The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading Last chance

Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors at the Gagosian Gallery, London W1 (020-7495 1500). Curated by Sir John Richardson, this “brilliant” exhibition explores Picasso’s fascination with tauromachy of all kinds (Time Out). Ends 25 August.

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Mosquitoes at the National Theatre, London SE1 (020-7452 3000). Lucy Kirkwood’s “idea-crammed” play features “bulletproof” performances from Olivia Williams as a successful scientist and Olivia Colman as her envious sister (The Stage). Ends 28 September.

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Fans were thrilled when the New York dancepunk band LCD Soundsystem reformed last year. There are still a few tickets left for their gig at London’s Alexandra Palace on 23 September (www.lcdsoundsystem.com).

This year’s Cliveden Literary Festival, set in the historic surrounds of Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire, boasts a feast of delights, ranging from Michael Gove chairing a discussion about sex scandals in politics, to Ian Mcewan chatting with Geordie Greig about the highs and lows of the writer’s life. 14-15 October (www.clivedenliteraryfestival.org).

Just out in paperback

Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (Windmill £8.99). Set in Bristol at the time of the French Revolution, Dunmore’s final novel depicts the life of Lizzie Fawkes, a young radical recently married, in scenes of “uneasy menace” (Guardian).