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
Appreciating Eamonn McCabe’s work
Observer sports reporter Hugh McIlvanney’s introduction to ‘Eamonn McCabe, Sports Photographer’, published in 1982
‘She paints with the brush in her ass’: the artists sharing their worst savagings
In the book Bad Reviews, 150 artists have revisited their most brutal critiques – from an ‘unforgiveable’ Carolee Schneemann sculpture to the critic who suggested the artist should be jailed
The friend zone: art, music, films and more about platonic love
From Michelangelo’s male muse to Sex Education’s best pals, we pick five passionate but ultimately chaste partnerships
The big picture: Chris Killip captures a Sunday stroll in Skinningrove
This stark image of a family outing has an untamed quality that matches the North Yorkshire coastal village setting
Love Lucian by David Dawson and Martin Gayford review
Lucian Freud’s letters reveal the artist in all his rambunctious, irreverent and amusing glory
Longest single-volume book in the world goes on sale – and is impossible to read
The 21,450-page volume of manga series One Piece is physically unreadable, to highlight how comics now exist as commodities
Reflections on mortality: Alessandra Sanguinetti on her eerie images of the midwest
Inspired by a cult 1970s book, the Magnum photographer travelled to Wisconsin to create an eerie and timeless portrait of rural America
The Lindisfarne Gospels review – was Eadfrith the monk Britain’s first great artist?
This mind-bending illuminated manuscript was created in AD700 by Eadfrith, a monk who was as entranced by pattern and abstraction as Jackson Pollock
Folio from ‘world masterpiece’ illuminated manuscript goes up for auction
Section of the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh is expected to fetch between £4m and £6m at auction next month