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Radio 2's own Artist Anneka Rice has been at the National Gallery visiting their exhibition "Making Colour".

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The "Making Colour" exhibition is on at the National Galley until 7th September.

Art Critic Estelle Lovatt has the experience of being on both sides of the canvas...as a painter and also as a gallery exhibition curator. She talks to Claudia about four art exhibitions bringing colour across the country.

1. Mondrian and his Studios, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, until 5 October

2.Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, until 14 September

3. Moore Rodin, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, until 31 August

4. Turner: Watercolours from the West.听 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, until 6 July

Globe composer and Academy Award-winner Stephen Warbeck is appearing on his home turf next Saturday at the Sam Wannamaker Playhouse where you can hear him perform music from his beloved film scores including Shakespeare In Love.

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Stephen Warbeck and his Septet will be performing Music From The Films on 28th June at the Sam Wannamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe.

Now in it's 246th year, The Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition is renowned around the world as a show exhibiting works from established artists through to first timers.

It opened earlier this month with over one thousand two hundred submissions taking over many of the galleries and other spaces within the prestigious building on Piccadilly in London.

Miles Luterwasser is one of those first timers and our Arts Correspondent Thomas Magill met Miles at his studio to see where his modest print was created, and then again on the steps of the RA as he went in search of his masterpiece amongst the crowds.

Jon Favreau has come a long way since appearing as Monica鈥檚 boyfriend in the TV hit Friends.

He鈥檚 written and co stared in films such as Swingers, the Break Up and Couples Retreat and has recently directed the Iron Man films and The Avengers.

Now he returns to his indie film making roots with a new film called Chef.

Arts Correspondent Anna Bailey caught up with him to find out more about his love of food and being on both sides of the camera.

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1. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
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Director: Josh Boone
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff, Willem Dafoe

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Hazel Grace Lancaster is sixteen years old. She alternately loves and tolerates her sometimes over-doting parents.听 Hazel has developed a crush on a young man, Gus Waters, who seems equally smitten with her.听 As they grow closer, Hazel and Gus share their fears that accompany their health issues, as well as their love of books, including Hazel鈥檚 touchstone, 鈥楢n Imperial Affliction鈥�.听 She has tried many times to get in touch with the book鈥檚 reclusive author Peter Van Houten, to no avail.听 When Gus manages to reach Van Houten through the author鈥檚 assistant, it results, astonishingly, in an invitation to meet the writer in Amsterdam.听 Gus is determined to take Hazel on a journey that will answer every question she has ever had about the book that has meant so much to her.听

The Fault In Our Stars is out now鈥� Rated 12A

2.听 JERSEY BOYS

Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda, Christopher Walken

The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.

Jersey Boys is out now 鈥� Rated 15.

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3. CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915

Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman, Marion Keller

Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.

Camille Claudel 1915 is out now - Rated PG

4. AS I LAY DYING (DVD/BLURAY)

Director:James Franco
Starring:James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack

Based on the 1930 classic by Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

As I Lay Dying is out on DVD & BluRay on Monday and Rated 15.

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It鈥檚 less than 12 hours to the start of this year鈥檚 West End Live event 鈥� which sees Trafalgar Square transformed into a musical theatre mecca, as dozens of the biggest shows from the west-end come together to perform live 鈥� and for free.

To celebrate its tenth birthday 鈥� they have performances from Disney鈥檚 The Lion King, Les Miserables and Once all making a comeback, alongside the likes of The Pajama Game, Forbidden Broadway and Miss Saigon who are making their debuts.

Special performances from Placido Domingo and Michael Flattery are also planned.

Thomas Magill has been to the Square as preparations were getting underway and spoke to the creator of the show - Robert Davis and some of the stars who will be taking part over the weekend.