Artport's Art Book Fair

March 2nd - March 5th, 2022

The first and largest artist book fair in Israel is back!

Over 300 books by more than 200 artists, 20 events that include conversations, panels and book launches, alongside 4 art performances about books, fanzines and other surprises, in a weekend dedicated entirely to books and art. After a break of several years due to Artport’s relocation and COVID-19 restrictions, the fair returns, bigger and richer than ever.

The first artist book fair in Israel was held in Artport since 2015 and immediately attracted thousands of visitors and shoppers for a weekend of books and art. The fair raised great interest and led to a flourishing in the field of artist books throughout the country. After a hiatus of several years due to the relocation to Artport’s new building and the limitations of COVID-19, the fair returns, bigger and richer than ever.

Many of the books in the fair are unique standalone objects that extend the artist’s practice, some are a continuation of an exhibition, some summarize a period of time, but all open a window to a new world that exists between the pages. Photography, painting, printing and illustration, hard leather bindings alongside pages stapled together, words woven into images, images that become a story, page-turning that becomes a journey – the art book fair is an exciting and sensational experience.

The selection ranges from books that were painted and hand-bound to those that were printed in a printing house, in workshops or were made at home, using copiers, from editions of a thousand copies to one-off, unique, special books. The “White Gloves Room” will be dedicated for rare and valuable artist books that were handmade in different printing techniques, independently or in workshops (such as  Harel Print Workshop in Tel-Aviv and the Jerusalem Print Workshop). These books are so delicate and precious, that in order to browse them, gloves must be worn.

Alongside the books, the fair will hold talks and panels on artist books featuring artists, curators, editors and designers, launch events for new books, different performances dealing with artist books created specifically for the fair, a ‘White Gloves Room’ featuring special editions, alongside a fanzine workshop where artist booklets will be produced and printed during the fair.

The fair is being held in collaboration with Magasin III Jaffa, and its new artists bookstore, Magasin III Jaffa Books.

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  • Address

    8 Ha’amal st. Tel aviv

  • Dates

    Wednesday – Saturday, March 2nd – March 5th, 2022

  • Opening hours

    Wednesday, March 2nd, 12pm-10pm

    Thursday, March 3rd, 12pm-10pm

    Friday, March 4th, 10am-4pm

    Saturday, March 5th, 10am-6pm

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Participating Artists

Rhiannon Adam, Doron Adar, David Adika, Vered Aharonovitch ,Dan Allon, Ron Amir, Ofra Amit, Ayelet Amrani Navon, Anat Maratkovich, Keren Anavy & Tal Frank, Boaz Arad, Dana Arieli, Andi Arnovitz, Yossi Assouline, Maya Attoun, Asnat Austerlitz, Roni Aviv, Yochai Avrahami, Adi Ayali, Ilit Azoulay, Guy Banaim, Dede Bandaid, Oz Barak, Yair Barak, Irit Barel Bassan, Leroy Bar-Natan, Michal Baror, Guy Ben Ner, Hilla Ben Ari, Michael Ben Abu, Noa ben Nun Melamed, Keren Benbenisty, Bezalel Ben-Chaim, Anat Betzer, Irma Blank, Joshua Borkovsky, Boyan, Alon Braier, Ayelet Carmi and Meirav Heiman, Zoya Cherkassky, Avital Cnaani, Yosaif Cohain, Chen Cohen, Cordova, Dror Cohen, Hagar Cygler, Ofer Dabush, Dror Daum, Ruti de Vries, Malu De-Kalo, Benni Efrat, Yael Efrati, Yoav Efrati, Tziky Eisenberg, Liat Elbling, Oren Eliav, Eitan Eloa, Maayan Elyakim, Tamir Erlich and Noy Haimovitz, Nir Evron, Hanna Farah Kufer Birim, Eliyahu Fatal, Yigal Feliks, Adi Fluman, Shachar Freddy Kislev, Dalia Gal Sverdlin, Nomi Geiger, Uri Gershuni, Noa Ginzburg, Sharon Glazberg and Noa Shaham, Shuka Glotman, Gary Goldstein, Guy Goldstein, Ido Gordon and David Duvshani, Leor Grady, Tal Granot, Noga Greenberg, Keren Gueller, Galia Gur Zeev, Nurit Gur Lavi, Ohad Hadad and Hilal Jabareen, Youval Hai, Ra’anan Harlap, Tamar Harpaz and Asaf Hazan, Iris Hassid, Meirav Heiman and Ayelet Carmi, Michal Heiman, Irit Hemmo, Galia Hili, Assaf Hinden, Yaakov Israel, Talia Israeli, Michael Jacobson, Adi Kaplan and Shahar Carmel, Dani Karavan, Avner Katz, Keren Katz, Shahar Katz, Uri Katzenstein, Tali Keren, Ester Klas, Gabriella Klein, Moran Kliger, Gabi Kricheli, Jossef Krispel, Roi Kuper, Yosi Lampel, Sigalit Landau, Elad Larom, Tamar Latzman, Sivan Lavie, Hila Laviv, France Lebée-Nadav, Noa Leshem-Gradus, Dana Lev Levant, Rachel Levian, Ohad Hadad, Roni Levit, Tamar Lev-On, Dana Levy, Michael Liani, Ella Littwitz, Anna Lukashevsky, Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer,, A5 Magazine, Orly Maiberg, Sala Manca, Gil Marco Shani, Rami Maymon, Yael Meiry, Eldad Menuchin, Ohad Meromi, Arik Miranda, Yaacov Mishori, Laurent Montaron, Michal Naaman, Karam Natour, Eran Nave, Noam Noy, Rotem of Qiryat Gat, Yaara Oren and Alma Shneor, Dan Orimian, Ezra Orion, Dov Or-Ner and Shai Zakai, Leigh Orpaz, Nira Pereg, Guy Pitchon, Sharon Poliakine, Anat Propper Goldenberg, Meir Rakocz, Tchelet Ram, Gilad Ratman, Erev Rav, Geffen Refaeli, Dan Reisinger, Hadar Reuven, Dorit Ringart, Alona Rodeh, Elham Rokni, Roee Rosen, Leo Roth, Ella Rothschild, Keren Russo, Noa Sadka, Merav Salomon, Tomer Sapir, Ester Schneider, Dani Schneor, Adi Sened, Alicia Shahaf, Hagit Shahal, Noa Shaham and Noa Ginzburg, Fatma Shanan, Ami Shavit, Atelir Shemi Kabri, Igael Shemtov, Tamir Sher, Merav Shinn Ben-Alon, Khen Shish, Tal Shochat, Guy Shohamm, Joshua Shuka, Orit Siman-tov, An Simin, Doron Solomons, Isaac Soul, Irit Tamari, Shiri Tarko, Daniel Tchetchik, Jan Tichy, Zvi Tlkovsky, Yanai Toister, Sharon Toker, Hilla Toony Navok, Naama Tsabar, Lihi Turjeman, Rakefet Viner Omer, Gal Weinstein, Carmela Weiss, Tal Weiss, Ana Wild and Johanna Markert, Eran Wolkowski, Sharon Ya’ari, Noa Yafe, Anna Yam, Guy Yanai, Lee Yanor, Nurit Yarden, Amon Yariv, Shai Yehezkelli, Noa Yekutieli, Tal Yerushalmi, Nevet Yitzhak, Dana Yoeli, Yaara zach, Tamir Zadok, Shai Zakai, Natalia Zourabova, Gaston Zvi

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Events at the fair

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022

10am – 5pm – Photo shoot for Madaf Website, a new collaboration between Leafing.co.il, ArtPort and Mevo’ot: The Joav BarEl Ideas Fund. Open to all artists participating in the book fair. Photography: Yair Meyuhas, Shiraz Grinbaum and Mika Nachtailer
5pm – 10pm – The Paper Channel interactive fanzine workshop is open to the public. In a playground atmosphere, fanzines will be created using xerox, paper and scissors. Everyone is welcome. (a paper shredder will be available during the process, don’t hesitate)
6pm – Launch of Fatma Shanan’s monograph, in conversation with Vardit Gross
7pm – Launch of Shachar Freddy Kislev’s new artist book, “Hexagonal Lobes, Soft Teeth and Other Riddles”, in conversation with Ran Kasmy Ilan
8pm Launch of Hadar Reuven’s new artist book “One Besides Her” in a conversation with Eran Hadas and Keren Katz

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

10am – 5pm – Photo shoot for Madaf Website, a new collaboration between Leafing.co.il, ArtPort and Mevo’ot: The Joav BarEl Ideas Fund. Open to all artists participating in the book fair. Photography: Yair Meyuhas, Shiraz Grinbaum and Mika Nachtailer
5pm – 10pm – The Paper Channel interactive fanzine workshop is open to the public. In a playground atmosphere, fanzines will be created using xerox, paper and scissors. Everyone is welcome. (a paper shredder will be available during the process, don’t hesitate)
6pm – Launch of a new artist book by Shiri Tarko, Glorious Failures – in conversation with Carmit Galili
7pm – Ten Years to Artport! Celebrating artist books supported by Artport with the launch of a new book by Artport alumn – Lihi Turjeman, Unearth – in conversation with Vardit Gross and Shira Stav
8pm – 10pm – Artist Maya Sharabani will play the character of Professor Shula (Shelly) Kuperman, representative of the Academy of Arts at HOU University. Mrs. Kuperman (who comes to visit her homeland especially for the fair, and also to attend a family event) offers the visitors a sympathetic ear from the field of academia, support for first time artist book buyers or anyone looking to widen his collection. In addition, she will conduct a personality analysis and a ‘bright’ reading of the titles.

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Friday, March 4th, 2022

11am – 4pm – The Paper Channel interactive fanzine workshop is open to the public. In a playground atmosphere, fanzines will be created using xerox, paper and scissors. Everyone is welcome. (a paper shredder will be available during the process, don’t hesitate)
11am – 4pm – Performer Keren Katz in a mesmerizing work technique, will shrink and summarize artist books of various sizes and give visitors gifts as a souvenirs
11am – 2pm – Artist Maya Sharabani will play the character of Professor Shula (Shelly) Kuperman, representative of the Academy of Arts at HOU University. Mrs. Kuperman (who comes to visit her homeland especially for the fair, and also to attend a family event) offers the visitors a sympathetic ear from the field of academia, support for first time artist book buyers or anyone looking to widen his collection. In addition, she will conduct a personality analysis and a ‘bright’ reading of the titles
12pm – “Gravity and Grace” Launch performance for Ana Wild’s new artist book in collaboration with curator Johanna Markert. Accompanied by a reading performance of the book in Park Hahorshot. The event will be held in Hebrew
2pm – Continuation of Ana Wild’s launch – in conversation with Tal Gafni and Johanna Markert (at Artport)
3pm – Leor Grady’s new artist book ‘Natural Worker’, in conversation with Yarden Stern on the book as an object and queer as a subject

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Saturday, March 5th, 2022

11am – 4pm – The Paper Channel interactive fanzine workshop is open to the public. In a playground atmosphere, fanzines will be created using xerox, paper and scissors. Everyone is welcome. (a paper shredder will be available during the process, don’t hesitate)
11am – 4pm Performer Keren Katz in a mesmerizing work technique, will shrink and summarize artist books of various sizes and give visitors gifts as souvenirs
Fair Talks:
11am – Thoughts on Editing – Artist book editors discuss the unique work processes of the format. Merav Shinn Ben-Alon in a conversation with Shiraz Greenbaum, Shoam Smith, Ayelet Hashachar Cohen on the late editor Galia Yahav, Tali Ben-Nun on Maya Attoun’s book ‘2018’
How do you edit an artist book? What are the unique workflows for this format? What is the difference between editing an artist book and curating an exhibition? What is the importance of editing when it comes to a book that is a work of art?
12pm – The book as a political space: Dana Gez talks to Roy Brunner, Uzi Greif Caldas, Asghar Zamana and Maayan Rohar about their final projects at Bezalel
2pm – In Search of Time and Space: How Travel Books Are Born – Joy Bernard in Conversation with Daniel Chechik, Anna Yam and Noa Sadka
3pm – On Visual Books – Merav Salomon in conversation with Eitan Eloa, Nino Biniashvili, and Ofra Amit
4pm – Sketches, books and sketchbooks – Orna Granot in conversation with Batya Colton, Yael Burstein and Guy Sagi
A conversation about artistic actions, a process that is revealed, disintegrated and formed from separate sketches that sometimes become one complete work. The examples reveal words and images that come together or strike against each other and in the process become works and art in themselves. Objects that are sometimes a book, sometimes a personal diary or perhaps a travel diary that documents the artistic path
5pm – Closing event – Following Sharon Yaari’s new artist book The Romantic Trail and The Concrete House in conversation with Vered Maimon

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