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Jurgen Teller
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Carl Andre: Mass and Matter, Turner Contemporary
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Gergiev Birthday Gala, Barbican
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Turner Prize, Tate Britain
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William Klein + Daido Moriyama, Tate Modern
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Portico Quartet, York Hall
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Romeo and Juliet, Royal Ballet
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Royal Ballet cinema showing: Ashton programme
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Kožená, Martineau, Barbican
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Fred Sandback, David Zwirner

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