The Independent recommends: The Five Best Shows
Mirror Image National Gallery
A magpie's delight. Jonathan Miller curates a show of mirrors and shiny surfaces in painting, with virtuoso reflections from Van Eyck's Arnolfini portrait to Helen Chadwick's Vanitas. To 13 Dec
Louise Bourgeois Serpentine Gallery
Autobiographical installations from the surrealist sculptress feature a giant mother/ spider presiding over images of spinning and weaving, restoration and decay. To 10 Jan
Bridget Riley Abbott Hall, Kendal
A retrospective of work by Bridget Riley (right) from her early Sixties Op Art, moving from rippling monochromes to colour, stripes and diagonals. To 31 Jan
Edward Burne-Jones Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
The people's Pre-Raphaelite centenary exhibition gathers together many favourites such as King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid. To 17 Jan
Chris Ofili Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
Turner Prize winner Ofili is an upbeat original, his surfaces dense and decorative, with swirls of dots, eyes, Afros and black icons, and incorporating balls of elephant dung. To 24 Jan
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