh Faced + Wild Eyed’, a collection…
Film: Tim Robey
Monocle’s Gillian Dobias and Tim Robey, film critic for ‘The Telegraph’, discuss the sequels that have hit the screens this week: ‘Magic Mike XXL’ and Terminator Genisys’. Plus we talk about Asif Kapadia’s much-anticipated…
Books: Fleur Macdonald
Fleur Macdonald, editor of The Omnivore literary website reviews two novels: Louis de Bernières’ latest, ‘The Dust that Falls From Dreams’ and Algerian writer Kamel Daoud’s debut ‘The Meursault Investigation’, which picks up the…
Theatre: Dominic Maxwell
Dominic Maxwell, chief theatre critic for ‘The Times’, runs through a triple bill of plays on in London this summer. At the Phoenix Theatre we’ll see how ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ scores against the…
Music: Luke Turner
Luke Turner, associate editor of the Quietus, talks us through new album releases from Finnish synth-pop-maker Jaakko Eino Kalevi and the producer credited with pioneering footwork music in Chicago: RP Boo. Plus we’ll find…
