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Against the backdrop of the flourishing of art book fairs, Korea's GRAPHIC invited numerous book fair organizers to share their views on the current state of book fairs and on what role they should ultimately play, and publishes this issue based on their responses. Figuratively speaking, this issue can be seen as a large-scale roundtable where more than 30 art book fairs—ranging from well-known to newly established ones, and differing in tradition, scale, background, and motivation—participate in discussing the role of book fairs. 

Book fairs around the world are now undergoing intense aesthetic diversification. Some newer fairs, standing in opposition to economies of scale, are presenting formats that differ strikingly from existing ones, while other noteworthy attempts are being made to overcome the mainstream ecologically and ethically in terms of organization and operation.

This issue of GRAPHIC captures the living voices from the frontlines of art book fairs today. With an unprecedented number of insiders participating through interviews, conversations, reports, and essays, this issue serves as a reference point for continuing the discussion—and for those envisioning new kinds of book fairs.

Contributors include include organizers of the New York Art Book Fair, Miss Read, Bergen Art Book Fair, Taipei Art Book Fair, African Art Book Fair, Tokyo Art Book Fair, Focal Point: Sharjah Art Book Fair, Recreo Valencia Art Book Fair, Rehearsal Art Book Fair, and many more around the world. 

Designed by Sam Kim and Shin Dokho

Published by Propaganda Press, 2025

Softcover, 250 pages, color and b&w, 9 × 11.75 inches

ISSN: 1975-7905