NEW YORK, NY.- The International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair unveiled the first exhibitors and public programme highlights of its 30th anniversary edition, taking place at the Javits Center in Manhattan from October 26–29, 2023. In its strongest edition to date, the Fair will be welcoming over 90 exhibitors from 7 countries—from the world’s best print studios and dealers to renowned publishers—who will showcase over 550 years of printmaking, from Old Masters to contemporary works.

Exhibitor Highlights

Returning exhibitor David Zwirner will present a carefully curated selection of new work by Hayley Barker and Cynthia Talmadge, alongside historical prints made by Ruth Asawa which coincide with the Whitney Museum’s anticipated exhibition Ruth Asawa Through Line. Hauser & Wirth, also a returning exhibitor, will present celebrated artists including Rita Ackermann, Ida Applebroog, Mark Bradford, Eva Hesse, Rashid Johnson, Amy Sherald, Jenny Holzer and Louise Bourgeois, who will be the subject of a simultaneous solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth’s newest gallery, Hauser & Wirth Editions on West 18th Street.

Long time exhibitor David Tunick, Inc. will exhibit a range of works by highly sought after Old Masters, including Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, and Lucas Cranach the Elder. Long-Sharp Gallery, first-time exhibitor at the fair, will feature over two dozen works by Andy Warhol in a curated booth, Andy Warhol: Focus on Fashion, exploring the artist’s work in the New York fashion industry.

Renowned New York print studio Two Palms will present new bodies of work from Ana Benaroya, Mel Bochner, Carroll Dunham, Chris Ofili, and Terry Winters that highlight the publisher’s interest in maintaining traditional methods of printmaking while also experimenting and rethinking the boundaries of the mediums. Historic Lower Manhattan print studio Harlan & Weaver will showcase unique prints on cloth by Louise Bourgeois, works by Kiki Smith—including her iconic prints In a Bower (2015) and Fawn (2002) that preceded the murals on view to the public at the Grand Central station, where motives of turkeys in the wild and a fawn are prominent—and a rare edition of her artist book The Laws of Nature, alongside new prints by Didier William—which reference his Haitian heritage and the experience of the Haitian immigrant community in Miami—Nicole Eisenman, Anthony Cudahy, Katia Santibañez, and Maia Ruth Lee.

Additional highlights from IFPDA Print Fair include strong presentations by women printmakers, such as a monumental etching comprising 10 panels by Julie Mehretu (Gemini G.E.L.), hand colored etchings by Kiki Smith (Krakow Witkin Gallery), and screenprints by Vija Celmins (Gallery Neptune and Brown).

Prominent Indigenous voices factor largely in this year’s fair, including a twenty-one color lithograph series by Jeffrey Gibson (Tamarind Institute), who was recently selected to represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale, and lithograph series Coyote in Quarantine by Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith (Tamarind Institute). Monotypes by Nicholas Galanin (Peter Blum Gallery), a Tlingit and Unangax̂ multi-disciplinary artist and musician from Alaska, aim to redress the widespread misappropriation of Indigenous visual culture and the impact of colonialism.

African artists and artists of the diaspora will be featured in a number of booths, including a new series of prints by Dindga McCannon (Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop) inspired by a publication the artist illustrated, Speak to the Winds: Proverbs from Africa. The booth will include folk art-inspired lithographs by Michael Kelly Williams, woodblock prints by Otto Neals, and lithographs by Michele Godwin. Nigerian-American artist Odili Donald Odita (Crown Point Press) unveils his first exploration into intaglio printing at the Fair. Six contemporary Black women printmaker —LaToya M. Hobbs, Deborah R. Grayson, Althea Murphy-Price, Karen J. Revis, Stephanie M. Santana, and Tanekeya Word (Black Women of Print)—will comprise one booth investigating contemporary printmaking and identity.

Many presentations include living legends of printmaking and artists that have explored the medium for decades, like Ed Ruscha and Mary Heilmann (Crown Point Press). A selection of works by Richard Serra, James Turrell, and Robert Mangold will be shown alongside each other in one booth (Krakow Witkin Gallery). Historical works by German Neo-Expressionist artist Karl Horst Hödicke feature his signature use of color (Kunst Kunz Gallery Editions).