Capital culture

London: Visual Art Masterpieces from the Louvre: the Collection of Louis La Caze features over 500 pictures that Paris doctor La Caze bequeathed to the museum. Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square. Until May 18th. www.wallacecollection.org

Photography Camera Press at 60 features commissioned portraits of, among many others, John Lennon, Salman Rushdie and Vivien Leigh. National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place. Until April 1st. www.npg.org.uk.

Pop/Rock Icelandic singer Bjork, continues to promote her latest album, Volta, with three shows at the Hammersmith Apollo. Daft dresses optional. April 14th, 17th, 20th. www.bjork.com.

New York

Pop/Soul Tamla Motown's Ashford and Simpson perform their best-known songs at the Apollo Theatre, 253 West 125th Street. Special guest is Melba Moore. April 21st. www.apollotheater.com.

Viticuture Mixing culture with winemaking doesn't seem like hard work, which is why the weekly talks/tastings at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, are so popular. From April 8th, weekly. www.amnh.org.

Musical Attorney for the Damned is a new rock musical that has been described as a mixture of Silence of the Lambs and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Only in New York! Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street. Until April 30th. www.horsetrade.info.

Berlin

Photography Changing exhibitions on the life and work of acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton are on display at Museum für Fotografie, Jebenstrasse 2, 10623 Berlin-Charlottenburg. Until June 4th. www.smb.museum/mf.de.

Folk One of America's brightest singer-songwriters, Mary Gauthier, performs at the Quasimodo Club, Kantstrasse 12a. April 15th. www.marygauthier.com.

Visual Art Expressionist works by the Brücke group of artists (including Heckel, Kirchner and Nolde) are on display at the Brücke Museum, Bussardsteig 9, 14195 Berlin-Zehlendorf. Ongoing. www.bruecke-museum.de.

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