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Article

French revision

20 May 2010

Napoleon sold off Louisiana in 1803 but the French government is busier than ever promoting Gallic culture in the former colonial state. Latest move: funding a new school and getting the headlines from Paris on the local…

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Article

Art market

20 May 2010

Munich's Galerie Zink, Artinfo.cn goes to China, Christie's Pop Memorabilia sale and a Warhol prints exhibition in Denmark.

Film

Arctic inspiration

7 November 2013

The Arctic has inspired the world for centuries with tales of adventure and exploration. Monocle heads to Denmark to see the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art’s current exhibition, Arctic, that seeks out the past and present…

Radio

The Monocle Daily, episode 378

10 April 2013

We ask why Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has become so unpopular in his home state. Plus, a look at women in the boardroom and whether different quotas across the world work, and we learn how to pick a good-looking camel…

Radio

The Bulletin with UBS - Ed Ruscha VERY: Works from the UBS Art Collection

24 June 2018

This week, in a special edition of the programme, we celebrate an exhibition of more than 50 works by the legendary Ed Ruscha from UBS’s collection at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. We hear from the man…

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Article

Arty food

17 September 2007

When Knud W Jensen, founder of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art died in 2000, successor Poul Erik Tøjner moved into his beachfront office, a former boat lacquery crammed with vintage Danish design. After initial doubts…

Radio

The Curator, episode 125

8 March 2014

How is Russia’s intervention in Crimea being covered by the Moscow-based team of ‘Russia Today’? As part of our series on prisons around the world we also speak to Lisa Cohen about Louisiana State Penitentiary and meet…

C 2018

Article

The wheels keep turning

13 September 2018

Our senior editor’s journey from Louisiana to Texas takes in gumbo, drive-thru liquor stores, pink pistols and vast stretches of not very much at all. But there is life and soul to be found in the vastness and stories to…

Radio

The Big Interview - Pipilotti Rist

28 April 2019

Rist’s video and installation art is known across the world for its bold, resonant and often funny style. With a major retrospective of her work open at Copenhagen’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Monocle’s Augustin Mac…

B 2018

Article

Sleeping giants

14 December 2017

Sophie Grove reporting on revivals: Many successful companies have been scuppered by circumstance over the years but in some cases there’s an argument for resurrection. Why not bring back these fine examples?

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Article

Reel estate

17 June 2009

If your town needs a tourism boost, there is nothing more likely to bring in the punters than a blockbusting film set on your street. No wonder cities are offering film companies big incentives for a moment on the casting…

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Article

Leaders of the pack

19 November 2009

Identifying a gap in a market is the easy part; creating a pioneering company to plug that gap requires a bit more skill. We present five firms that have found their niche and done the hard work too.

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Article

Southern comfort

21 January 2015

The streets of New Orleans have never been short of carnival spirit and creativity but can that energy find a home on the walls of local galleries? Those involved in the Prospect biennial think it can.

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Article

Americas

17 May 2008

How a herd of zebras is saving lives on Bolivia's roads, and the Caribbean island where ATM machines have become a tourist attraction.

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Article

Lucky star

17 March 2008

America has the vestiges of a patchwork of local media barons. The ones that thrive have managed to mix tradition with cutting-edge technology. The 80-year-old owner of the ‘Free Lance-Star’ is still a pioneer and the owner…

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Article

The Ten

16 January 2020

It didn’t take long for Frieze to find its Californian groove and the UK art fair is back in Los Angeles this month. Plus: training the lens on the male; farce and fantasy on stage and page; a new Nigerian journal offering…