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A double-headed serpent, one of the many relics from Aztec Mexico on show in the British Museum's Moctezuma exhibition, running from 24 September 2009 to 24 January 2010 Photograph: British Museum

On Being an Angel No 1 (1977) by Francesca Woodman, part of the Angels of Anarchy exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery from 26 September 2009 to 10 January 2010 Photograph: Courtesy of George and Betty Woodman and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

A Rising Gale (1672) by Willem Van de Velde the Younger, part of Tate Britain's Turner and the Masters exhibition, which runs from 23 September 2009 until 31 January 2010 Photograph: Toledo Museum of Art

A painting by Russian artist Semyon Faibisovich, part of Razgulyai, his exhibition at Ikon gallery in Birmingham, running from 23 September until 15 November 2009 Photograph: PR

Shooting into the Corner (2008-2009), part of Anish Kapoor's retrospective at the Royal Academy, running from 26 September until 11 December 2009 Photograph: Wolfgang Woessner/MAK, Vienna

Liquid Crystal Environment (1965-1988), one of the many works by Gustav Metzger showing at the Serpentine Gallery from 29 September to 8 November 2009 Photograph: FBM Studio Zürich

Pop (1993) by Gavin Turk, part of Pop Life: Art in a Material World at Tate Modern, which runs from 1 October 2009 to 17 January 2010
Photograph: Hugo Glendinning/Courtesy of the artist

Solid Ground, Liquid to Solid in 85 years (2006) by Lucy Skaer, part of the Turner Prize 2009 exhibition at Tate Britain, which runs from 6 October 2009 to 3 January 2010
Photograph: Serge Hasenböhler/Doggerfisher, Edinburgh

The Child's Dream (2008) by Damien Hirst will open an autumn exhibition at Tate St Ives in Cornwall. The Dark Monarch: Magic and Modernity in British Art runs from 10 October 2009 until 10 January 2010 Photograph: Tate St Ives

Oasis, CDF (1989) by Miroslaw Balka, whose solo show, The Unilever Series, will be at Tate Modern from 13 October 2009 to 5 April 2010 Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Tate Modern

Gregorio Fernández's Dead Christ (1625-30), part of The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600-1700, an exhibition running at the National Gallery from 21 October 2009 until 24 January 2010 Photograph: MAS/Courtesy of Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid