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It's not quite spring sadly, so it's just as well there's heaps of exciting art shows to keep culture vultures entertained, from Picasso to the Tate Triennial PLUS London's best tapas + WIN! Free drinks at the Absolute Ice Bar What's on in London...

Timeout.com Around Town Art Bars & Pubs Books Clubs Comedy Dance Film Gay & Lesbian Kids Music Property Restaurants Shopping Theatre Tickets Travel   London's Hot five   1 Takashi Murakami Enjoy the colourful anime creations of Japan's most celebrated pop artist Read more 2 Katy Perry + 3OH!3 Controversy-provoking California gal belts out her undeniably catchy choons Read more 3 Gerhard Richter Portraits Portraits and figures from the 1960s onwards by the world's greatest painter (discuss) Read more 4 New Bus for London A chance to see the winning designs for the competition to revive the Routemaster Read more 5 The Rain Emperor Visual arts extravaganza presenting the work of composer Robert Jacob Read more   Time Out planner   Thursday       Thurs   26   Music - Horace Andy Special gig from the reggae veteran and sometime Massive Attack collaborator Comedy - Russell Kane An insightful look at the British obsession with human flaws Music - The Cure & Franz Ferdinand & Crystal Castles NME Awards bonanza at the O2 More Tomorrow       Fri   27   Art - Le Corbusier One for architecture buffs everywhere Clubs - Loose Ray Mang heads up a disco-tastic line-up at the Star of Bethnal Green Theatre- Berlin David Hare's 55-minute meditation on Germany's über-cool capital More Weekend       Sat   28   Around Town - Who Do You Think You Are? Live Trace your family history Theatre - Saturday Night Stephen Sondheim's 'forgotten' first musical set just before the Wall Street Crash Clubs - Mulletover Anti-Valentine's Party Einzelkind, Lee Curtiss and co say boo shucks to romance More         Sun   01   Museums - For Your Eyes Only Last weekend of this exhibition on Bond's creator Around Town - Maslenitsa Russian Festival Folk music, circus acts and hopefully some vodka Museums -Taking Liberties Last chance to catch this look at the history of civil liberties More   Londoners' POLL Should controversial speakers be banned from the UK? A Free speech is important B Yes, spreading hate should not be tolerated Big Smoke blog Everyone's chatting about Twitter and if it serves any real purpose. We think we've come up with the best justification for its existence yet... Peter Watts Read more           London's best tapas Small is beautiful From the most traditional of tortillas to exciting nueva cocina takes on the classics, these bars and restaurants are serving up the Big Smoke's tastiest tapas Read more Blockbuster exhibitions Mind-enhancing fun Stop twittering and treat your brain cells to a trip to one of these stellar shows. Learn more about Darwin's theories, modern Iran and even the history of hats Read more Absolut Ice Bar party Chill out in style London's chilliest hotspot is getting a revamp. To celebrate we're offering 50 vodka-lovers and their friends a night of free ice-cool cocktails and canapés Read more Rate it or hate it Is the 'Slumdog' audiobook all that? Read reviews and listen to clips from the hottest new audiobooks including 'Q&A', the book that inspired the multi-Oscar-winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' Read more Subscribe to Time Out Buy 1 issue, get 8 FREE Two months of the best news, listings and reviews for just £2.95 Get Loaded tickets on sale Summer starts here Dance legends Orbital have just been announced as the Get Loaded in the Park festival headliners this summer. Tickets on sale now! Read more London for FREE See all 1,200 free gig tickets Time Out 'On The Up' Time Out's monthly showcase of the best emerging musical talent features the skills of Frankmusic and Heavy Feet, with support from We're Not Cool, Tits Of Death and ToTheBone 200 fashion show tickets London Fashion Weekend Win one of 100 pairs of tickets to see over 150 designers - including Prada, D&G and Roberto Cavalli - exhibiting at the Natural History Museum as part of the London Fashion Weekend 300 art fair tickets Kinetica Art Fair Experience pole-dancing robots, man-animal-machine hybrids, carnivorous lampshades, mesmerising light sculptures and cybernetics at Kinetica Art Fair this weekend   Hot tickets Chicago Book now Avenue Q Book now Carousel Book now Tina Turner Book now Eddie Izzard Book now Competitions A trip to the Sun Splash music festival Enter here 200 tickets to 'New Electric Ballroom' Enter here A luxury trip to Edinburgh Enter here A romantic trip to Barcelona Enter here A £1,000 STA travel voucher Enter here Restaurant offers La Trouvaille 20% off dinner or lunch Patterson's 40% food Theo Randall at the Intercontinental Two courses £21 Tamarind Two courses & bottle of wine £28 Big Easy Lobster & Champagne £19.95 See all tickets See all competitions More offers   Thanks for reading, the Time Out team