Best of this Weekend

Late August brings a genuine deadline to this weekend's list. Richard Avedon's American West portraits, Talia Chetrit's Bunny and the Immortal Triad's immersive take on El Greco, Velázquez and Goya all close within days of each other, and the Museum of Romanticism's free August entry runs out with the month. Alongside the closures there's a one-off courtroom drama at Palacio de la Prensa, a final weekend for the VR pyramids of Horizon of Cheops, and a run of free, air-conditioned museums for the hottest hours of the day.

Madrid's August verbena season peaks this weekend with Fiestas de la Virgen de la Paloma taking over La Latina, while Veranos de la Villa keeps concerts, dance and open-air cinema running across the city. Between processions and free chocolatadas there's room for a slower pace too, from PHotoESPAÑA's photography shows to a major Felix Gonzalez-Torres retrospective at the Reina Sofía. Here are 15 plans worth building the weekend of 14-16 August around.