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Roy Haynes, Ronnie Scott’s, London

The veteran drummer is still refreshingly open to current trends

A dedicated Maratta room includes ‘The Judgment of Paris’ (1708) VISUAL ARTS 7:46pm

Houghton Revisited, Houghton Hall, King’s Lynn, UK

A painstaking reconstruction of an important collection

Honeysuckle Weeks and Charity Wakefield in 'These Shining Lives' ©Anabel Vere THEATRE & DANCE 7:45pm

These Shining Lives, Park Theatre, London

A promising launch for a new north London theatre

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Humane development

Why architect Charles Correa subscribes to the view that ‘cities aren’t the problem, they’re the solution’

Cinema

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in 'The Great Gatsby' ©Warner Bros

Nigel Andrews on the latest films: The Great Gatsby, Beware of Mr Baker and The Liability

The Art Market

Paul McCarthy's giant 'Balloon Dog' (2013), which sold for $950,000 at Frieze New York

The Art Market: DiCaprio raises the roof for tigers; Newman’s chequered past; SplitArt kaput

Subodh Gupta in the process of installing 'What does the vessel contain, that the river does not' at Hauser & Wirth in London ©James Royall VISUAL ARTS May 17, 2013

Material world

Subodh Gupta on how using everyday items can convey universal emotions

Costume for a Fury in 'Hippolyte et Aricie' engraved by René Gaillard (c1710-90) ©Bridgeman Art Library THEATRE & DANCE May 17, 2013

French baroque, back on a roll

Why 18th-century composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is making a belated debut at Glyndebourne this summer

Untitled work (2013) by Lee Bul, at PKM Gallery at Art Basel in Hong Kong COLLECTING May 17, 2013

Beyond the samosas

Artists are casting off clichés of national identity – but will galleries cling to the old borders?

'Our English Coasts' ('Strayed Sheep') (1852), by William Holman Hunt VISUAL ARTS May 17, 2013

All change at Tate Britain

Jackie Wullschlager on a new chronological rehang that brings British art to the global stage

Image of Jean Nouvel's design for the mammoth National Art Museum of China DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE May 17, 2013

A stroke of genius

Jean Nouvel has seen off world-class rivals for the job of designing China’s National Museum

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