“Only a sick society could bear the hoardings, let alone the films.” - Derek Hill (in regards to Hammer films and their output), Sight and Sound 1958-59 The above quote, which opens Marcus Hearn’s ...

When you’re hanging your art, rapper M.C. Hammer wants it to be, well, not hammer time. Hammer, né Stanley Kirk Burrell, appears in a new commercial for 3M’s Command Picture Hanging Strips, which let ...

I’m a fan of poster art, and there’s nothing more fun than delving into the archives and seeing sterling examples of both gaudy eyesores and moments of true graphic genius, and in his new book, The ...

Daylight can be art’s best friend. Organic luminosity emanates the subtle vicissitudes of perceptual life, which enhances looking at art. Daylight can also be art’s enemy. Fading, bleaching, yellowing ...

You know where you are when you’re up against Dracula. Grab yourself a crucifix or a stake and you’ve got a fighting chance. Likewise the Wolfman, if you can get hold of a silver bullet and a gun to ...