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I Only Want You To Love Me. His work is filled with glamorous, beautiful women from dazed housewives and decadent beauties to sunbathing sexpots and ecstatic virgins. The largest exhibition of his work to date will include large-scale photographic prints as well as hand-drawn story-boards, drawings, polaroids and magazines, offering an intimate insight into Aldridge’s point of view and process. From 10 July. £6, £4.50 concs
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Methodical Imaginings. This exhibition focuses on a series of important London churches designed by the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor during the early part of the eighteenth century. Free
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Major retrospective exhibition on a global icon of gastronomy, Ferran Adrià, and the restaurant he built to become the world’s best, elBulli. From 5 July. £10, £8 concs
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The Art of Love & Leisure. Explore the musical pastimes of 17th-century Netherlands through this exhibition combining the art of Vermeer and his contemporaries with rare musical instruments, songbooks and live music. £7, £3.50 concs
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The seventeenth century was witness to frequent and often gruesome plots, scandals and murders. This display explores these unwholesome episodes through contemporary prints and raises questions about the role that print culture could play in promoting a highly biased version of events. Free display
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and BP Travel Award 2012. The exhibition features a variety of styles and approaches to the contemporary painted portrait. Free
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Discover the iconic Mildenhall Great Dish and its central role at the very heart of the Roman meal. Free
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Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings including a selection from the works on paper left to the British Museum by R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) on display for the first time. Free
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Asian propaganda. Covering the period 1900 to 1976, a selection of unpublished and rarely seen political art from Asia. Free
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The Bolshoi Ballet launches its Golden Jubilee season at the Royal Opera House with one of Russia’s greatest ballets. 1, 10*, 14, 15 Aug 19.30, *14.00 & 19.30. £10-£120
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The Bolshoi Ballet depicts the tumultuous era of the French Revolution. 16, 17* Aug 19.30, *14.00 & 19.30. £8-£110
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The Bolshoi Ballet performs its acclaimed new production of Balanchine’s Jewels, inspired by the brilliance and colour of gemstones. 12, 13 Aug 19.30. £8-£110
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The Bolshoi Ballet gives the first performance outside Russia of Yuri Grigorovich’s magnificent revival of a ballet classic. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Aug 19.30. £10-£120
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Petipa’s exotic masterpiece is danced to perfection by the Bolshoi Ballet. 2, 3* Aug 19.30, *14.00 & 19.30. £10-£66
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The Bolshoi Ballet launches its Golden Jubilee season at the Royal Opera House with one of Russia’s greatest ballets. 29, 30, 31 July, 1, 10*, 14, 15 Aug 19.30, *14.00 & 19.30. £10-£120
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