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Impression photo's December Bookshop: The Book as Art and Vision by Jap Sam Book at SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen, DK), talk with curator and researcher Denisa Tomkova and studio visit visual artist Julie Sass.

In honor of Christie van der Haak's exhibition and our new publication Celebrating Patterns. Christie van der Haak Omroep West payed Stedelijk Museum Kampen a visit and talked with Christie herself about how she creates her patterns and the influence they have on the viewer.

On Tuesday November 30th Alexis Blake received the Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2021 from demissionary Minister van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science. Blake received this award for her performance Rock to jolt [ ] stagger to ash. The award comes with a 40.000 euro cash prize and a work period at an artist at residency of choice.

Jap Sam Books is honoured to announce our collaboration with SIxtyEight Art Institute and Really Simple Syndicate press. Together with Denisa Tomkova, curator and research fellow from SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen, DK) we curated a bookshop and an exhibition.

On the occasion of the release of Rody Luton's new publication Rody Luton. The Encircled there will be an exhibition at puntWG in Amsterdam. New paintings and photo works of the artist will be on show between December 2nd and December 5th. 

The crowdfunding for the book project artist Arjan van Helmond is working on is live! There are 28 days left for the crowdfunding and 73% of the goal is reached! Help Arjan van Helmond to reach his goal to make this publication. 

November 13th opens the the Prix de Rome 2021 exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum. The four nominated artists, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Alexis Blake, Silvia Martes and Coralie Vogelaar will present new work that they have made especially for the exhibition.

Our titles The Academy of the Sublime by artist Erik Odijk and The Walter Benjamin and Albert S. Project by artist Maurice Bogaert are awarded Best Dutch Book Designs 2020 Student Selection!