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A Grand Tour: The NY Art Book Fair

What happens when the world’s best art book publishers and zine-makers take over an entire museum? We took a field trip up to Printed Matter’s eleventh annual NY Art Book Fair at the MoMA Ps1 to find out. At yesterday’s preview event, we navigated the crowds of art book-lovers (estimated at 35,000 attendees last year), flipped through our favorite zines, discovered some new treasures, and left the fair with our tote bags packed with new zines and prints from our favorite artists. Our friends at LAZY MOM, exhibitors at the fair and this week’s Classic Stories feature, described the fair as a “summer camp for books” — and from what we saw yesterday, they’re exactly right. If you’re in NYC, we highly recommend joining in on the Art Book Fair, which runs through this weekend until Sunday, September 18th.

Since we can’t keep this all to ourselves, here’s a little sneak peek from the preview yesterday:

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The Art Book Fair's Zine Tent, filled with art books, prints, zines, and more from some of the best independent publishers in the world.
The Art Book Fair’s Zine Tent, filled with art books, prints, zines, and more from some of the best independent publishers in the world.
Silkscreen prints from upon.studio.
Silkscreen prints from upon.studio.
The bold zine collective Rand Paul, the brainchild of artists Rand Renfrow and Paul Windle.
The bold zine collective Rand Paul, the brainchild of artists Rand Renfrow and Paul Windle.
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LAZY MOM's zine booth (meet the design duo in this week's Classic Stories feature here).
LAZY MOM’s zine booth (meet the design duo in this week’s Classic Stories feature here).
Risograph prints from UK-based publisher Rope Press.
Risograph prints from UK-based publisher Rope Press.
inside the MoMA Ps1, Printed Matter – the hosts of the NY Art Book Fair.
Inside the MoMA Ps1, Printed Matter — the hosts of the NY Art Book Fair.
A performance piece from artists Mandy El-Sayegh and Yutaka Sone, hosted by David Zwirner.
A performance piece from artists Mandy El-Sayegh and Yutaka Sone, hosted by David Zwirner.
Last but not least, one of our favorite exhibitions of the night – an interactive Zine Tornado.
Last but not least, one of our favorite exhibitions of the night — an interactive Zine Tornado.

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