Printed Matter first established the NY Art Book Fair in 2006. Since then it has become the most important fair in the world for artists’ books, catalogues, monographs, magazines and fanzines. In 2012 the fair brought together 283 exhibitors, antiques dealers, artists and publishers from more than twenty-six countries and was visited by 25,000 people in one weekend alone.
Different activities are scheduled during the fair, such as the Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference (CABC), which attracts a broad international spectrum of booksellers and experts in artists’ books. After taking part in the Feria Independiente de Libros Mutantes at La Casa Encendida as a visitor of the PICE programme, Max Schumann (Associate Director of Printed Matter) made a selection of Spanish publications with a view to presenting them in New York. On this occasion AC/E, through its mobility programme, is supporting the participation of the curators of Libros Mutantes and a representative of La Casa Encendida so that they can present the selection of publications at the NY Art Book Fair and deliver a lecture as part of the Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference, thereby fostering the internationalisation of this sector and of its Spanish professionals.
Different activities are scheduled during the fair, such as the Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference (CABC), which attracts a broad international spectrum of booksellers and experts in artists’ books. After taking part in the Feria Independiente de Libros Mutantes at La Casa Encendida as a visitor of the PICE programme, Max Schumann (Associate Director of Printed Matter) made a selection of Spanish publications with a view to presenting them in New York. On this occasion AC/E, through its mobility programme, is supporting the participation of the curators of Libros Mutantes and a representative of La Casa Encendida so that they can present the selection of publications at the NY Art Book Fair and deliver a lecture as part of the Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference, thereby fostering the internationalisation of this sector and of its Spanish professionals.
