The NY Art Book Fair turned a new page on Thursday and welcomed its 10th edition with a packed Preview at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City. The NY Art Book Fair showcases artists' books, zines, catalogs, rare tomes, photographs and more.
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While only lasting three hours, hundreds streamed in for the benchmark opening preview, with many quickly filling the different nooks and hallways of the building like bees in a frenzied yet compelling art-dotted hive. It also felt like a festive farewell to summer, with many visitors taking time to hover, converse and sip beer in outdoor spaces such as PS1’s courtyard and dome before poring over booths inside.
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This year's fair, sponsored by the nonprofit Printed Matter, Inc., unites more than 370 presses, artists, galleries and independent publishers from across the world. Thursday's preview also featured a live rendition of the choreography in Canadian artist Marcel Dzama's video "Death Disco Dance," in the first-floor performance space in collaboration with David Zwirner Books.
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With various exhibitor project spaces and scores of non-book or catalog items such as T-shirts, vintage posters and stationery for sale, the fair felt — as expected — like a celebration of all things art as well as art books themselves.
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Additional coverage of what's in store for NY Art Book Fair's 10-year anniversary will publish shortly.
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BASIC FACTS: Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair will be held from September 18 to 20, 2015 at MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101.
Fair hours are Friday, from 1 to 7 p.m.; Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. www.nyartbookfair.com.
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