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

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

Former CAR editor Gavin Green is now one ...

The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London EC2

A Bonhams sale last month provided the perfect excuse to rediscover the works of peripatetic artist George Chinnery, who went to the Far East to escape his wife