LAWRENCE LEK. COURTESY THE ARTIST, MMCA, SADIE COLES ...

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

Lee Miller’s artistic and historical sensibility

Spanning the 1920s to 1970s, Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape, at Firstsite in Colchester, examines the evolution of abstract art during periods of sweeping social and political

The gargantuan, bewildering Louvre

If you’re planning to enter our Urban Life round, which launches next week, take these tips from four of last year’s top ten photographers