This show treads a lesser-known path through Spanish artists' exquisite drawings, from Renaissance innovators to 20th-century game-changers. Includes drawings by Pablo Picasso, such as (above) Pigs, c1906. At The Courtauld Gallery, WC2, until 15 January 2012 Photograph: PR
This exhibition hosts the late Ian Breakwell's 13-minute video installation, The Other Side (2002). Filmed on the outdoor terraces of Bexhill-on-Sea's De La Warr Pavilion, the video records elderly locals tea dancing to music by Schubert. At Millennium Gallery until 2 January 2012 Photograph: Tate London
Mental States is an apt subtitle for this survey of the American artist's gloriously nasty output, featuring gurning cartoon clowns, leering, Picasso-esque nudes and grappling lovers. Above, Condo's Batman and Bunny (2005). At Hayward Gallery, SE1, 18 October 2011 to 8 January 2012; Sprüth Magers, W1, until 12 November 2011
Photograph: George Condo/Courtesy Luhring Augustine
Mike Kelley and Michael Smith's six-channel video installation, A Voyage of Growth and Discovery, follows Smith's alter ego of the last 30 years, Baby IKKI, as he waddles about in giant nappy, baby bonnet and obligatory shades through the psychedelic super-indulgence of the Burning Man festival in Nevada's far-flung Black Rock desert. At BALTIC, 20 October 2011 to 15 January 2012 Photograph: PR
Scully is one of those uncompromising painters who long ago hit on an aesthetic riff: there are the bold arrangements of vertical and horizontal bars, the earthy, muted and melancholic colours, and the soft-edged and seductive brushwork – and the effect invites poetic reflection. Above, Scully's Cut Ground Blue Red (2011). At Kerlin Gallery, until 19 November 2011 Photograph: PR
This show tracks the image evolution of Britain's original actresses from the bawdy days of 17th-century theatre to the social shifts of the 18th century, and suggests that artists were their spin doctors of choice. Above, Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse (1784). At National Portrait Gallery, W1, 20 October 2011 to 8 January 2012
Photograph: Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park
WITH, the art collective-cum-'time-saving experiential solutions' company, tread lightly on that slick terrain where art, advertising and empty jargon meet. Above, The WITH Collective's We are/are we guilty on your behalf. Evidence is available at an extra cost (2011). At Chapter Gallery, 30 September to 6 November 2011 Photograph: PR
Here are two artists who deal in cryptic evidences of enigmatic quandaries in sculptures, videos and drawings. There's an impressive precision in both sets of works that is convincing, despite the lack of explanation. Above, Anna Barham's Iris (2011). At Centre for Contemporary Arts, until 19 November 2011 Photograph: PR
