Inventory Press

We’re excited to present An Incomplete* Listing of Los Angeles Libraries, Reading Rooms, and Archives at Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair next week! Be sure to pick up this free broadsheet at our table (A17) or on the 2nd floor. This is the first edition of An Incomplete* Listing of Los Angeles Libraries, Reading Rooms, and Archives—a growing directory of freely accessible reading spaces in LA County. Beyond the collections and knowledge they house, these spaces provide essential services to LA County’s 10+ million residents. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (@us_imls ) —the primary federal agency supporting libraries and museums across the country—is under active threat of elimination. This map is offered as a tool to stay engaged and continue advocating for libraries as one of the last truly accessible public spaces, and a vital part of our shared civic life.  Published by @inventorypress in collaboration with the @veralistcenter  for Printed Matter’s 2026 LA Art Book Fair, this is the second map in a series initiated and conceptualized by the VLC, beginning with An Incomplete* Listing of NYC Libraries, Reading Rooms, and Archives.  Typefaces Alvarado by @primary.foundry / @heclavibe Atlas Typewriter by @commercialtype / @carvalho_bernau Design by @in_fo_co @printedmatter_artbookfairs #LAABF #LAABF2026

Book Launch: Ben Thorp Brown “Cura’s Garden” We’re excited to announce the launch of “Cura’s Garden” by Ben Thorp Brown at @artbookps1 . For the event, Ben Thorp Brown, Annie Godfrey Larmon, @Robert.Wiesenberger , and Valentijn Goethals will be in conversation, followed by a Q&A and book signing. RSVP at the link in our bio and pre-order your signed copy. In 2023, American artist Ben Thorp Brown created Cura’s Garden, a long-term, immersive exhibition set in the medieval garden of Kunsthal Gent, a former Carmelite monastery. Expanding on the Roman myth of Cura, the project brings together a theatrical assortment of trees and other flora, fog, sculpture, and sound—elements that cohere into a dense, indeterminate sensorial experience. May 17th, 2026 4pm MoMA PS1 @artbookps1 22-25 Jackson Ave Long Island City, NY 11101 “Cura’s Garden” @benthorpbrown 8.75 × 11.75 inches, 152 pages, hardcover ISBN 978-1-941753-94-1 Design by @valentijn_goethals Published by @InventoryPress , @kunsthalgent , & @roma.publications Prints by @CaryThorpBrown Photographs by @michieldecleene Edited by @benthorpbrown & @annieg_dfrey   Now Shipping! @lauriecluitmans @lmcleanferris #Cura #Curasgarden

New totes in new colorways just dropped at table A17 at #laabf26!!! Orange, white on natural, red, terracotta—we’ll do our best to get the new colors online next week :) Designed with @pingmary (@slowandsteadywinstherace ) The Inventory Press Bag is a bag about formats—the smallest pocket fits a mass market paperback, the largest pocket is sized for LPs, and the two pockets in between each fit electronic reading devices. Made in Los Angeles. Get yours while they last!!! @printedmatter_artbookfairs #laabf2026 #bookbags #bagsaboutbooks

Join us tomorrow in the Classroom at LAABF — “Living to Learn” with @noahsimblist , @rodrigovalenzuela_studio , @dawillsdon , and @alexandro_segade of My Barbarian. Panel Sunday, May 10, at 2 pm LAABF Classroom   Editor Noah Simblist will moderate a discussion with LA-based contributors to “Living to Learn” which presents the work of over 70 artists, curators, collectives, and scholars who address contemporary art as a site of learning in the 21st century. The book constructs an impressionistic constellation of global case studies to see how innovations in education have had a dynamic relationship with artistic practice, alternative arts organizations, universities, museums, and biennials. Questions for discussion will include: How can alternative organizations and traditional institutions learn from one another? How have exhibition platforms created space for artists to generate learning environments? How has pedagogy changed assumptions about art institutions and artistic practice? Finally, how can we relate these ideas to questions of economic, ecological, and institutional sustainability? Please register for a free ticket to the event at /sunday #LivingtoLearn #LAABF2026 @printedmatter_artbookfairs

Join us Sunday at 2pm at the LAABF Classroom with @noahsimblist , and Saturday at 2pm at our table with @benthorpbrown !    “Living to Learn” with @noahsimblist , @rodrigovalenzuela_studio , @dawillsdon , and @alexandro_segade of My Barbarian. Panel Sunday, May 10, at 2 pm LAABF Classroom   Editor Noah Simblist will moderate a discussion with LA-based contributors to ‘Living to Learn’ which presents the work of over 70 artists, curators, collectives, and scholars who address contemporary art as a site of learning in the 21st century. The book constructs an impressionistic constellation of global case studies to see how innovations in education have had a dynamic relationship with artistic practice, alternative arts organizations, universities, museums, and biennials. Questions for discussion will include: How can alternative organizations and traditional institutions learn from one another? How have exhibition platforms created space for artists to generate learning environments? How has pedagogy changed assumptions about art institutions and artistic practice? Finally, how can we relate these ideas to questions of economic, ecological, and institutional sustainability? “Cura’s Garden” Ben Thorp Brown Signing Saturday, May 9, at 2 pm Table A17   At the fair Ben Thorp Brown, author of “Cura’s Garden,” will be signing copies of his book! Expanding on the Roman myth of Cura, this project (an immersive exhibition set in the medieval garden of @kunsthalgent , a former Carmelite monastery) brings together a theatrical assortment of trees and other flora, fog, sculpture, and sound—elements that cohere into a dense, indeterminate sensorial experience. Published by @InventoryPress and @roma.publications , with contributions by @lmcleanferris @lauriecluitmans @robert.wiesenberger @laurammherman #JanMinne @valentijn_goethals #CaryThorpBrown @michieldecleene @annieg_dfrey . Please register for a free ticket to the event at /sunday #LivingtoLearn #LAABF2026

#laabf2026 opens tonight!! Even if you can't join us in LA, enjoy discounts at our online store all weekend long: use code ARTBOOKFAIR at check-out for 20% off all backlist titles. (please note: Discount code does not apply to rare books, our newest titles, or apparel.) @printedmater_artbookfairs 2026 LA Art Book Fair Inventory Press Booth A17 ArtCenter College of Design South Campus 950 S. Raymond Pasadena, CA Thursday, May 7 Opening Night 6–9 PM, $30 Friday, May 8 11 AM – 7 PM, $8 Saturday, May 9 11 AM – 7 PM, $8 Sunday, May 10 11 AM – 6 PM, Free

Book launch: Pao Houa Her’s “The Imaginative Landscape” The John Michael Kohler Arts Center welcomes @Paohouaher for an evening of community and conversation to celebrate the release of her new book, “The Imaginative Landscape.” Featuring selections from six major series to date as well as new work made in Laos, “The Imaginative Landscape” traces Pao Houa Her’s ever-deepening exploration into concepts of home and belonging. Accompanied by essays on the work by co-curator Lauren Schell Dickens and Alexander Supartono, and an interview with the artist by co-curator ​​Jodi Throckmorton, this catalogue explores Her’s work in genres of portraiture, landscape, still life and vernacular, as she photographs herself and those people and places around her through the tinted lens of diasporic longing, where Minnesota and California become stand-ins for Laos, plastic florals replace living tropics, ersatz and real meld together. May 7th, 2026 5:30-7:30pm John Michael Kohler Arts Center @Jmkac 608 New York Avenue Sheboygan, WI The Imaginative Landscape @paohouaher 7.75 × 9.5 inches, 124 pages, hard cover ISBN 978-1-941753-83-5 Design by @in_fo_co Published by @InventoryPress , @sanjosemuseumofart & @jmkac With contributions by @lo.dickens , @alexandersupartono , @throckles , @horstamy , @artpilgrimz #Theimaginativelandscape

Border Tuner | Sintonizador Fronterizo Book Tour For friends in Venice Italy, please join us for events in May for "Border Tuner" by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, the book that explo­res his large-scale, participatory installation that creates bridges of light and channels of communication across the US-Mexico border: Giorgione Cinema D’Essai, Venice, Italy May 5, 2026 7pm Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in conversation with Cuauhtémoc Medina. In English. Bruno, Venice, Italy May 7, 2026, 10am Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in conversation with Michael Nardone. In English. Full details of events here. [/] "Border Tuner" @lozanohemmer 7.5 × 10 inches, 304 pages, softcover ISBN 978-1-941753-88-0 Bilingual Spanish-English edition Design by @in_fo_co Published by @InventoryPress Distributed by @artbook Coming Soon! Edited by @mdnardone and @eeedgaaar , with contributions by kerrydoyle2010, @tatigrams , #JuanLuisLongoriaGranados, #RobinGreeley, @drebelle and #LéondelaRosaCarillo, #SergioRaúlArroyo, #WillivaldoDelgadillo,lucia.sanroman.1, and @cuauhmedina , with photo documentation by @monicalozano .

Visit us at Printed Matter’s 2026 LA Art Book Fair! Join us at Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair from May 7–10. All weekend long, visit us at table A17 for deep discounts and to snag recent releases like “Border Tuner,” “Outerworlds,” “Living to Learn,” and the last copies of Amanda Ross-Ho’s “Grand Gestures,” alongside new bags, and more!!   In addition to our new releases, we’ll be presenting: an installation and giveaway of An Incomplete* Listing of Los Angeles Libraries, Reading Rooms, and Archives; a book signing at 2pm on Saturday with Ben Thorp Brown for his new book “Cura's Garden;” and we’ll be hosting a classroom event with Noah Simblist, editor of “Living to Learn” on Sunday at 2pm.   And if you can’t join us at the fair, use code ARTBOOKFAIR at inventorypress.com for 20% off backlist titles all weekend long.    LA Art Book Fair   Table A17 ArtCenter College of Design South Campus 950 S. Raymond Pasadena, CA   Thursday, May 7 Opening Night 6–9pm, $30   Friday, May 8 11 AM–7pm, $8   Saturday, May 9 11 AM–7pm, $8   Sunday, May 10 11 AM–6pm, Free #LAABF2026 @printedmatter_artbookfairs @artcenteredu

"Each of the work’s six interactive stations—three placed in El Paso and three in Juárez—featured a micro-phone, a camera, a speaker, and a tuning dial. As a participant turned the dial, the platform’s array of three searchlights created an arm of light that followed the movement of the dial, scanning the horizon. When two such arms of light met in the sky and intersected, a bidirectional channel of sound opened automatically between the people at the two remote stations. As they spoke and listened to one another, the brightness of these lights modulated in sync with the cadence of their language, creating a glimmer in the sky similar to Morse code scintillation. At any time, either participant could turn the dial and sever the connection order to tune to a different station. Over eleven nights in November 2019, the activation of Border Tuner made visible and audible the existing relations, interdependence, and coexistence between two cities that together form one of the largest binational metropolitan areas in the Western Hemisphere." –Michael Nardone and Edgar Picazo Merino, from "Border Tuner Sintonizador Fronterizo" "Border Tuner" @lozanohemmer 7.5 × 10 inches, 304 pages, softcover ISBN 978-1-941753-88-0 Bilingual Spanish-English edition Design by @in_fo_co Published by @InventoryPress Distributed by @artbook Now Shipping! Edited by @mdnardone and @eeedgaaar , with contributions by kerrydoyle2010, @tatigrams , #JuanLuisLongoriaGranados, #RobinGreeley, @drebelle and #LéondelaRosaCarillo, #SergioRaúlArroyo, #WillivaldoDelgadillo,lucia.sanroman.1, and @cuauhmedina , and photo documentation by @monicalozano .

Now Shipping! Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Border Tuner | Sintonizador Fronterizo Edited by @mdnardone and @eeedgaaar , with contributions by kerrydoyle2010, @tatigrams , #JuanLuisLongoriaGranados, #RobinGreeley, @drebelle and #LéondelaRosaCarillo, #SergioRaúlArroyo, #WillivaldoDelgadillo,lucia.sanroman.1, and @cuauhmedina . “Border Tuner | Sintonizador Fronterizo” documents Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s participatory art installation composed of powerful search-lights forming bridges of light that opened live channels for direct communication across the U.S.-Mexico border. At a time of intense anti-immigrant rhetoric, militarized surveillance, and nationalist violence, the artwork connected the sister cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, creating a platform for people to converge along the border to speak to one another and listen across the divide. This volume features extensive documentation of the artwork and its activation by tens of thousands of people who gathered to honor the interdependence of life at the border. The book’s ten essays, presented in both English and Spanish, critically examine the legacy of Lozano-Hemmer’s project within the wider frame of artistic production along the U.S.-Mexico border. To celebrate the book’s release, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer will present “Border Tuner” in April at Museo Tamayo in Mexico City; The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University in Houston, Texas; at the Centro Cultural de las Fronteras in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico UACJ; and at the Mexican American Cultural Center, in collaboration with the Rubin Center for the Arts in El Paso, Texas. “Border Tuner” @lozanohemmer 7.5 × 10 inches, 304 pages, softcover ISBN 978-1-941753-88-0 Bilingual Spanish-English edition Design by @in_fo_co Published by @InventoryPress Distributed by @artbook Now Shipping!

"In opposition to the state’s repressive design, Lozano-Hemmer strives to create spaces where a multitude might collectively reimagine their techno-social condition to begin to practice them differently. 'Border Tuner' epitomizes this counter-aesthetic in the way it transforms the authoritative voice-in-the-searchlight of border police—a voice that makes demands and threatens with violence those who it addresses—into an utterly different context and condition. 'I am the voice in the lights over El Paso,' one eight-year-old boy announced from a Border Tuner platform to his friend across the border. 'I am the voice in the light over Juárez,' his friend responded, looking up in awe." –Michael Nardone and Edgar Picazo Merino, from "Border Tuner Sintonizador Fronterizo" "Border Tuner" @lozanohemmer 7.5 × 10 inches, 304 pages, softcover ISBN 978-1-941753-88-0 Bilingual Spanish-English edition Design by @in_fo_co Published by @InventoryPress Distributed by @artbook Now Shipping! Edited by @mdnardone and @eeedgaaar , with contributions by kerrydoyle2010, @tatigrams , #JuanLuisLongoriaGranados, #RobinGreeley, @drebelle and #LéondelaRosaCarillo, #SergioRaúlArroyo, #WillivaldoDelgadillo,lucia.sanroman.1, @cuauhmedina , and photo documentation by @monicalozano