Ilya And Emilia Kabakov, “We Are Free!” (2018), serigraph (image courtesy the artists and Art-19 / Mike Karstens)
IFPDA Print Fair at Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY | February, 15 - 18, 2024
This winter, the International Fine Print Dealers Association returns to the Park Avenue Armory in New York for this edition of the preeminent fair for prints and printmaking. The IFPDA Print Fair is the largest international art fair dedicated to prints and printmaking, spanning periods and styles from old masters to contemporary, making it a must-see destination for collectors and curators.
VIP PREVIEW DAY
Thursday, February 15 | 5:00-9:00pm
PUBLIC HOURS
Friday, February 16 | 11:00am-7:00pm
Saturday, February 17 | 11:00am-7:00pm
Sunday, February 18 | 11:00-5:00pm
German gallerist Mike Karstens is exhibiting works by William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, Gerhard Richter, Kiki Smith, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Rosemarie Trockel, Ayse Erkmen, Shilpa Gupta and Chiharu Shiota in a portfolio published by Art-19 to benefit Amnesty International, with the artists are contributing 100% of their fees to the cause. The name Art-19 comes from an abbreviation of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.”
SPECIAL EVENT: Discussion
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17th - 4:00PM
Up Towards the Daylight: A Conversation on the work of William Kentridge with Judy Hecker and Phil Sanders
Two large-scale works by William Kentridge, The Old Gods Have Retired and The Flood, on view as a special project at the 2024 IFPDA Fair, serve as a jumping off point for conversation on the decades-long dedication to printmaking by Kentridge, who will be featured in a new video interview with Phil Sanders. Kentridge’s works are as visually and physically layered as the human narratives influencing their meaning, weaving together contemporary and historic political and social themes, often using his native South Africa as a stand in for universal struggles for self determination.
Judy Hecker, an early supporter of Kentridge’s work, authored Trace (MoMA, 2010), part catalog and part artist book, as an accompaniment to the presentation of William Kentridge: Five Themes at MoMA -- the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s career presented in New York. Hecker currently serves as Executive Director of Print Center New York.
Sanders has been involved with the David Krut Workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa since 2008 where he has served as an advisor to many of the monumental projects published with Kentridge. Remembering is the Effort, a catalog raisonné of the works of Kentridge published by David Krut over the past 30 years, authored by Phil Sanders and Jacqueline Flint, is due out this fall. Sanders authored Prints and Their Makers, winner of the 2021 IFPDA Book Award.
For more information refer to: https://www.fineartprintfair.org/programming
Through its network, online presence, and public programs, the IFPDA fosters knowledge and stimulates discussion about collecting prints in the public sphere and the global art community. The IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair, held annually in New York City, is the largest and most celebrated art fair dedicated to the artistic medium of printmaking. The annual IFPDA Book Award honors scholarly excellence and original research. The IFPDA also advances research, education, and dialogue for a new generation through its charitable Foundation.
ART 19 BOX ONE
The aim of Art 19 is to raise money to support Amnesty International’s human rights work. “Art 19 Box One” is a set of ten limited edition original signed prints that is on sale from this website. Individual prints are not for sale.
The name “Art 19” is an abbreviation of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which provides: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression”.
The Art 19 managing directors combine through this initiative many years of experience in the fields of art and human rights – Mike Karstens (gallerist and master printer from Muenster) Burkhard Richter (retired commercial lawyer, art advisor, and curator from Dusseldorf), and Jochen M. Wilms (entrepreneur and producer of international art projects - including Amnesty International projects - from Berlin).
The Art 19 team brings into the project a wealth of experience and diverse contacts in the world of contemporary art. Karstens for example has worked for decades with the leading artists in the world. His editions have been acquired by major museums around the world. Among his projects is the development of the Cologne Cathedral Window and the monumental work "Strontium" both by Gerhard Richter.