We bring you our guide to living well in the world’s capitals, from exhibitions to cinema, food, drink, fashion, music and beyond. Just call it culture and take it, it’s yours.

LONDON, FRIDAY 4th APRIL – SUNDAY 6th APRIL 2014

The Factory, USSR
Shoreditch’s Calvert 22 Gallery see’s is housing an exhibition based upon  legendary underground Russian artist  Timur Novikov and his collaborators, who were instrumental in changing the face of Russian art during the last decade of the Soviet Union.

Club of Friends, casts its eye on two movements that have left a particular mark on that period — the New Artists and the New Academy — bringing together rare works, including painting, video, posters, photographs and album covers to illustrate the anarchic spirit that runs as a common thread through both groups.

Club of Friends: Underground Art From St Petersburg
Calvert 22, 22 Calvert Avenue, London, E2 7JP
until 25th May, Wednesday–Sunday 12:00–18:00

The remnants of war in psychedelic Technicolor
The Enclave, a multichannel video installation and Richard Mosse’s debut London solo exhibition, was originally commissioned for the Irish Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale and is currently on show at The Vinyl Factory Space in central London. Showcasing a selection of Mosse’s work taken in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Mosse brings to this overlooked humanitarian disaster a special film shot with technology originally developed to reveal enemy camouflage in spectacular hallucinogenic hues of lavender, crimson, and hot pink.

Richard Mosse: The Enclave
The Vinyl Factory Space at Brewer St Car Park (entry through 17 Peter Street, London W1F 0AL)
Until 26th April, Tuesday–Saturday 11:30–17:30

This is NOW
This weekend marks the kickoff of the BFI Southbank’s This is Now: Film and Video After Punk season, rediscovering key underground films from London’s post-punk era 1979-85.
The line up speaks for itself with contributions from artists and film-makers such as Grayson Perry, John Maybury and Jeffrey Hinton capturing moments of post punk magic from Leigh Bowery, Michael Clarke, Siouxsie Sioux and Public Image Ltd. DON’T miss it.

This is Now: Film and Video After Punk 
Starts 4th April, Check BFI website for details

Gatsby Grub
Be it the randomly placed upside-down Statues of Liberty, the mechanical bull, railway carriage seating or the menu of lobster, burgers and other artery-clogging delights, the newly opened Steam and Rye restaurant is clearly inspired by the diner classics of 40s America.

Kick back here to indulge in the likes of selfishly unshareable BBQ spare ribs amidst furnishings you would find in a scene from Gangs of New York or a stone’s throw from Manhattan’s Grand Central Station half a century ago.

We recommend the basement for dimly lit cocktails served by world-class bartenders post-meal. Eastern Pacific Steam Train escapism in London is the Sunday afternoon ideal.

Steam and Rye, 147 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4QT