THE FIVE BEST EXHIBITIONS

Walter Sickert (City Art Gallery, Southampton)

Drawings and prints by the turn-of-the-century painter of the London underside: cramped interiors, crowded theatres, unsettled nudes. (023-8083 2277) to 20 Mar

Giovanni Anselmo

(Ikon, Birmingham)

Small mechanisms and big concepts by the Italian artist who works with energy and its potential. (0121-248 0708) to 28 Mar

Phyllida Barlow (Bloomberg Space, London)

Crushed, taped, wodged, painted, jammed, spattered work by the UK sculptor of mixed-media pieces. (020-7330 7283) to 5 Mar

ZReady to Shoot (Norwich Gallery)

A feast of TV and video projects from the early years of conceptualism, with Keith Arnatt, Robert Smithson and more. (01603 610561) to 26 Feb

Anthony Caro (Tate Britain, London)

The British artist's walk-through, clamber-up architectural sculptures fill the central gallery. (020-7887 8000) to 17 Apr

AND ONE TO AVOID...

Bruce Nauman (Tate Modern, London)

Boring... boring... boring... Even the artist admits he can't stand to be around his own work for too long.