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New York Visual art Michelangelo, Vasari, and their Contemporaries: Drawings from the Uffizi features up to 80 Renaissance works…

New York Visual artMichelangelo, Vasari, and their Contemporaries: Drawings from the Uffizi features up to 80 Renaissance works. Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at East 36th Street. Until April 20th. www.morganlibrary.org.

Art festivalThe Whitney Biennial features more than 80 contemporary artists - a must-see for art lovers. Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at East 75th Street. Until June 1st. www.whitney.org.

MusicThe Glow in the Dark tour features hip-hop star Kanye West in musical cahoots with R&B singer Rihanna and hipster Lupe Fiasco. May 13th. Madison Square Garden. www.thegarden.com.

Madrid

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Visual artModigliani and His Time explores the work of one of the great figures of 20th-century art. Until May 18th. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Paseo del Prado 8. www.museothyssen.org.

Art exhibitionPicasso features some 400 works, transferred from the Picasso museum in Paris to Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Until May 5th. www.museoreinasofia.es.

Classical musicThe Music in the Churches of Madrid season continues with the Cantatas (BWV 67, 103, 115) by JS Bach. Parroquia de San Pedro Ad Vincula, Calle Sierra Gorda 5. April 19th and 20th.

London

PhotographyVanity Fair Portraits features images from the magazine, dating from 1913 to the present. National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place. Until May 26th. www.npg.org.

Visual artFrom Russia is one of the biggest art exhibitions to be held in London for some time; it features works by Chagall, Matisse, Kandinsky and Gauguin, to name but several. Royal Academy. www.royalacademy.org.uk.UntilApril 18. www.royalacademy.org.uk.

RockManchester band Elbow perform tracks from their critically acclaimed album The Seldom Seen Kid. Brixton Academy. April 15th. www.elbow.co.uk.

Tony Clayton-Lea

Tony Clayton-Lea

Tony Clayton-Lea is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in popular culture