The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading
Showing now
Georgia O’keeffe at Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, www.tate.org.uk). Long overdue UK retrospective of the trailblazing American artist. Ends 30 October.
Book now
Kids Week, when children can get free tickets for a range of events and shows in London, returns this August. The offer is one free child per full-paying adult; two additional children at half price. Among the extensive list of shows taking part are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and 1984. 1-31 August. For details see: www.kidsweek.co.uk.
Laura Marling and Belle and Sebastian headline the Green Man Festival, a quirky blend of folk, indie rock and real ale, taking place in the beautiful Brecon Beacons. 18-21 August, Brecon, Wales (www.greenman.net).
Paul Morley, co-curator of the hit V&A exhibition David Bowie Is and author of a new Bowie biography, will be discussing the singer’s life and legacy with writer and playwright Deborah Levy in a How to: Academy event, How David Bowie Changed The World. 6 September, Emmanuel Centre, London SW1 (www.howtoacademy.com).
Just out in paperback
Stalin’s Daughter by Rosemary Sullivan (Fourth Estate £10.99). The “singular story” of the long life of Svetlana Stalina, “the world’s most famous dissident”, who died in 2011. “Brilliantly told” (Telegraph).