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Last Friday, on November 3rd the monograph Jan van de Pavert. Collected Works, a richly illustrated body of work covering the artist's oeuvre of the past years launched in the garden room of the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. 

Visual artist Jonas Staal was today presented the Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2023 by Gunay Uslu, State Secretary for Culture and Media. Queen Máxima was in attendance at the awards ceremony. Staal won this year’s award for the video study Empire’s Island. The artist will receive a € 40,000 contribution and the opportunity to participate in a residency of his choice. The Prix de Rome is an incentive award for talented visual artists who convincingly offer new insights into the visual arts in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and contribute notably to its development.

Stitch Your Brain is a long-term study into the intelligence of the hand by artist and former medical doctor Monika Auch. The book reflects the results of the empirical study Auh worked on for the past decade about the importance of creating with your hands in our digital age and the effects of slow creation on neuro cognitive learning, health, and well-being.

Tomorrow, Thursday November 9th, the publication [UN]FINISHED will officially launch at HYPER HYPO in Athens, Greece. With a performative intervention by the artists followed by readings and a dialogue with art theorist Elpida Karaba, and architect Platon Issaias.

Fugitive Archives was launched first in Johannesburg at the end of last month, followed by a launch in London and now on October 19th at CCA bookstore in Montréal, QC, Canada.

We are so happy to share our new 2023 | 2024 catalogue including 40 new titles with you! With a beautiful design by Montse Hernandez I Sala.

The Best Dutch Book Designs 2022 exhibition will be on view at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, including including multiple Jap Sam Books publications! The exhibition will also be on view until December 31st at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

During the Frankfurter Buchmesse, visitors will get the change to get an exclusive preview of the upcoming launches you see below. Official launches will take place soon!