Recent paintings by still life artist Eric Rimmington at Bohun Gallery, 15 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames until 29 Nov. 01491 576228
Recent paintings by Carolyn Sergeant at Colnaghi, 15 Old Bond Street, London W1 from 12 Nov-12 Dec. 020 7491 7408
The Poet and the Painter – paintings by artists including Maurice Cockrill, Eileen Hogan, Sonia Lawson and Quentin Blake that explore the relationship between poetry and painting at the Royal Watercolour Society 12-30 Nov.
Babylon: City of Wonder, at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London 13 Nov-15 Mar. 020 7323 8299 www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Sisley in England and Wales at the National Gallery, Sunley Room, Trafalgar Square, London from 12 Nov-8 Feb. 020 7747 2885
Demons, Yarns and Tales – 14 Tapestries by contemporary artists, including Gavin Turk, Peter Blake, Francesca Lowe, Shahzia Sikander and Grayson Perry, at The Dairy, 7 Wakefield Street, London WC1 10-22 Nov. www.bannersofpersuasion.com
Wendy Ramshaw – Drawings in Gold – contemporary jewellery, metalwork and textiles at Lesley Craze Gallery, 33-35a Clerkenwell Green, London EC1 from 11-29 Nov. 020 7608 0393
G F Watts: Victorian Visionary – major exhibition organised by the Watts Gallery at Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, London EC2 from 11 Nov-26 April. 020 7332 3700
Sisley In England and Wales, provides a chance to celebrate this relatively unexplored part of the artist’s work, captures unique qualities of the British landscape. 12th Nov – 8th Feb at the National Gallery. wwwnationalgallery.org.uk
Francis Hamel – Three Years in the Italian Marches at JM London, 38 Albemarle Street, London W1 from 7-29 Nov. 020 7499 1314
CLOSING SOON
Paintings by John Yardley at Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, 124-6 The Cut, Waterloo, London until 17 Nov. 020 7620 1322
Gerald Laing – New Paintings for Modern Times by one of the UK’s most important original Pop artists; his first major painting solo exhibition in over 40 years, at ocontemporary, 193 Wardour Street, London W1 until 15 Nov. 020 7494 4111
Works by Aboriginal artist Alick Tipoti at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 2a Conway Street, London W1T 6BA until 15 Nov. 020 7436 4899
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