Announcement
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.
LA Art Book Fair
Art
Blowing Up Normcore at the LA Art Book Fair
LOS ANGELES — K-HOLE members speak in a pseudo corporate-y performative language, using terms like “onboard” in a way that is cringe-inducing, serious, and ambiguously funny.
Art
At the LA Art Book Fair, a Missed Opportunity to Address Race
LOS ANGELES — In the days leading up to the LA Art Book Fair (LAABF), and during Thursday's preview, members of the LA arts community criticized the organizers for their use of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) meme.
Art
Rethinking What an Art Book Fair Can Be
LOS ANGELES — There are few events in the art world that allow the "little guys" to shine the way Printed Matter's art book fairs do, and last night's opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary in LA's Japantown was a perfect example.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the 2015 LA Art Book Fair
Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair opens on Thursday, January 29, at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
Performance
John Baldessari as Muse
LOS ANGELES — How many literary readings involve a faux-gorilla dancing with a palm leaf and bunch of balloons? Or a megaphone? Or someone tossing handmade zines into the audience with abandon? Artists Read Baldessari was this type of event.
Books
8 Finds from the 2014 LA Art Book Fair
LOS ANGELES — This year's Los Angeles Art Book Fair was by all accounts a success. The four-day event certainly shattered the previous year's attendance record, 24,450 visitors, and everyone I spoke to was excited by the quality and diversity of exhibitions, booths, and programming.
Art
Peeking into the LA Art Book Fair’s Queer Zine Show
LOS ANGELES — The LA Art Book Fair is for those who cannot afford to buy art. That includes everyone from recent MFAs to working artists, writers and curators, and collectors who like objects that take up space on the coffee table — not the wall.
Art
Your Handy Guide to the 2014 LA Art Book Fair
LOS ANGELES — Shannon Michael Cane knows he has big shoes to fill as the new director and curator of the highly anticipated second edition of the Los Angeles Art Book Fair (LAABF). "Taking over the fair from someone like [artist and curator] AA Bronson, who is a mentor to me, is a lot of pressure to
Art
Over 15,000 Attend Inaugural LA Art Book Fair
LOS ANGELES — Bookstore chains may slowly be dying out, but small publishing is alive and kicking … hard. At least, if the turnout at Printed Matter’s first LA Art Book Fair was any indication.
News
Who Says LA Doesn't Read? Inaugural LA Art Book Fair Opens Today
AA Bronson, the internationally recognized artist and former president of New York's Printed Matter artist-book store, is currently in LA to launch the first ever LA Art Book Fair at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary space in downtown LA. Bronson, who is also the director of the NY Art Book Fair, says he's