Kanye West MUSIC 5:14pm

Kanye West, Hammersmith Apollo, London

Clad in unfastened straitjacket and yeti mask, the “luxury rap” maestro cast himself as the isolated and tortured solo artist

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An artist finds his groove
Dinos Chapman ©Jake Walters
Dinos Chapman, purveyor of infernal images that make your flesh crawl, has made his first album
And the best is silence
The experience of art is most intense during private, contemplative moments; there are better spaces for noise
Aeternum World premiere of a new work by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon The Royal Ballet at The Royal Opera House, London, Great Britain 22nd February 2013 Choreography Christopher Wheeldon Music Benjamin Britten ©Elliot Franks THEATRE & DANCE hh:mmpm

Ratmansky and Wheeldon premieres, Royal Opera House, London

What’s not to like when two major choreographers create pieces for the Royal Ballet? The scores, alas

MACBETH by Shakespeare ©Johan Persson THEATRE & DANCE 5:14pm

Macbeth, Trafalgar Studios, London

Caledonian overload: Jamie Lloyd’s Shakespeare production tries too hard for its own good to be “the Scottish play”

VISUAL ARTS 5:14pm

Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui, Brooklyn Museum, New York

The African artist’s mosaic-like works are beautiful but behind their shiny outward appearance lie weighty concerns

Jonas Kaufmann as Parsifal ©Ken Howard MUSIC Feb 24, 2013

Parsifal, Metropolitan Opera, New York

Strong music-making is the strength of this production, with Jonas Kaufmann performing the title role with rare sensitivity

Film

Tom Hanks and Jim Sturgess in ‘Cloud Atlas’ ©Warner Bros

Nigel Andrews reviews Cloud Atlas, To the Wonder, Lore and The Road: A Story of Life and Death

The Art Market

Detail from ‘Love is all around’ (2008) by Zwelethu Mthethwa and Louis Jansen van Vuuren

Christie’s raises its premiums, London gets new art fair; museum sell-off in Turkey sparks fury

MUSIC Feb 24, 2013

Atoms for Peace, Oval Space, London

Even in a stripped-down format, the rewards of Yorke’s conversion to electronic music rang out

Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Torpedo . . .  Los!’ VISUAL ARTS Feb 24, 2013

Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, Tate Modern, London

This cleverly curated show relates how Lichtenstein’s works formed a telling commentary on the dominant visual culture

Vladimir Ashkenazy ©Keith Saunders MUSIC Feb 24, 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra/Ashkenazy, Royal Festival Hall, London

A bracing aperitif of music by John Zorn preceded a nicely judged pairing of Britten and Shostakovich

Emily Patrick’s ‘From Autumn to the Pacific’ VISUAL ARTS Feb 24, 2013

Emily Patrick, Gallery 27, London

With sensual brushwork counterpointing grid-like compositions, these virtuoso still lifes offer viewers ‘a different energy’

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simón Bolívar Orchestra ©Reuters MUSIC Feb 22, 2013

Gustavo Dudamel: not just another maestro?

Once the poster-boy of El Sistema, one of the world’s most sought-after conductors talks about his philosophy of life and music

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