Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara, ‘Chilean Struggle’ series, 1985

Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Enough Tiranny, 1972

Renée Green, Import/Export Funk Office, 1992

Frank Stella, Die Fahne hoch! (Hoist the Flag!), 1959

Charlie Fox traces the recurring appearance of the mask in art

From medieval Wunderkammern to portable museums, Duchamp’s suitcases, and dolls’ houses, the miniature is an enduring and radical art form

Chloe Aridjis recalls taking tea with the great surrealist in her home in Mexico

Osei Bonsu talks to curator Germano Celant about the enduring relevance of the Italian art movement, Arte Povera – a term Celant coined 50 years ago

Claire-Louise Bennett's meditations on still life and ‘the aesthetic value of the events, tasks and items that constitute daily life’

To what extent did the ancients colour their sculptures?

The context and legacy of Jean-Hubert Martin’s contentious 1989 exhibition, ‘Magiciens de la terre’

The remarkable story of Hercules Florence and his pharmacy labels 

Nicolas de Larmessin II, Habit de la lingère (The Seamstress’s Attire), 1695

Francis Alÿs, Untitled, 1994; Filippino Lippi, Allegoria dell’Amore (Allegory of Love), c.1500

Alberto Giacometti, Femme egorgée (Woman with her Throat Cut), 1932

Bertel Thorvaldsen, Józef Poniatowski, 1826–27

Peter Hurd, Enemy Action over American Bomber Station, 1942

Édouard Manet, The Dead Christ with Angels, 1864 

Joan Brown, Self Portrait at Age 42, 1980

John Cage, Untitled, installation at the Biennale de Paris, 1985 

Chantal Akerman, Toute une nuit (All One Night), 1982 

Maria Lassnig, Two Ways of Being (Double Self-Portrait), 2000 

Michelangelo Buonarroti, La Pietà Rondanini, 1553-64 

René Magritte, Le Stropiat (The Amputee), 1948 

The possibilities and pressures that have resulted from the boom in new museums in China and its neighbouring regions 

The final book in a series published by MoMA draws on the museum's collection to chart the development of photography from the mid-19th century to today 

A slew of exhibitions commemorates the centenary of the Russian Revolution 

On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Shira Brisman looks at how museums around the world are commemorating Martin Luther's radicalism 

On the benefits of not knowing