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The London Art Book Fair- Whitechapel Gallery

The London Art Book Fair 2012

Meet artists, authors and receive special discounts on books from around the world. Presenting artists’ books, catalogues, rare publications and zines from over 75 international exhibitors. Be the first to browse the Fair at the special late night opening from 6–9pm on Thursday 20 September, with performance, talks and film screenings.

Events Highlights

Workshops: Printmaking with Ditto Press Friday 21 Sept Use the special Risograph printing technique and then take home your own technicolour works of art. More Commissioning Contemporary ArtFriday 21 Sept Art critic Louisa Buck with Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick offer a how-to guide to commissioning new works of art. More Big Ideas: Anne Wagner: Behaving GloballyFriday 21 Sept Art historian Anne Wagnerconsiders how contemporary artists seek to understand globalised behaviour in our increasingly urbanised world. More

Event Highlights

Family Workshop:  Vegetable Press Saturday 22 Sept Join designer Ken Kirton to create your very own vegetable printing press. Make inks from beetroot and cabbages and make books to take home. More In Conversation: Tom HunterSaturday 22 Sept Artist Tom Hunter and poet Michael Rosen contemplate the changing face of east London through photography and film. More In Conversation: Ed Atkins Sunday 23 Sept Introducing the Gallery’s new Writer in Residence, Ed Atkins, with a film screening and in conversation with film curatorGareth Evans. More

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Dance Edited by André Lepecki £14.95 An anthology exploring the relationship between art and dance. Buy online The Visitations at ****, 2012 (detail) Nick Thurston £350 Limited edition inspired by Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy. Buy online Memory Edited by Ian Farr £14.95 A reader tracing the role of memory in aesthetic theory and art. Buy online