This year’s edition, the first in the city since 2019, suggests a publishing landscape as quirky and diffuse as Los Angeles itself.
LA Art Book Fair
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Art Books for Days: What Not to Miss at Printed Matter’s 2021 Virtual Art Book Fair
Thanks in part to its virtual format, this year’s fair is the largest event yet, and the most international. Check out a slate of exhibitors you won’t want to miss.
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A Way to Support Exhibitors of the Canceled LA Art Book Fair
In a quickly growing collaborative spreadsheet, exhibitors share what they planned to show this year, along with detailed descriptions, prices, and links to purchase.
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Hyperallergic’s Favorite Items from the LA Art Book Fair
A team of Hyperallergic contributors scoured the fair’s vast and truly delightful offerings and picked some of their favorite items to share with you.
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From Vinyl to Board Games, Special Exhibitors at the LA Art Book Fair Offer Fun Alternatives
For attendees looking for a diversion, five special exhibitor projects carve out unique spaces for play and commerce.
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The LA Art Book Fair Returns Bigger than Ever
Alongside the wealth of exhibitors, Printed Matter has put together a robust programming schedule with over 100 free discussions, workshops, and performances.
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Printed Matter Presents the 2019 LA Art Book Fair, April 12–14
The fair is among the leading international gatherings for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating the full breadth of the art publishing community.
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How Printed Matter Will Bolster Its LA Presence After Canceling 2018 Art Book Fair
After cancelling the 2018 edition of its Los Angeles Art Book Fair, Printed Matter is planning alternative West Coast programming as it plots its return in 2019.
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From Flash Tattoos to a Fotomat Shack, Looking Beyond Books at the LA Art Book Fair 2017
At Printed Matter’s annual event, some of the highlights were objects that expanded upon the idea of what books can provide: an affordable means to experience and collect art.
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LA Art Book Fair 2017 Launches with 300-Plus Presses and Performances
Organized by longtime purveyor of art books and ephemera Printer Matter, the LA Art Book Fair returns to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA this weekend for its fifth annual edition.
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Plastic Bongs, Chinese Mini-Zines, and Endless Labors of Love at the LA Art Book Fair
The fair is a cornucopia of art-world rarities, oddities, and editioned experiments at every turn.
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Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair Returns February 11–14
Printed Matter presents the fourth annual LA Art Book Fair (LAABF), from February 11–14, 2016, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
