Selfies and sex offenders – the week in art

Full moon at Torre Egger by Darren Almond, 2013, in the Art and Ecology in the Americas exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary. Photograph: Darren Almond, courtesy of White Cube

Exhibition of the week

Rights of Nature
A daunting Patagonia landscape by Darren Almond is among the works in this timely show that explores and protests the destruction of ecology in the Americas. Participants include Amy Balkin, Subhankar Banerjee, Mabe Bethônico, Ursula Biemann, Minerva Cuevas, Jimmie Durham and many more.
Nottingham Contemporary from 24 January until 15 March

Other exhibitions this week

Self
Artists from Anthony van Dyck to Gillian Wearing take a long, hard look at themselves in this celebration of the self-portrait.
Turner Contemporary, Margate from 24 January until 10 May

Jack Smith
Works by the legendary outrageous New York underground filmmaker and performer.
The Modern Institute, Glasgow from 24 January until 6 March

Found
The place of the found image in contemporary art is explored in this exhibition which features, among others, Ellen Gallagher and John Stezaker.
New Art Gallery Walsall from 30 January until 3 May

Adrian Henri
Pop art and happenings by the Merseybeat poet and leading figure of the Liverpool avant garde.
ICA, London SW1 from 27 January until 15 March

Masterpiece of the week

The Haida Totem Pole inside the Great Court at the British Museum. — Free spirits … the Haida totem pole in the Great Court at the British Museum. Photograph: Alamy

Totem-pole
The British Museum’s two totem poles, towering over its Great Court cafe, are masterpieces of Pacific Northwest Native American art and the work of the Haida people. With their complex layers of animal imagery and organic feel of living spirits released by the carver from the wood, they communicate a deep sense of interconnectedness with nature.