Art Book Fair
2026 EventsWednesday, June 17, 2026
20:30
“The Neon in the Streets Was Turned Off Long Ago” – launch event for Omer Shizaf’s new artist book, “Mars Resembles Itself”.
A performative event accompanied by a kinetic light work by Omer Shizaf. The event will be hosted by artist Nir Shauloff, who will weave together poetry, excerpts from the press and literature between the speakers, and will also host choreographer and dancer Mila Levy.
With the participation of Adi Dahan, Zohar Almakias, Naama Brauer, Tal Levy and Yochai Avrahami.
Thursday, June 18, 2026
16:30-18:30
A hands-on workshop in theoretical comics with Dan Allon.
18:30-21:30
“Stickers or Nothing” – a workshop for children and adults, led by Tal Alperstein and Hagar Ziegler.
20:30
Words Becoming Worlds: Mt. Krazy – launch of Uri Holban’s first artist book, created following his solo exhibition Mt. Krazy, presented at the Nachum Gutman Museum of Art.
The event will include a short conversation with the artist and the book’s designer, Avi Buchbut, followed by a musical performance accompanied by Guy Sharaf.
Friday, June 19, 2026
10:00-16:00
The zine workshop of “Paper Station”.
10:00-15:00
Artist Keren Katz at a station for shrinking and distilling artist books.
13:00-16:00
“Date with a Poet” – poet Orit Gidali meets visitors at the fair for one-on-one sessions and writes them a personal poem – a private spell, blessing or fable.
11:00
“Print Production Mistakes” – Roy Shemesh from A.R. Printing House in conversation with designer Eyal Zakin.
12:00
Literature and Art: Nitai, Tiklet and Hila.
13:00
“This Is the Prophecy of Your Future” – a performance marking the launch of a new zine by Paper Station. The performance and zine revisit and put into writing the confrontation between Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz, leaders of religious Zionism and Tommy Lapid on the television program Popolitika.
Performed by Asaf Avir, Zachi Zaki Avinoam, Larisa Miller, Roy Fabian, Amit Ben Ami, Yonatan Giron, Oz Malul and Yossi Lempel.
14:00
“The Brief as an Artwork” – a workshop and conversation marking the publication of the exercise anthology “How Do Lecturers Actually Teach Design?”
With the participation of the book’s editor, Merav Peretz Shemi, and artists who are also lecturers, whose exercises appear in the anthology.
Saturday, June 20, 2026
10:00-16:00
“Date with a Poet” – poet Orit Gidali meets visitors at the fair for one-on-one sessions and writes them a personal poem – a private spell, blessing or fable.
10:00-15:00
Artist Keren Katz at a station for shrinking and distilling artist books.
10:00-16:00
The zine workshop of Paper Station will be open to the public. In a sandbox-like atmosphere, using Xerox, a press, paper and scissors, participants will create zines on a variety of subjects.
11:00
“Until the Day I Die” – writing as an act of resistance. A conversation and exhibition tour marking the artist book חי.ה_ מת.ה_מת.ה-_חי.ה | Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim.
Participants: Arna Kazin, Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim and Yael Messer.
12:00
“Peak Emotion” – launch of an artist book by Yoav Weinfeld. A conversation on peak emotion as anti-emotion, with Prof. Merav Roth, Dr. Smadar Sheffi and Yoav Weinfeld.
13:00
Launch of Yonatan Nevo’s artist book “Between the Negev and the Galilee: A Photographic Encounter with Homeless People”. Screening of the film “Between the Negev and the Galilee” and a conversation between Prof. Michal Krumer-Nevo and Yonatan Nevo.