Art
The Underground Press and Its Extraordinary Moment in US History
What if the history of an era were stocked away in an attic, waiting for our attention?
Printed Matter
Books
Thirty Years On, Colab Members Assess Their Successes and Failures
Last month, members of Colab gathered at Printed Matter for the opening of a new iteration of the A. More Store, the collective’s pop-up exhibit of cheap multiples. The display coincides with the publication of A Book About Colab (and Related Activities) (2015), a sumptuous collection of archival im
In Brief
Tauba Auerbach Sculpts a Pop-Up Book for Grownups
In her sculptures and installations, California-born artist Tauba Auerbach often plays with the flux state between two and three dimensions. Her latest project continues in this vein: It's an oversized pop-up book.
Books
“The Ephemeral Moment of Exchange” in Barbara Bloom’s Wrapping Papers
Bloom’s papers mine the histories of gift rituals, interrogate the meaning objects are endowed with as gifts, and place value on an object that is meant to be used once and then discarded.
Art
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.
Art
In New York City, Punk Is in the Air
There was a week in high school when my mom begrudgingly let me stay out in New York City for almost three nights in a row.
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.
Books
5 Mini Reviews of Zines from the NY Art Book Fair
The 2015 edition of Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair opens to the public today and in anticipation we reviewed some of its standout offerings.
Announcement
Printed Matter's 10th Annual NY Art Book Fair Opens this Week
Printed Matter presents the tenth annual NY Art Book Fair, from September 18 to 20 at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens. A preview will be held on the evening of Thursday, September 17.
Art
The 2015 NY Art Book Fair Is Now Accepting Exhibitor Applications
Deadline for applications is May 31, 2015.
Art
Front to Back, Top to Bottom, a New Book Series Reimagines How We Read
SYNAPSE curators Anna-Sophie Springer and Etienne Turpin set out to investigate the Anthropocene hypothesis: that humanity’s impact on the earth has been so great that it necessitates a new geological age.
Books
A Comic Book that Reads Like Sheet Music
Richard Kraft's Here Comes Kitty: A Comic Opera explodes off the page.