Kodoji Press at the New York Art Book Fair 2011. Courtesy of the New York Art Book Fair
The seventh edition of New York Art Book Fair starts this Friday 28 September following its Preview opening on Thursday 7–9pm (TONIGHT!) at MoMA PS1.
The three day event offers free admission for all and houses over 280 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians, artists, and independent publishers from over twenty countries presenting artists’ books, catalogues, monographs, periodicals, and magazines.
The fair was initiated in 2006 and organized by Printed Matters Inc, the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated since 1976 to the promotion of artist publications.
AA Bronson, president of Printed Matters, Inc. between 2004 – 2010 founded the fair to ‘re-establish New York as a hub for art books as, it used to be’*. The fair has already earned a solid reputation and years of success, judging from the growing number of exhibitors, from just 70 in its first edition to the current year’s 283 participants. After stepping down as president of Printed Matters, Inc., Bronson remains as the fair director and among the board members. (*from the interview on Artforum, 2008)
AA Bronson, Philip Aarons and John McWhinnie at the NYABF in 2006
This year’s program includes three exhibitions – An Homage to Mike Kelly, presented by Gagosian Gallery; In Memoriam: The Catalogs of Steven Leiber (1957–2012), art and book dealer, collector, curator, publisher, and teacher; In Memoriam: the Publications of John McWhinnie (1968–2012), a rare-book dealer and gallerist. The fair also hosts a conference featuring keynote speakers Lucy Luppard, art historian, and artist-publisher Paul Chan from Badlands Unlimited. Workshops entitled The Clasroom will organize a series of informal conversations, readings and other artist-led programs, as well as performances and book signings.
For more info: nyartbookfair.com
