VISUAL ART CHOICE

VAN DYCK

ROYAL ACADEMY

W1 (0171 300 8000) to 10 Dec

The court painter of Charles I, and the first royal spin-doctor.

JANE AND LOUISE WILSON

SERPENTINE GALLERY

W2 (0171 298 1515) to 31 Oct

Videos and photographs of institutions by Turner-Prize shortlist artists.

BABEL

IKON GALLERY

Birmingham (0121 248 0708) to 7 Nov

Group show that looks at the power of language. With Fiona Banner and Simryn Gill.

TRACE

VARIOUS VENUES

Liverpool (0151 709 5999) to 21 Nov

The first Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.

OPENING THIS WEEK

ANA MARIA PACHECO

NATIONAL GALLERY

WC2 (0171 747 2885) Wed to 9 Jan 2000

New paintings and sculpture by NG Associate Artist

BLUE SUBURBAN SKIES

PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY

WC2 (0171 831 1772) Fri to 20 Nov

Dan Graham, Nathan Coley and others examine suburbia - heaven or hell?

IMAGINARIA

ICA

SW1 (0171 930 3647) Sat to 31 Oct

Four major new digital art commissions.