Toronto Art Book Fair

The second annual Toronto Art Book Fair previews this Thursday from 6 to 10pm at Artscape Youngplace. The fair then continues through until Sunday at 6pm. The fair features curated exhibitions, eighty vendors and community programming which includes panel discussions, readings, talks, launches and workshops.

The fair's stated goals are the dedication "to increasing the visibility, dissemination, appreciation and understanding of the Artist's Book and its contemporary manifestations within the Visual Arts Field [...] by presenting Artists' Books, Multiples and Printed Matter to a wider audience." This year the thematic focuz is "Archives and Alternative Narratives".

A full list of participating vendors is below. Visit the fair's website, here, for more programming information.

Opening Night Preview Party:

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 | 6PM - 10PM

Fair Hours:

FRIDAY, JUNE 16 | 12 - 8PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 17 | 12 - 8PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 18 | 12 - 6PM


​Vendors:

AKIN COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
ALICIA’S KLASSIC
KOOL SHOPPE
ALISON POSTMA
ANTEISM
ART METROPOLE
ART PROBLEMS
ART WORKS CONSULTING
B&D PRESS
BROKEN PENCIL
BYWATER BROS. EDITIONS
C MAGAZINE
CASEY HOUSE - ART WITH HEART
COLOUR CODE
CONTEMPORARY ART DEPT FROM ESA
CRISTIAN ORDONEZ
DAVID WOODWARD
DDOOGG
EDICIONES DAGA
ELI HOWEY
EMILIA–AMALIA
ESSE ARTS + OPINIONS
FADINGPAPER
FILLIP
FLAT MAGAZINE
GENDERFAIL PRESS
GINETTE LAPALME
GUYGUYGUY
HARMONIPAN
HEX EDITIONS
HOMOCATS
HOTAM PRESS
IMPULSE [b:]
ISSUE PRESS
JAMIE Q
JIM SHEDDEN PROJECTS
JMS PRESS
JON VAUGHN/ ECSTASY EDITIONS
KILLER ACID
KOFFLER CENTRE OF THE ARTS
KRIS GRAVES PROJECTS
(+KGP)
LENDROIT EDITIONS
LIDO PIMIENTA
LOUISE REIMER
MARTIAN PRESS
MATTHEW SCOTT GUALCO
MELANY NUGENT-NOBLE
METATRON
MICAH LEXIER
MILKWEED
MONIKER PRESS
NANCY LOEBER
NEW DOCUMENTS
NOTHING ELSE PRESS
OCAD PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT
OKAY COLLECTIVE
OPEN SESAME: ART, BOOKS, AND OBJECTS
PAPERHOUSE OUTREACH COLLECTIVE
PAPER PUSHER
PAPIRMASS
PASCALINE J KNIGHT
PATRICK KYLE
PAUL + WENDY PROJECTS
PERISH PUBLISHING
PHILE MAGAZINE
PLACE-HOLDER
POSSIBLE WORLDS
PREFIX
RAT 666 TAT
RAY~RAY
RAJNI PERERA
ROPE PRESS
SAGAN EDITIONS
SIX EYES COLLECTIVE
SMING SMING BOOKS & OBJECTS
SOFT CITY PRINTING
STEVEN BECKLY
STUDIO HAP
SWIMMERS GROUP
TANG TEACHING MUSEUM
TECHNOLOGIE UND DAS
UNHEIMLICHE
TERESA AVERSA
THE ARCHIVE OF
MODERN CONFLICT
THE CANADIAN ACADEMY IN ROME
THE MUSEUM OF LONGING
AND FAILURE
VIDE PRESS
WIZARD SKULL
YYZ ARTISTS' OUTLET
TOABF X ZIPE
5x7
8ELEVEN GALLERY