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Directors' cut

15 August 2019

The more incendiary the conversation around cultural topics becomes, the more museum directors take on the role of mouthpieces for how society should deal with thorny issues. Four art bosses tell us how they’re making an…

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Creative directors

17 June 2010

Quality of life isn’t just about cycle lanes and roof gardens; our cities need inspirational thinking and ideas from the cultural sphere, too. Here, we profile five players – from a South African rock band to a Tokyo web…

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Voice of the people

17 April 2014

Singaporean director Royston Tan has challenged his country’s conventional narrative – which prizes prosperity and stability – by telling the stories of those living on the margins of society. But even the government has…

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Behind the scenes

19 October 2017

Ruben Östlund couldn’t create his idiosyncratic – and award-winning – films without his trusted team. From make-up artist to sound engineer, they’re the backbone of the creative process.

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Living at the movies

15 August 2013

As artistic director for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Cameron Bailey watches 700 films a year. But with midnight meetings, hectic schedules and nervous producers, it’s not all fun and games for Toronto’s…

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A healthy shelf life

17 April 2014

The managing director and saviour of furniture manufacturer Vitsoe on how he brought the eminent brand back from the brink, the importance of character and why money men are best avoided.

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Sets Appeal

17 May 2007

After studying architecture, Robert Cowper worked his way up from a draughtsman to become an art director on the sets of big-budget films. Monocle met him on the set of The Bourne Ultimatum in the week that the director…

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A song for supper

17 March 2008

As a shy teenager from an island off Rotterdam, Anton Corbijn only felt confident behind a camera. Described by Bono as the ‘fifth member of U2’, he has befriended many of the subjects he has shot and filmed in his 30-year…

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Cross to bear

21 September 2017

As director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Yves Daccord has learnt to take a calm approach to life-or-death decisions.

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Keep it reel

17 September 2009

While newspapers and broadcasters pull the plug on budgets for investigative journalism and documentary, Monocle meets Norway’s documentary filmmakers leading the charge to protect films that ask, answer and entertain.

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Art market briefing

19 October 2015

An Auckland auction house, a gallery in New York and a Q&A with the director of the Hirshhorn Museum.

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In betweener

17 August 2017

The theatre director on the art of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

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Pole star

15 November 2012

The small community of Kirkenes is set to witness big changes as global warming opens up the Arctic. Can it cope with the influx of businesses keen to take advantage of its position on the Northern Sea Route?

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My last meal: Lars Nittve

17 August 2015

Food is a hard-won passion for museum director and art critic Lars Nittve.

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My last meal: Feeding John Malkovich

20 October 2011

The Hollywood actor, director and fashion designer shares his ‘last meal’ in a restaurant built into the rocks near his home in Provence.

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Design/Architecture Briefing

18 August 2011

A new sports hall in Australia, an exquisite chair from Sweden and a Q & A with the new director of the ECAL design school in Lausanne.

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