Art: The five best shows in London

1

Claude Lorrain British Museum

One hundred drawings by the great French landscape painter, including his vivid outdoor studies of woods and streams. It's hard to believe they're 350 years old. To 0 Jan

2

Charlotte Saloman Royal Academy

First UK showing of Saloman's life in pictures. These 780 raw gouaches tell the story of the German Jewish girl's haste before Auschwitz - an expressionistic operetta in three colours. To 7 Jan

3

Aubrey Beardsley V&A

Displaying the short, glittering life of the aesthete and illustrator, with his sinuous and florid line. Drawings, prints and posters. To 0 Jan

4

Addressing the Century Hayward Gallery

A walk through the crossover wardrobe of 20th-century art and fashion from Matisse to Miyake. To Jan

5

Charles & Ray Eames Design Museum

Influential post-war lifestyle tips - the prolific work of the American designer couple who provided smart solutions to the everyday in architecture and furniture, including the classic "Eames" chair. To 4 Jan

... AND BEYOND

Salvador Dali Tate Liverpool

Rare view of paintings from the US, showing Dali's developing interest in myth, as he created a personal universe which included his wife, God and Narcissus, with himself at the centre. To 3 Jan

2

Disasters of War

Durham Museum and Art Gallery

Three ages of European war through the etchings of Jacques Callot, Goya and Otto Dix. Black-and-white visions from the blackest of times. To 5 Nov

3

Edward Burne-Jones Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

The People's Pre-Raphaelite - centenary exhibition gathers together many favourites such as King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid. To 7 Jan

4

Goya: The Disparates Colchester Institute

Goya produced his last series of etchings in his 70s. Mysterious in intention, it is a void world: life is folly, and men fly off on wings into darkness. To 4 Nov

5

Gustav Metzger MOMA Oxford

A look at Metzger's role as artist, theorist and author of the Auto-destructive Art manifesto (959) - including a restaging of his liquid- crystal light projections. To 0 Jan