GO CATCH A SHOW

Amsterdam Vondelpark Open Air Theatre presents classical music on Thursday evenings, dance on Friday evenings, jazz on Saturday afternoons and various music on Sundays. Free admission.

Until August 24th. www.openluchttheater.nl

Visual Art Just Different is an exhibition about desire and gender in visual arts at the turn of the 21st century. Includes works by Robert Mapplethorpe, David Hockney and Gilbert & George (above). The Cobra Museum. Until September 21st. www.cobra-museum.nl

Edinburgh

Exhibition Bond Bound - Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design charts the role of artists in creating the image of James Bond, and the shifting attitudes to sex, feminism and politics. Until September 14th. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street. www.cac.org.

Theatre

Some of the must-see Irish shows at the Edinburgh Fringe in August include the Abbey Theatre's Terminus (Traverse 1, until August 24th), Fishamble Theatre's Forgotten (Dancebase, August 20th-23rd) and Druid Theatre's New Electric Ballroom (Traverse 1, August 3rd-August 24th). www.edfringe.com

Washington DC

Exhibition Masterpieces of Mughal art from the 17th century (on tour courtesy of Dublin's Chester Beatty Library) depict royal life, Sufi mystics and natural history. Until August 3rd. Arthur M Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. www.smithsonian.org/museums

Visual Art African Art: the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection is a selection of pieces from one of the world's finest art collections. National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Until September 7. www.smithsonian.org/museums.

The centenary of artist Mark Rothko is celebrated with a display of nine of his murals from his 1950s/1960s work.

Ongoing. www.nga.gov.

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