January 24 to January 29

Afro Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic

This major new exhibition traces the impact of different black cultures from around the Atlantic on art from the early 20th century to today, including the influence of African art on Picasso's Modernism.

January 29 to April 25
Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool
www.tate.org.uk/liverpool
Adults £6, children £4.50

• In pictures: Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic

Up Helly Aa

Europe's largest fire festival takes place in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, culminating in the spectacular ritual burning of a Viking galley. Accommodation is nigh impossible to find, however, unless you hire a camper van or stay in the far reaches of the Shetlands.

January 26
Lerwick, Shetland
www.uphellyaa.org
Free

Dinosaurs Unleashed

Billed as "the family day out that London's been waiting 65 million years for", this new exhibition on Oxford Street needs little help selling itself – but with 24 full-sized animatronic dinosaurs, including the Tyrannosaurus rex, it might well live up to the hype.

January 28 to April 30
Oxford Street, London
www.dinosaursunleashed.co.uk
Adults £15.50, children (aged 4 to 14) £11 (not including booking fee)

Salisbury Winterfest

This small seasonal ales and cider festival, held by the local branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), still has tickets available for evening tastings.

January 29-30
Salisbury, Wiltshire
www.salisburycamra.org.uk
£5

Chris Ofili

A retrospective of the artist’s career with more than 45 paintings, as well as pencil drawings and watercolours from the mid 1990s to today. Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and represented Great Britain at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.

January 27-May 16
www.tate.org.uk/britain
Adults £10/ concessions £8.50

TV

How earth made us

Iain Stewart goes to some exotic locations, including a Cambodian lake and the world's rainiest region, to explain how the water cycle works.

Tuesday January 26, 9-10pm, BBC2

Last chance to…

See the works of J M W Turner alongside the art of, among others, Rembrandt, Rubens and Constable in the Turner and the Masters exhibition (until January 31), which explores Turner's reaction to – and rivalry with – other artists.

Tate Britain, London
www.tate.org.uk
Adults £12.50

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