Africa’s biggest photography library opens in Ghana
Ghanaian photographer’s crowdfunded project won support of Humans of New York author and boasts more than 30,000 books
What’s it like to publish a deeply personal memoir?
I am often in a cold sweat, thinking of what will happen when my book is released
Top 10 polar photobooks
From Stefan Christman’s absorbing studies of emperor penguins to Sebastião Salgado’s stunning images of unpeopled wilderness, these are richly rewarding voyages for armchair explorers
Hilma af Klint: A Biography by Julia Voss review – portrait of the painter as a mystic
The Swedish abstract artist who conversed with the dead is described as a woman years ahead of her time in this scholarly, sympathetic study
The arts Christmas gift guide 2022: Dolly Parton dog wigs, Strictly tea towels, Bauhaus teapots and much more
From 007 socks to the Dark Side of the Spoon cookbook, from David Shrigley’s foot to AC/DC Monopoly, here are 40 perfect present ideas for culture-lovers everywhere
The big picture: Bill Brandt’s windows into the mind
The Anglo-German photographer’s evocative 1955 portrait typifies the tension he created between person and place
On my radar: David Shrigley’s cultural highlights
The darkly comic artist on being starstruck by Pavement, dining mid-river and a football team he can really get behind
The big picture: Bruno Barbey captures life on the road in 1960s Palermo
The Magnum photographer’s image of a family in Sicily recalls Fellini and Visconti in its romantic depiction of everyday Italian life
‘Pull back the shroud of mystery’: Joan Didion’s revealing estate sale
The often secretive author’s belongings will be available to bid for at an expansive and eye-opening auction
Cinema’s unquenchable thirst for vampires celebrated in posters
The author of a new visual history of bloodsucker films talks about their enduring appeal - and picks some of his favourite posters
Henri Cartier-Bresson: new edition of French photographer’s work published
Eleventh edition of Photographe showcases photographer who was known as ‘the eye of the century’
New exhibition to explore mythology of Alexander the Great
British Library showcases two millennia of storytelling inspired by the ancient Macedonian conqueror
Ken Campbell obituary
Other lives: Book artist who designed and printed by letterpress and whose work is collected in the US Library of Congress
Enigmas in plain sight: the photography of Tom Sandberg
The attentive gaze of the late Norwegian artist produced images of quiet but resonant mystery
Barbara Chase-Riboud: ‘The so-called culture war has nothing to do with culture’
The artist danced with James Baldwin, was helped by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and sculpted Malcolm X. Now she’s received the only honour she ever wanted