The NY Art Book Fair is
Printed Matter, Inc's annual event, historically held in September or October.
The NY Art Book Fair is the world’s largest book fair for artists’ books and related publications, featuring over 370 exhibitors from 30 countries, and attended by over 39,000 visitors annually. Originally free, the now ticketed fair presents an active program of exhibitions, talks, workshops, book launches and performances, as well as many off-schedule events hosted by individual publishers.
The NY Art Book Fair was created under the direction of
AA Bronson
AA Bronson (born Michael Tims in Vancouver in 1946) is an artist. He was a founding member of the artists' group General Idea, was president and director of Printed Matter, Inc., and started the NY Art Book Fair and the LA Art Book Fair.
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, a New York artist and former President of Printed Matter, Inc. (2004-2010). It was held at
MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, the ...
in
Long Island City,
New York from 2009-2019. In 2012, over 25,000 people attended the event. In 2013, the attendance rose to 27,000. From 2013 to 2017, the NY Art Book Fair was run and curated by Printed Matter's Shannon Michael Cane and artist
Jordan Nassar
Jordan Nassar (born 1985) is an American artist based in New York City. He primarily works with textiles, especially in creating works based on traditional Palestinian embroidery. Nassar also creates self-published artist's books and zines.
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, until Cane's death in November 2017.
Beginning in 2018, Printed Matter's Art Book Fairs, which includes the NY Art Book Fair, LA Art Book Fair, and Printed Matter's Virtual Art Book Fair (PMVABF), have been under the direction of Sonel Breslav who organized the fair with artist and curator Emmy Catedral between 2018-2021, and currently with Sanjana Iyer.
Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair hosts over nearly 300 independent presses, zines, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and publishers from over twenty countries, in addition to featuring special programming, such as the
Contemporary Artists' Books Conference The Contemporary Artists' Books Conference (CABC) was started in 2008 by a volunteer group of librarians belonging to the New York Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NY). It has been held annually during the New York Art Bo ...
, The Classroom, and special exhibitions.
"How to Prep for the NY Art Book Fair."
New Yorker. 2012.
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Book arts
Artists' books
Art fairs
Arts festivals in the United States
Festivals in New York City
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