New York: Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair Is Back, Sans the Long Lines

Mark your calendars. Printed Matter's annual Art Book Fair is back, this time without the long lines

Feb 17, 2021 • View in browser

Mark your calendars. Printed Matter’s annual Art Book Fair is back, this time without the long lines and unruly crowds. Catch the extended virtual event February 24–28 and enjoy a break from those endless Zoom meetings.In the galleries, check out Angel Otero’s exquisite interiors, the penetrating heat of De Por Vida, and the raw vulnerability of We Wear the Mask, as well as so much more.Don’t forget your masks (two, after all, is always better than one).–Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews

What To Do (Online)

Printed Matter’s Art Book Fair Is Back, Sans the Long Lines With its first-ever virtual edition, the fan favorite offers a robust slate of exhibitors, performances, and a conference on contemporary artists’ books. Dessane Lopez Cassell

Restored Short Films by and About Djibril Diop Mambéty, a Giant of African Cinema Metrograph is streaming two shorts by the Senegalese director, as well as Laurence Gavron’s documentary about his process. Dan Schindel

SPONSORED Battery Park City Authority Introduces a Glass House to Belvedere Plaza On view through spring 2022, Mildred Howard’s “The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own,” builds on the public art legacy of Manhattan’s Battery Park City.

In the Galleries

The Penetrating Heat of De Por Vida At Company Gallery, a meditative exhibition dedicated to queer desire invites viewers to sit with tension. Billy Anania

Angel Otero’s Exquisite Domestic Interiors In The Fortune of Having Been There, Otero’s paintings seduce us with the whole as well as their individual parts. Valentina Di Liscia

Behind the Mask: Photographers Reflect on Black Vulnerability We Wear the Mask treads a fine line between opacity and revealing truth in its rawest form. Rachell Morillo

The Commanding, Flamboyant Joyce Pensato Pensato favored pop culture flotsam marred by the real world, which she transmuted into adventurous artworks dealing with raw, real world concerns. Gregory Volk

Alix Bailey’s Unfashionable Pursuit Painting, as a verb, is a way of living in time, of inhabiting a state of solitude, even when you are with other people. John Yau

Latest News

Guggenheim Signs Contract With Union After a Year of Tense Negotiations The three-year collective bargaining agreement represents the museum’s art handlers and facilities staff: 22 full-time employees and 145 on-call staff. Hakim Bishara

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