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Art

Best in show

September’s best: US musical mock-doc, Georgian art, bossa nova tribute.

  • Issue #166
  • 8 min read
Best in show
Entertainment

Choice cuts

Our inventory of cultural unmissables includes a tense paella western, an original Ukrainian crime drama and a collection of top-grade South African sonics.

  • Issue #163
  • 6 min read
Choice cuts
Film

Move closer

From a Canadian popstar’s emotional return to a beloved portraitist’s political roots, we survey the season’s cultural highlights.

  • Issue #158
  • 8 min read
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Books

Catching sparks

From a historical novel about identity in a time of plague to retro-Persian electro music secretly recorded in Istanbul, we survey the brightest of the cultural highlights to come.

  • Issue #157
  • 9 min read
Book cover of Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk showing silhouetted figures in archway
Music

Immaculate collection

A great auteur and a fresh film talent vie with super-sized art, musical returns and literary explorations of identity to excite our intellectual curiosity.

  • Issue #156
  • 8 min read
Two people embracing intimately in water in a scene from Claire Denis's Both Sides of the Blade
Art

State of the arts

Singapore's art museum transforms a cargo warehouse into an unconventional gallery space, challenging traditional exhibition formats while its main building undergoes renovation.

  • Issue #154
  • 1 min read
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Music

Hitting peaks

From a soundtrack to sisterhood to the secret history of Brazilian dance movements, we survey the essential cultural high points of the coming month.

  • Issue #153
  • 10 min read
Two people sitting close together on a red leather couch in an intimate scene from Standing Up
Art

Choice cuts

We source the best new art and retail – and meet the creative minds behind it – to make yours a winter of cultural contentment.

  • Issue #149
  • 25 min read
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Culture

New landscape

When the usual channels of shows closed, Italian curators found a new way to promote contemporary art.

  • Issue #148
  • 1 min read
New landscape
Culture

Bright sparks

As the days darken, enlighten yourself with our edit of the best of the season’s arts and culture, from printed page to gallery floor.

  • Issue #148
  • 8 min read
A group of people in swimwear sitting on a wooden boat deck with rocky coastline in the background

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