BudapestPálinka
Festival
VárosházaPark, Budapest,
15-18May, budapestipalinka
fesztival.hu,€6/HUF2,000
Springhassprung, sowhat
better time tocelebrate local
spirits–distilled,notheavenly
– inBudapest?Pálinka is
Hungary’s favourite tipple:
a local brandydistilled
from fruit.Localsclaim it’s
medicinal;wesay it tastesa
bit likemedicine.But this is
thebestplace to try it,with
over300varietiesonoffer.
NoCountry forYoungMen
BOZAR, Brussels, allmonth, bozar.be, free
Greecemightnothavemuch in thebank,but itspeoplestill havebag loadsof talent.More
than30 leadingcontemporaryGreekartistshavecreatedworkbasedaround thecountry’s
tougheconomic times,offeringvisitorsaglimpse intomodern life inGreece today. It’snotall
scrimpingandscrapingby, though.This is the time for reinvention, say theartists.
PrimaveraSound
ParcDel Forum, Barcelona,
26May-1 June,
primaverasound.es,
€195 for a full festival ticket
Catalans learn todancebefore
theycanwalk, soprepare
to throwshapesasmusic
superstars includingArcade
FireandTheNational take
centrestage.Forabitof a
breather, retreat to thesmaller
stages forcosmic jazzand
electronicDJsets.Short shorts,
Ray-Bansandasenseof
rhythmcompulsory.
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frommorethan50europeandestinations;
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Matisse: TheCut-Outs
TateModern, London, till 7September,
tate.org.uk, £16.30/€20adults,
£14.50/€17concessions,under-12s free
Duringaperiodof illness, theageing
artist turned toscissorsandcoloured
paper tocreate thebold,dazzling
cut-outs that came to represent someof
hismost famouswork.Fizzingwith life
and ideas,Matisse’sdancers,circus
scenes,flowersandstarsare imbued
withacaptivatingsenseof animation.
Theseexuberant creations ineye-
poppingcolour–“paintingwithscissors”
asMatissecalled it–arebeautifully
presentedacross theTate,coming
together fromgalleriesandprivate
ownersaround theworld.Aonce-in-a-
lifetimeexhibition,not tobemissed.
