Join us and Printed Matter (@printedmatterinc ) at Frieze New York on Friday, May 15 at 2 PM for a book signing with Lee Mary Manning (@leemarymanning ) on the occasion of their most recent catalog, 'Kiss of the Sun.' The signing will take place in the Shed bookstore, located at the fair’s entrance at 545 West 30th Street.
Nine of Manning's photographs and assemblages are on view at our Frieze NY presentation at Booth C1.
Now on view through June 23 — Present Tense, a new window installation by sgp @__s.gp
This circumstance-specific installation responds to the scaffolding that has ensconced Printed Matter’s Chelsea storefront since last spring, and takes the organization’s history of window installations as a point of departure. Interpolating an original slide image of a window installation from the archives, sgp leverages her insider/outsider status as an artist who is also part of the Printed Matter Fairs and Editions team and a Union member.
The original installation, created by Cynthia Chris, includes text recounting the 1985 MOVE bombing in which the Philadelphia Police Department, in an act of state sanctioned violence, dropped an improvised explosive device on the headquarters of the Black liberation organization MOVE. Chris' text concludes “a precedent has been set.”
Forty-one years later, sgp has printed the image on industrial mesh PVC fabric traditionally used as trompe-l'oeil coverings to camouflage scaffolding on buildings. Present Tense triangulates the visitors to Printed Matter between Past and Future Tenses. The scaffolding, scheduled to come down at the midpoint of the installation, acts as a foil to the interior window installation, which uses a scaffolding ladder as a bookshelf for a selection of publications on PSY-OPs, infrastructural critique, surveillance and resistance, I.C.E., the politics of privately owned public spaces, culture jamming, and more.
Visit the link in bio to read more and explore the titles on view.
While we recover from an incredible LA Art Book Fair, you can find us at Frieze @friezeofficial later this week .
Come browse a wide selection of artists’ books and artist editions. We’re located right by the entrance in the book shop—you can’t miss us! We’ll also be hosting a special signing on Friday at 2 PM with Lee Mary Manning for “Kiss of the Sun Book,” published by CANADA @canada.nyc@leemarymanning
Public Fair hours
Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 11 AM – 7 PM
Sunday: 11 AM – 5 PM
We hope to see you there!
Charlotte Winkler: Like a Mad Gardener
from @coloramaprint in Berlin
A prickly palm tree speaks from a London back garden while scissors hold a conference, weeds laugh and guardian angels protect fences. In the warm earth hands roll over with worms and friends get to work.
This book is an attempt to get to the root of stories about borders, power, care, belonging, and otherness, and to understand what it means to garden.
Part of the Colorama literary series 12x18, Living Loving Literaturing from the intertext. -Publisher
$30- Link in bio. Stock ID: 227903 C
We are thrilled to share the first of several new Reflux Editions, issued in collaboration with Barbara Moore:
George Brecht: Cloud Scissors
Seven original cards printed circa 1966.
Sourced from 80 Wooster Street storage via Jonas Mekas, 1980s.
Compiled by ReFlux Editions for Printed Matter, Spring 2026.
Available in the bookstore and at our link in bio.
$150- Stock ID: 227841 D
GULFF'S "Data Center Noise Listening Station" is up at @printedmatterinc through Sunday at 6pm. Come by and sample the crowd-sourced sounds generated by 11 AI data centers across the country in a setting that makes you feel like you're just across the street from one. #gulffnoise #aiweekny @musicbyowain@pause_ai@ai_ctrl@ai.rise.co
Tom Jennings: HOMOCORE Anthology
HOMOCORE was a queer punk zine, published in San Francisco from September 1988 through Spring 1991. This paragraph on the first page of every issue may be the best introduction. No apology for 1988 cringe:
“You don’t have to be a homo to have stuff published in HOMOCORE. One thing everyone in here has in common is that we’re all social mutants; we’ve outgrown or never were part of any of the ‘socially acceptable’ categories. You don’t have to be gay; being different at all, like straight guys who aren’t macho shitheads, women who don’t want to be a punk rock fashion accessory, or any other personal decision that makes you an outcast is enough. Sexuality is part of it, but only part.” -Publisher
$20, Link in bio. Stock ID: 227896 B
@flukepublishing
Gus van Sant: Paintings
The first monograph on American filmmaker and photographer Gus Van Sant’s paintings offers a broad overview of his works. Sequenced in an associative manner rather than chronologically, the book features different series and focuses on recurring motifs and themes throughout different mediums and across his entire oeuvre.
The publication is bound inside out, with a cover comprising two test screenprints (signed and stamped on the back), alluding to Van Sant’s painting practice as literally the flipside of his well-known career in film. Additionally, there is an essay by Rhode Island School of Design professor Dennis Congdon and an interview with Van Sant. -Publisher
$85- Link in bio, Stock ID: 227884 D
@bluemoonmagazine
Three questions with the man that needs no introduction, Printed Matter’s very own Craig Mathis @_craigmathis . We caught him at “a good of a time as any” and we’d like to clarify that he is not picking favorites! @printedmatterinc@printedmatter_artbookfairs
mentioned:
@gongpress
Coral Dictionary, @yuchenyuchen
hard liver notes: Craig and I met in person for the first time at the Printed Matter store in Chelsea, NY a few years ago. He gave me an awesome collection of printed ephemera and showed me some rare Ulises Carrion publications. Last year, he mailed me a box of Printed Matter ephemera, program books and ticket editions which I shared online. Everyone who knows Craig, knows he loves printed matter… but more than that, he has an ability to share printed matter with those around him in a way that feels personal, authentic and genuine. His dedication doesn’t stop at print but extends beyond… to all the people in the print community. Thank you Craig for all that you do!
#printedmatter #laabf2026 #laabf #artbooks #publishing
Thank you all for another amazing LA Art Book Fair 🍒From our ~250 international exhibitors and our Los Angeles staff, to the over 12,000 visitors, we are grateful to everyone who stopped by ArtCenter over the weekend. Stay tuned for more recaps, program documentation, and publisher features 🖤🔍🫠 @artcenteredu@printedmatterinc
Image 1-10, 12-20 by Aleksey Kondratyev @aleksey.kondratyev
Image 11 by Ben Shmikler @beenshmikler
#LAABF2026
Tonight @nypl : History Repeats Itself: Curating Protest — Flashpoint!
An offisite event at the NYPL
May 13, 2026
6pm
Presented in collaboration with Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, a traveling reading room exhibition at Printed Matter organized by 10×10 Photobooks. Curators in the New York Public Library’s two photography divisions discuss how protest and resistance materials and archives are collected, organized, and shared with the public. They will explore the challenges of shaping exhibitions around grassroots social movements, as well as how these collections are preserved within institutions and made accessible.
Featuring presentations by Associate Curator in the Division of Photographs and Prints at the Schomburg Center La Tanya S. Autry and Assistant Curator of Photography Maggie Mustard, with a panel to follow moderated by Assistant Director of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs Deirdre Donohue.
Location: Lenox & Astor Room, Room 216 The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue New York, NY 10018
To join | Please register for an In-Person Ticket. Doors will open around 1:30 PM. For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program.
Link in bio!
Three questions with Zolt from Test Strip @teststrip.iso at the Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair @printedmatter_artbookfairs@printedmatterinc
hard liver notes: My one year anniversary of discovering Test Strip was this time last year at the PM LAABF. I immediately subscribed to receive an issue and a limited print in the mail every month. Since the first issue, my favorite part has been discovering a new artist every month and even see a friend ( @ethnming ) be featured in an issue. Looking forward to more discovery and more fun with Test Strip!
#printedmatter #laabf2026 #laabf #zine #photozine
