1 BP PORTRAIT AWARD
The pick of the entrants from the annual competition. National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2 (www.npg.org.uk
020-7306 0055), until Sept 17, free
2 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
The first Scottish exhibition devoted to Mapplethorpe’s raunchy photography. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Belford Road, Edinburgh (www.national galleries.org 0131-624 6200), until Nov 5, £6, concs £4
3 A MOMENT IN TIME
Photographs from the archive collections at the University of Nottingham, including work from the moving image collections of the Media Archive for Central England. The Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham (www.lakesidearets.org.uk 0115-846 7777), until Sept 29, free
4 STEPHEN CLARK
Drawings by the Surrealist artist displaying a vivid use of colour and movement. Laboca, Upper Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne (019230 5756), until Sept 30, free
5 BILL VIOLA: LOVE/DEATH — THE TRISTAN PROJECT
Ten new works by the leading contemporary videomaker capture spiritual mysteries with a haunting power. Haunch of Venison, Haunch of Venison Yard, W1 (www.haunchofvenison.co.uk 020-7495 5050), Sat, free