Monocle 24: The Monocle Arts Review

Matt Alagiah is joined in the studio by author Cathy Rentzenbrink and Sarah Shaffi, online editor for ‘The Bookseller’, to review some of the best book releases from the past month. We head to Athens to see whether the latest influx of fairs and exhibitions has put the Greek capital on the art map and we nip over to the Royal Academy of Art for this year’s student show.

From the latest album releases to new music docs via all-singing all-dancing Broadway for the Tony awards and the Brazilian charts, we get musical on this week’s Monocle Arts Review. Robert Bound is joined by chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, Will Hodgkinson, and film critic Jason Solomons in the studio and we also chat to country music superstar, Steve Earle.

Ben Rylan is joined in the studio by writer Lucy Jones and TV editor at London Live Toby Earle to discuss their highlights on Netflix and Amazon Prime this month. Plus we nip over to São Paulo for some Japanese culture and find out what’s at number one in Belgium in this week’s global countdown.

Tom Edwards is joined in the studio by film critics Anna Smith and Tim Robey to wrap up this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Elsewhere on the show we find out about a new book, ‘The Poetry of Pop’, and chat to Turkish musicians Baba Zula about making music in an uneasy political climate.

Matt Alagiah is joined in the studio by Matt Wolf, theatre critic for the ‘The New York Times International Edition’, and Nancy Durrant, commissioning editor for ‘The Times Arts’, to discuss the week in London theatre and art. Plus: we take a dodgem ride around an arts festival by the Thames and we take a whiff of some olfactory art.

We review the latest book and podcast releases with publisher John Mitchinson and writer Pete Naughton. Plus: art adviser Kathlene Fox-Davies gives us her take on Photo London, we meet a film producer to find out just how difficult it is to get your film on the big screen and we listen to Portugal’s top-five music chart.

Ben Rylan is joined in the studio by Eurovision experts Chris West and Frances Robinson to discuss this year’s extravaganza in Kiev. Plus: our Eurovision correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco is on the ground to take us behind the scenes of this year’s show and we find out what it is like to present the big finale with Australian TV and radio personality Myf Warhurst.

Film critic Jason Solomons rounds up what's on at the cinema this week, while art critic Jane Morris fills us in on the highlights of the Venice Biennale and Damien Hirst's gargantuan new exhibition. Plus: the Photo London art fair, political cartoonist Willem and what's at number one in the Norwegian music charts.

Robert Bound, Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’, and DJ and broadcaster Georgie Rogers round up some of the week’s TV and music releases. Plus: we discover the Italian publishers to know, discuss the “global novel” with poet and critic Adam Kirsch and learn about what classical music means in 2017 with German composer Sven Helbig.

With the Tony nominations on the horizon, we dial up theatre critic Matt Wolf in New York to see who’s doing well on Broadway. Plus: we talk April novels with ‘Elle’ magazine’s literary critic Sharmaine Lovegrove, take a look at some Brazilian art and cast an eye over photography in Paris.

Ben Rylan chats to film critics Karen Krizanovich and Tim Robey about this month’s cinema releases, we get to grips with the latest podcast sensation ‘S-Town’ and we take the temperature of Canada’s music scene. Plus: we discover the must-see theatre production in London this week and the number-one single in the Chinese charts.

Tom Edwards is joined in the studio by writers Cathy Rentzenbrink and Mark Mason to discuss this month’s fiction and non-fiction releases, we find out how you put on a biennale in the Antarctic and get a round-up from MipTV with ‘Broadcast’ magazine’s Peter White. Plus: the Toronto Storytelling Festival.

Robert Bound is joined by Will Hodgkinson, chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, and Kathelene Fox-Davies, art dealer and advisor, to discuss the week in music and art. Plus we talk Korean art with Bartomeu Mari, director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, and discover our new favourite radio station in Amsterdam.

Theatre critic Matt Wolf and writer Lucy Jones join Matt Alagiah in the studio to review this week’s West End and TV shows, we head to Amsterdam to learn about a recently solved art heist and we speak to one of the creative minds behind the London-based art, music and technology festival Convergence.

We get this week’s film, podcast and art picks from critics Tim Robey, Pete Naughton and Jane Morris, and we head to Austin, Texas, to find out the music acts to watch at this year’s SXSW showcase.

This week we review March’s book releases with John Mitchinson, co-founder of Unbound, and Anne Meadows, commissioning editor at Granta and Portobello. Plus: we preview this month’s must-see TV with John Doyle of Toronto’s ‘Globe and Mail’ and head to east London for an exhibition of British advertising over the past century.

Robert Bound is joined by film critic Jason Solomons and Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’, to talk Oscars and this week’s film and album releases. Plus: we take a trip to Rio to find out what it takes to get into the samba parade during Carnival.

The 'Telegraph' film critic gives us his Oscar predictions, as well as reviewing 'A Cure for Wellness' and 'Certain Women'.

Reviews of the latest releases by Howard Cunnell, Jaqueline Woodson and Mohsin Hamid.

Reviews of ‘Supergirl’, Australian show ‘Please Like Me’ and ‘The Golden Girls’ (now that it’s streaming on Hulu).