Culture
State of the art: Is the gallery world on the brink of collapse or correction?
The days of buyers schlepping to DIY art spaces on the outskirts of big cities might be over but there are reasons for optimism amid the change.
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How Laura Mora adapted ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ for the silver screen
Filmmaker Laura Mora speaks to Monocle about adapting Gabriel García Márquez’s century-long saga for the screen.
Comic relief: Where no man is an island…
A tech titan travels to a remote outpost in search of investors - but will he find something else? And how will he manage without the constant pinging of his phone?
After a decade in the making, the curtain is set to rise at Shanghai Grand Opera House
The groundbreaking architectural project in China’s most cosmopolitan metropolis seeks to redefine how a cultural institution can serve the public.
Our seasonal newspaper is your perfect summer companion
'Med, Mountains & More' also includes a glossy 50-page supplement, featuring our top-five stays from Malta to Merano, breezy menswear on Spain’s Costa Brava and much more.
China’s booming magazine scene: Big names in fashion flip the page east
While many fashion magazines in the West are reducing their size or closing entirely, titles such as ‘Vogue Man’, ‘The Face’ and ‘Another’ have turned to China.
Read our summer paper out now: Med, Mountains & More
Dive into our new summer newspaper, Med, Mountains & More. We sit down with Albanian prime minister Edi Rama, invite you to settle in for a drama-packed beach read by author Edward Chisholm and test…
Monocle’s Lisbon retreat and summer newspaper are the perfect summer supplements
What are you doing the first week of September? That’s when we’re hosting The Monocle Quality of Life Conference in sunny Lisbon and I would like you to join me and the rest of the crew,…
Why did a story about ‘sniper tourism’ go unchallenged for so long? Here’s the answer
The Sarajevo sniper-tourism scandal proves why reporting from trusted sources is more important than ever.
AI might Botox your writing but wrinkles are the lines that matter
A writer who I like a lot sends me a pitch for a story that he would like to report on for Monocle. But there’s something off about it. A funny smell. His usual…
