Category: Event

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Graphic Negotiations #4: Rose Nordin & Rosa-Johan Uddoh

Graphic Negotiations is a series of online lunchtime talks with designers, exploring the role of design in creating artists’ books. The format and topic will vary – we wanted to give designers the opportunity to present their work in whichever way they wanted to. In some cases designers will be in conversation with artists they’ve … Continued

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Dark Room book launch at Gay’s the Word

Gay’s the Word and Book Works present the London launch of Dark Room: San Francisco Sex and Protest, 1988-2003 by Phyllis Christopher. Phyllis Christopher will be in conversation with Brooke Palmieri at Gay’s the Word on Thursday 9th June. Doors open at 7pm and the event will start shortly afterwards. This is a free event … Continued

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Graphic Negotiations #3 – Erik Hartin & Moa Pårup

Join us online on Wednesday 18 May at 1pm for the third in our Graphic Negotiations series of events exploring designing artists’ books (RSVP). This third event in the series features Erik Hartin and Moa Pårup, who we have a long history of collaboration with, both as a duo and separately. As designers, they have … Continued

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Book Works & Phyllis Christopher at Offprint London

We’re very excited to be back in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall at the weekend for Offprint London, the annual fair for experimental and independent arts publishers. On Saturday 14th May, 2.30pm, Phyllis Christopher will be giving a talk in the MacAulay Studio about her new book Dark Room (no booking necessary), and she’ll be … Continued

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Graphic Negotiations #2 – Rosen Eveleigh

Join us online on 28 April, 1pm for the second in our Graphic Negotiations series of events, this time with Rosen Eveleigh (RSVP).

Rosen Eveleigh is a designer and researcher working independently or with artists, archives, editors, cultural institutions and publishers to produce graphic identities, typefaces, websites, texts, lectures, books and other works.

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Dark Room book launch at Grand Union, 4 March 2022

Join Phyllis Christopher, Grand Union and Book Works on Friday 4 March (6.30–8.30pm) at Grand Union to mark the end of the Heads and Tails exhibition and celebrate the launch of the long-awaited Dark Room: San Francisco Sex and Protest, 1988–2003. The launch is free and open to all – for more info visit the … Continued

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Lubaina Himid & Rosa-Johan Uddoh at Tate Modern

A major new solo exhibition by Lubaina Himid opens today at Tate Modern. As part of the Tate Late event tomorrow, a newly captioned & remastered version of Rosa-Johan Uddoh‘s film Black Poirot will have its UK Premiere. Artist Rosa-Johan Uddoh recasts Agatha Christie’s fictional detective as Martinican philosopher Édouard Glissant in this engaging and … Continued

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Dublin Art Book Fair 2021 starts today

The Dublin Art Book Fair 2021: Manual (DABF21), the eleventh edition of Ireland’s only art book fair, opens today at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin. Taking place both online and on-site, the gallery in the heart of Dublin’s Cultural Quarter transforms into a centre for art and artist books. Dublin Art Book Fair champions artists and creative, … Continued

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In Conversation: Phyllis Christopher at BALTIC, Wednesday 8th December

Phyllis Christopher will be in conversation about her work with curator and editor of Dark Room Laura Guy, and Book Works commissioning editor Lizzie Homersham, on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm. The event is hosted by BALTIC, where Phyllis Christopher’s first solo retrospective, Contacts, is now open. Visit the BALTIC website for more details and … Continued

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