Torino (I)
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MAG IS IN
The exhibition aims to present the most interesting, independent and auto-produced magazines as the start of a study on their history and on the environment in which they evolved, on their objectives and on the peculiar universe of each magazine. The exhibition is curated by Francesca Oddenino and Vanessa Poli, two students at the Polytechnic University of Torino, who are working on their thesis, a final research and design project about the independent magazines and their history and background. The exhibition will take place in June (dates and openinghours still to be confirmed), for the exhibit "Le città vivibili" (The livable / sustainable cities), as part of "Torino Smart City".
Studio MG2, Via Palmieri 32, 10138, Torino, Italy.
Dates and openinghours are still to be confirmed.

Brussels (B)
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PA/PER VIEW Artbook Fair
GAGARIN will take part in PA/PER VIEW Artbook Fair. PA/PER VIEW gathers some 25 of Europes leading artist book pubishers at Wiels Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels. The book fair will be held during the high profile retrospective exhibitions of Rosemarie Trockel and Daan van Golden.
Wiels, Avenue Van Volxem 354, 1190 Brussels, Belgium
Thursday-Saturday, 12-7pm
Sunday, 11-6pm

New York (US)
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MILLENIUM PUBLICATIONS
This survey of experimental art and design magazines published since 2000 explores the various ways in which contemporary artsists and designers utilize the magazine format as an experimental space for the presentation of artworks and text. Throughout the 20th century, international avant-garde activities in the visual arts and design were often codified first in the informal context of a magazine or journal. This exhibition, drawn from the holdings of the MoMA library, follows the practice into the 21st century. Assembled together, these contemporary magazines provide a first-hand view into these practices and represent the MoMA library's sustained effort to document and collect this medium.
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Mezzanine, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
11 W 53rd St., New York, NY 10019, US.
Wednesday-Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
QNS: Monday, 11.00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.  

Plymouth (UK)
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VIEWING ROOM
This exhibition concetrates on the role of the book in contemporary art practice with a selection of todays new ground breaking publications. The invited publications are Friary Road House (UK), Crater Press (UK), Mark Leahy (UK), A Circular (UK), Tonu Lopez (UK), GAGARIN (BE), Hollyb Prester (UK), Hot Gun Journal (UK) and halfcircle (UK). With special contributions by a/o Ed Ruscha, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lionel Bvier, etc...
The Gallery, Plymouth College of Art, Tavistock Place, Plymouth Devon, PL4 8AT, UK.
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.

Cairo (ET)
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IN PRINT
In an economic climate marked by the demise of the publishing house and bookstore, artists, writers and designers are self-producing low-budget editions of experimantal publications and distributing them through there personal networks. "In Print" looks at a repesentative selection of these alternative approaches to the printed page. GAGARIN was selected to take part in the curated selection of international publications. Three Cairo-based, conceptually diverse DIY initiatives: Zine El-Arab, TokTok and Cairobserver are also invited. Each of these uncensored, Arabic-language projects will work on their publication in the gallery space. Throug interactions and discussions, "In Print" hopes to create a platform for the further development of an independant, artist-driven publishing scene in Cairo.
The Townhouse Gallery - 10 Nabrawy Street - Off Champollion Street - Downtown Cairo - Egypt.
10:00 a.m - 2: p.m. / 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Fridays, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Closed on Thursdays.

Ghent (B)
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WINGS GROW BY FLYING - celebrating the first orbital artists' magazine
The Museum of Contemporary Art S.M.A.K. in Ghent, Belgium, organises a special evening, entirely dedicated to the unique artists' magazine GAGARIN. The program runs as follows. 6-8pm free late-evening acces to the Mekhitar Garabedian show at S.M.A.K.. 8-8.20pm: reading by Christine Meisner about het GAGARIN contribution "Ausuferung". 8.20-9.15pm: gallerists choose, comment and read texts from teh GAGARIN-oeuvre. 9.15-9.40pm: screening of Javier Téllez' film "Letter on the Blind, for the Use of Those Who See". 9.40-10pm: tableround with the artists who particpated in GAGARIN #24. 10-10.20pm: performance by Fanienne Audéoud "A Singing Sculpture / A recital for a Black Dress". 10.20-23.30pm: DJ & drinks.
Museum for Contemporary Art S.M.A.K., Citadelpark 1, 9000 Gent
Thursday, 8-11.30pm
Free entrance - reservation required

Ciudad de México (MEX)
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EXP-Edicion. Cuarta Edicion. Foro de Ediciones Contemporaneas
GAGARIN was invited to take part in EXP-Edition. EXP-Edicion is an international dispositive rendering multiple possibilities of artistic publication today. On show are many groundbreaking and renewing art publications from all over the world. 
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil M.A.C.G., Av. Revolucion 1608, San Angel C.P.01000, Ciudad de México, México
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, 12-20pm

Amsterdam (NL)
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Small Publishers Fair
Some 100 small publishers from the Dutch speaking countries present thair new and old titles in the field of literature, poetry, non fiction and visual arts...
Paradiso, Weteringsschans 6-8, 1017 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sunday, 1-5pm 

Berlin (D)
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MISS READ
MISS READ invited international pubishers and artists to show their artist books and publications at Kunst Werke KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. Artistic publishing has developed into a form of individual practice. Presenting a selection of more than 40 of the most active contributors in this field, this fair provides an excellent opportunity to encounter the contemporary scene of independent publishing world wide.
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststr. 69, 10117 Berlin (D)
Friday-Saturday, 3-9pm
Sunday, 12-7pm

Ghent (B)
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Not a day without a line. Artists' words and writings.
The speakers on the subject are: Laurent Busine (B), Carson & Miller (UK, Simon Deakin (CDN), Anouk De Clercq (B), Helena De Preester (B), Evan Ehninger (CH), Wilfried Huet (B), Philip Huyghe (B), Nanda Janssen (NL), Susan Jarosi (USA), Mark Manders (Nl), Didier Semin (Fr), Kristine Stiles (USA), Philippe Van Cauteren (B), Dorothée Wagner (D). Wilfried Huet, founder and editor of GAGARIN, will be interviewed by Simon Deakin, doctoral researcher on the artists' magazine GAGARIN at the University of Leeds (UK).  
Faculty of Fine Arts, University College Ghent, Belgium
Tuesday, 9am-8pm
Wednesday, 9am-6pm

Eindhoven (NL)
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PA/PER VIEW Artbook Fair at ONOMATOPEE
PA/PER VIEW and ONOMATOPEE will join forces to bring together a selection of some thirty of Europe's leading artist book publishers during the Dutch Design Week at Onomatopee. Onomatopee aims to question the parameters of our (designed) culture through research and presentations.
ONOMATOPEE, Bleekstraat 23, 5611 VB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Friday: 6-9pm (preview)
Saturday, Sunday: 12-6pm

Bristol (UK)
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One-off Book & Zine Fair at Spike Island
GAGARIN was selected by Book Works & Spike Island to take part in this event. The Book & Zine Fair brings together 30 UK and international publlishers, artists projects & collectives working within or across the fields of art, literature, philosophy and politics. There will be an emphasis on animating the day with talks, reading groups, screenings & performances...
Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6UX, UK
Saturday: 12-5pm    

New York NY (US)
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New York Art Book Fair 2011 at PS1
GAGARIN will take part in the 6th annual NYABF at PS1, the world's premier event for artists' books, periodicals and zines presented by more than 200 international presses, sellers, antiquarians, artists and independent publishers from over 20 countries. "For those of us who reside mostly in a world of pixels and antialiased Web fonts, Printed Matter's fifth annual New York Art Book Fair was a breath of fresh, ink-and-glue-infused air." - The New Yorker
MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101, US
Thursday, 5pm-6pm (preview, VIP & press)
Thursday, 6pm-8pm (opening reception, free & open to the public)
Friday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
Sunday, 11am-5pm

London (UK)
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The London Art Book Fair 2011 at Whitechapel Gallery
GAGARIN will again take part in the LABF2011. The selection was made by Marcus Campbell, Tacita Dean, Franz König, Farshid Mousawi & Soraya Rodriguez. Leading publishers from all over the world will fill the Whitechapel Gallery's spaces. "London is the centre of the art world and the LABF is the chance to exchenge and read the latest ideas, as well as an unmissable opportunity to buy the most innovating publications." (Cit. I. Blazwick, director of the Whitechapel Gallery.)
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX, UK
Private view (invitation only): Thursday: 6-7pm
Friday , Saturday, Sunday: 11am-6pm