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MOMA’S LIBRARY HAS A TUMBLR!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Everyone has a Tumblr these days, but it’s rare that they’re even remotely interesting – often they’re just mood boards full of more things to buy. The Museum of Modern Art’s Library Tumblr is a different animal all together. Run by David Senior, MoMA’s bibliographer (best job ever?) and the man responsible for the wonderful [...]

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JOHN MCWHINNIE, RIP

Thursday, January 19, 2012

John McWhinnie, book lover, dealer, and publisher, died earlier this month. McWhinnie, who specialized in counter-culture ephemera and art publications, was a huge presence in the insular, obsessive New York art book scene; in addition to the wonderful shop he ran with Glenn Horowitz, McWhinnie consistently had the most engaging booth at the New York [...]

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BOOK WORKS

Friday, January 13, 2012

I’ve received seven invitations now by the artist Martin Zet to donate one of my zero copies of Thilo Sarrazin’s controversial bestseller, conveying some shady views on Muslim integration in Germany. It is the first official act of the Berlin Biennale coming up this summer, which promises to be an interesting one, curated as it [...]

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MOTTO DISCO

Friday, January 13, 2012

Our friends at Motto had their third anniversary recently, and to commemorate the occasion, they have invited a group of artists and acquaintances to contribute to Motto Disco, in form and shape of playlists to be played at the store during opening hours. Listen to the first installment by Kuedo, aptly titled Sinking in the [...]

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Nothing quite like a real book

Friday, January 13, 2012

The owners of Type bookstore in Toronto (call: + 416 366-8973) put their shelves to life. Is this a video response to Spike Jonze’s Mourir Auprès de Toi? Or an appendix to Anthony’s Bookshelf Porn?
Anyway, nice ad!

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GUGGENHEIM GEMS

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Imprint’s August Heffner reports the exciting news that the Guggenheim has digitized a host of out-of-print catalogues. This is wonderful news: not only are these publications valuable scholarly resources, but together they form an inspirational treasure trove (no surprise, considering so many were designed by Herbert Matter). Look at that Klimt \<>/ Schiele cover!

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STORE OF THE MONTH: FAMILY / LOS ANGELES

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Since we have that arch-American of all genres – comics, as exemplified by Chris Ware – on our cover these days, we thought we should introduce one of our first and most loyal stores in the US this month, with the nice name of Family, which is the place to go to if you’re after [...]

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THE INSTRUCTIONS

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Christmas readings: 239 pages into Adam Levin’s nothing short of brilliant debut novel The Instructions, only 791 more to go, and already my book of the year – question is only: 2011 or 2012?

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VINTAGE 80S

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

T’is the season of the year-end best of photobook list (good ones here and here), and while it’s tempting to show off one’s eccentric and refined taste, I think it’s nicer to narrow in on something fun (and cheap). I picked up Johnny Stiletto’s Vintage 80s a while back, and cannot be happier. Stiletto’s sly, [...]

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MONO.PUNKT #14: WHAT WE MAKE WITH WORDS

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

This nice exhibition around words – aptly subtitled What We Make With Words – has been going on at Glasgow’s venerable Centre for Contemporary Art for almost two weeks now, but what’s really exciting to us is the adjoining art book fair taking place this Saturday, including yours truly, live and in the flesh. Because [...]

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