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The IFPDA FINE ART PRINT FAIR OCTOBER 23-27, 2019 ANNOUNCES 2019 EXHIBITOR LIST and DYNAMIC REBOOT The IFPDA FINE ART PRINT FAIR OCTOBER 23-27, 2019 ANNOUNCES 2019 EXHIBITOR LIST AND DYNAMIC REBOOT New York, New York: June 25, 2019: Jenny Gibbs, Executive Director of the International Fine ​ ​ ​ ​ Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) and David Tunick, President of the IFPDA Board of Directors, are pleased to announce the 2019 IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair exhibitor list. This year’s event is directed by art fair veteran Helen Toomer, boasting a more luxurious lay-out with larger booths, a VIP lounge, and curated project spaces. Now in its 28th year, the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair is the largest and longest-running ​ international art fair celebrating 500 years of printmaking, with 70 galleries and publishers from ten countries. The fair will take place in the stunning I.M. Pei designed River Pavilion at the ​ Javits Center (NYC), October 23-27, 2019. The fair is well-known among museum curators and collectors for presenting rare and exceptional prints, projects, and new editions. “What’s so incredible about this fair,” says Executive Director Jenny Gibbs, “is that we bring KAWS, Koons, and Rembrandt into the same space and the same conversation.” Artists in the 2019 IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair include: Derrick Adams, Swoon, Picasso, Rembrandt, Durer, Donald Judd, Mark Bradford, KAWS, Jeff Koons, Louise Nevelson, Ebony Patterson, Louise Bourgeois, Terry Winters, Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Jonas Wood, Degas, and David Hockney. 2019 Exhibitor List Alan Cristea Gallery, London, United Kingdom Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago, IL August Laube Buch & Kunstantiquariat, Zurich, Switzerland Bernard Jacobson Graphics, London, United Kingdom Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York, NY C. G. Boerner, New York, NY Carolina Nitsch, New York, NY Catherine Burns Fine Art, Berkeley, CA Childs Gallery, Boston, MA Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA David Tunick, Inc., New York, NY Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia, PA Durham Press, Inc., Durham, PA Emanuel von Baeyer, London, United Kingdom Flowers Gallery, London, United Kingdom Flying Horse Editions/UCF, Orlando, FL G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY Galeria Toni Tàpies - Edicions T, Barcelona, Spain Galerie Maximillian, Aspen, CO Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany Gallery Neptune & Brown, Washington DC Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York, NY Goya Contemporary/Goya-Girl Press, Baltimore, MD Graphicstudio/USF, Tampa, FL Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York, NY Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA Isselbacher Gallery, New York, NY Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am, Main, Germany Lelong Editions, Paris, France Marlborough Graphics, New York, NY Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY mfc-michèle didier, Paris, France Mike Karstens, Meunster, Germany Mixografia®, Los Angeles, CA Niels Borch Jensen Gallery & Editions, Copenhagen, Denmark Osborne Samuel Ltd., London, United Kingdom Pace Prints, New York, NY Paragon, London, United Kingdom Paramour Fine Arts, Franklin, MI Paul Prouté s.a., Paris, France Paul Stolper Gallery, London, United Kingdom Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA Paupers Press, London, United Kingdom Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, Barcelona, Spain R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, IL Redfern Gallery Ltd., London, United Kingdom Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX Scholten Japanese Art, New York, NY Shark's Ink., Lyons, CO Sims Reed Gallery, London, United Kingdom Sragow Gallery, New York, NY Stanza del Borgo, Milan, Italy Stoney Road Press, Dublin, Ireland STPI, Singapore, Singapore Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York, NY Susan Teller Gallery, New York, NY Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM Tandem Press, Madison, WI The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York, NY The Tolman Collection of Tokyo, New York, NY Thomas French Fine Art, Fairlawn, OH Two Palms, New York, NY Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc, Bay Shore, NY Ursus Rare Books, New York, NY Wildwood Press LLC, St. Louis, MO Worthington Gallery, Chicago, IL About the IFPDA and the IFPDA Foundation The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) represents more than 160 vetted international art galleries and publishers who champion the work of artists in printmaking from old master to contemporary. Each year the IFPDA organizes the Fine Art Print Fair in New York, the largest and longest-running art fair in New York showcasing 500 years of artists working in print. Proceeds from the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair benefit the IFPDA Foundation, which awards curatorial, exhibition and artists grants in the field of printmaking and scholarship. About IFPDA Print Week IFPDA Print Week celebrates 500 years of printmaking with the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair as the centerpiece alongside cultural partners including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The New York Satellite Print Fair. Public programs include exhibitions and tours, gallery talks, printmaking demonstrations and workshops, and panel discussions. IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair October 23 - 27, 2019 River Pavilion, Javits Center, 11th Avenue at 35th Street, New York Wednesday, October 23: 5pm - 9pm Opening Night Reception benefiting the IFPDA Foundation ​ ​ Thursday, October 24: 12pm - 7pm | 7pm - 9pm Young Collectors Cocktails ​ Friday, October 25: 12pm - 8pm Saturday, October 26: 12pm - 8pm Sunday, October 27: 12pm - 5pm https://www.ifpda.org/ @ifpda Media contacts: Sharp Communications, New York Magda Grigorian, [email protected] Lauren Cody, [email protected] .
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