Flat Art Book Fair

FLAT is the new international fair dedicated to contemporary art publishing hosted in the historical setting of Palazzo Cisterna from November 3 to 5, 2017. The fair welcomes 40 participating exhibitors from 12 different countries:

20th Century Art Archives Cambridge / UK ——— a+mbookstore edizioni Milano / IT ——— Alberto Tallone Editore Alpignano / IT ——— L’ARENGARIO Studio Bibliografico Gussago / IT ——— Artphilein Editions Lugano / CH ——— AVARIE Paris / F ——— Centro Di Firenze / IT ——— COLLI publishing platform + Viandustriae publishing Roma / IT ——— Contemporary Editions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York New York / USA ——— Corraini Edizioni Mantova / IT ——— Danilo Montanari Editore Ravenna / IT ——— Edicola 518 Perugia / IT ——— Edition Patrick Frey Zurich / CH ——— GAGARIN Antwerp / BE ——— Giorgio Maffei Torino / IT ——— Gli Ori Firenze / IT ——— Hammann von Mier Verlag Munich / D ——— Hesse Press Los Angeles / USA ——— Hopefulmonster Editore Torino / IT ——— Kunstverein Publishing Milano / IT — Amsterdam / NE — Toronto / CA ——— Libreria El Astillero Barcelona / E ——— Lugemik Tallinn / EST ——— MER. Paper Kunsthalle Gent / BE ——— Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Madrid / E ——— NERO Roma / IT ——— OOLP Torino / IT ——— Printed Matter, Inc. New York / USA ——— PUNCH Bucarest / RO ——— Raumplan Torino / IT ——— Ridinghouse London / UK ——— Rorhof Bolzano / IT ——— Skinnerboox Jesi / IT ——— Skira Editore Spa Milano / IT ——— Sternberg Press Berlin / D ——— STILL Magazine Berlin / D — New York / USA ——— Studio Montespecchio Montespecchio / IT ——— Three Star Books | Onestar Press Paris / F ——— Triangle Books Brussels / BE ——— Witty Kiwi Torino / IT ——— Yale University Press London / UK — New Haven / USA

The fair is under the artistic direction of Chiara Caroppo, Beatrice Merz, Mario Petriccione while the scientific committee is composed by Liliana Dematteis (curator of artist books and collector), Richard Flood (director of Special Projects and Curator at Large, New Museum NY), David Senior (Head of Library and Archives, SFMOMA), Ken Soehner (Chief Librarian, Watson Library, The Met, NY), Lawrence Weiner (artist).

The fair is also enriched by a program of exhibitions and public events focusing on art publishing: two are the exhibitions, curated by Elena Volpato, art historian, conservator and curator at GAM – Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Turin: the monographic show “Ettore Sottsass. Le pagine” at Palazzo Birago, the institutional venue provided by the Turin Chamber of Commerce, and the group show “Lettura per voci e silenzio” at Palazzo Cisterna, the official venue of the Fair.

The FLAT Public Program, curated by Francesca Valentini, independent curator and researcher, will include a series of lectures, talks, forums, workshops, readings, film screenings, music performances and book presentations.