Gert and Uwe Tobia, “Untitled” (2012-13), lithograph with hand-coloring (© 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, courtesy The New York Public Library)
From Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt to Kiki Smith and Amy Sherald, artists spanning practically six centuries of printmaking will converge subsequent week in Manhattan and Brooklyn for Print Week in New York Metropolis. Anchored by the Worldwide High-quality Print Sellers Affiliation (IFPDA) Print Honest — the most important present of prints and editions — the following few days will see a string of print-focused occasions on each side of the East River, together with exhibitions, dialogue panels, artist talks, workshops, and the debut of the Brooklyn High-quality Artwork Print Honest. Beneath is our information to navigating all of it, from an exhibition of kaleidoscopic intaglios and a panel dialogue on Elizabeth Catlett’s work in Mexico to a family-friendly different print fair-slash-heavy steel music live performance.
IFPDA Print Honest
March 27–30 | fineartprintfair.orgPark Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, Lennox Hill, Manhattan
Stephanie M. Santana, “High Tide Muse” (2024) (courtesy the artist and IFPDA)
Held practically yearly since 1991, this 12 months’s version of the anchor print truthful will function 75 exhibitors together with galleries, non-public sellers, and studios alongside an immersive set up by Mickalene Thomas and a stacked three-day lineup of artist discussions, panels, and award shows. Highlights embody a presentation of recent works by the Black Girls of Print collective; a show of Jeffrey Gibson prints on the Tamarind Institute’s sales space; uncommon prints by Robert Rauschenberg introduced by Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl; and a number of historic works by Philip Guston and Louise Bourgeois at Hauser & Wirth. Additionally, you’ll want to swing by Hill-Stone to view engravings, etchings, and lithographs by Previous Masters together with Rembrandt and Dürer.
Brooklyn High-quality Artwork Print Honest
March 27–30 | brooklynprintfair.orgPowerhouse Arts, 322 Third Ave, Gowanus, Brooklyn
Rob Pruitt, “Panda Scratch-Offs” (2025) (courtesy Powerhouse Arts)
Hosted by the humanities nonprofit Powerhouse Studios, this three-day truthful will contain dozens of self-representing artists, bookmakers, galleries, publishers, and tutorial departments, and presents a packed schedule of packages together with workshop demonstrations, guided excursions, and talks. Don’t miss the particular presentation “Reimagining Du Bois: Data Portraits and Contemporary Print” with artist William Villalongo, urbanist Shraddha Ramani, and curator Tiffany Barber. The speak focuses on Villalongo and Ramani’s collaborative mission “Printing Black America: Du Bois’s Data Portraits in the 21st Century,” which reframes W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1900 knowledge visualizations by the lens of up to date Black life.
Krishna Reddy: Heaven in a Wildflower
January 23–Could 21 | printcenternewyork.orgPrint Middle New York, 535 West twenty fourth Road, Chelsea, Manhattan
Krishna Reddy, “Radiating Flowers” (1967) (courtesy the Property of Krishna Reddy and Experimenter, Kolkata and Mumbai)
At the moment on view, this exhibition gathers greater than 50 prismatic prints by the late Indian artist Krishna Reddy, contextualizing these works in underlying philosophical themes and the artist’s groundbreaking improvement of viscosity printing (a way permitting for the creation of a multi-colored picture by means of a single printing plate). Alongside the prints, the present incorporates a slew of sculptures, ephemera, arts instruments, and dealing supplies from throughout Reddy’s decades-long follow.
Dynamic Duos: The Artwork of Working in Pairs
March 22–August 2 | nypl.orgStephen A. Schwarzman Constructing, 476 fifth Ave, Midtown, Manhattan
Gilbert & George, “The Ten Commandments” (1995) (© Gilbert & George, courtesy The New York Public Library)
Opening this Saturday on the New York Public Library’s flagship location in Midtown Manhattan, this present focuses on the historic collaborative elements to printmaking by bringing collectively prints, pictures, and illustrated books made by creative duos from the previous 4 centuries. The exhibition is specified by 5 sections that middle on frequent themes working all through creative pairings, resembling pseudonyms created from a mix of particular person identities and works that characterize a mix of distinct kinds and practices.
Black Artists in Mexico Speak
Saturday, March 29, 2pm | fineartprintfair.orgPark Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, Lennox Hill, Manhattan
John Wilson, “Mexican Woman” (1951) (picture courtesy the Property of John Wilson)
On Saturday, March 29, the IFPDA will current a panel dialogue between curators Leslie King-Hammond, Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Kimberli Gant, and Dalila Scruggs that focuses on the printmaking work of Black artists in Mexico. Starting at 2pm with an introduction by curator Jennifer Farrell, the speak will likely be grounded within the work of Elizabeth Catlett and John Wilson — two American-born artists who developed sturdy ties to Mexico and its arts group members, together with the Taller de Gráfica Common print collective, as explored within the Brooklyn Museum’s latest Catlett retrospective and the continuing exhibition Witnessing Humanity: The Artwork of John Wilson on the Museum of High-quality Arts, Boston.
Steel Imprint
Saturday, March 29, 5pm-midnight | guttenbergarts.orgKing Killer Studios, 69 2nd Ave, Gowanus, Brooklyn
The Steel Imprint truthful will mix a print truthful with steel performances, stay tattoo periods, and a cardboard robotic showdown (picture courtesy Elizabeth Basis for the Arts and Guttenberg Arts)
Co-organized by New Jersey arts group Guttenberg Arts and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, this occasion is part-art truthful, part-metal live performance, part-live tattoo periods, and part-cardboard robotic showdown. Free to enter and appropriate for all ages, the artwork truthful portion options 11 particular person artists, print studios, and workshops that will likely be promoting a slew of affordably priced prints. These within the music programming can see particulars right here for buying tickets on-line or on the door.
Dialogue between Josh Smith and Valpuri Remling
Friday, March 28, 4:30pm | davidzwirner.comDavid Zwirner, 34 East 69th Road, Higher East Facet, Manhattan
Josh Smith, “Cat Power / Feline Energy” (2024) (© Josh Smith, courtesy the artist and David Zwirner)
