Culture [Monocle]

In our second film from the Venice Art Biennale, Monocle’s culture editor Robert Bound goes off piste to explore the curatorial instincts at François Pinault’s new Punta Della Dogana. 30.06.09

In the first of two films from the 53rd Venice Art Biennale, Monocle culture editor Robert Bound reports on national pavilions as shop windows for contemporary art and national identity. 19.06.09

Sounds Like Teen Spirit, Jamie Jay Johnson's warm and witty documentary following four contestants in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, is a sure contender as one of the strongest factual films of 2009. 28.05.09

Monocle Editor-in-Chief Tyler Brûlé met with Alain de Botton at his London home to talk about his latest book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, a lucid and detailed exploration of the workplace - from office to factory, fishing boat to call centre. 20.05.09

In The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, Alain de Botton reveals why we need an art that can proclaim the intelligence, peculiarity, beauty and horror of the workplace. 14.05.09

Despite years of turbulence between Taiwan and China, this island's pop culture leaves the mainland standing. 27.03.09

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Books and media

Some to sling in your beach bag, others to savour at home, our literary pick encompasses fiction, travel, politics, media and e-books.

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Visual arts

From Tokyo to Tuymans, here are six of the best in a crowded summer art calendar.

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Film

Monocle picks the key movies for the summer and looks ahead at the Cannes hits coming our way.

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Music

Monocle's summer arts calendar creams off the pick of the albums to line up, the books to take to the beach, the shows to saunter round and the movies to get to grips with in the evening - preferably in an open-air cinema in Melbourne.

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Reel Estates

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.