Leeds (UK)
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ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2011
ARLIS UK & Ireland is an Art Libraries Society based in the National Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This annual conference, now located at the University of Leeds, is one of the biggest and most succesful events of the Arlis Calendar. The programme will be packed with talks, seminars, visits & workshops designed to educate and professionally develop delegates. Included in the programme, a selective trade exhibition with relevant publications will be organised. The artists magazine GAGARIN was invited to take part in the exhibition. 
University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS29JT, UK
Thursday, 1-3pm & 3.45-4.15pm

Antwerp (B)
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GAGARIN at MAES & MATTHYS GALLERY
GAGARIN #23 will be presented by its editor, Wilfried Huet, followed by a public conversation between Stella Lohaus and Vaast Colson on the subject of his writing "Desperately trying to be a writer. Pursuing the Tanger tradition, an exerpt" for the same issue. GAGARIN #23 is out now and comes with special texts, written by Marc Nagtzaam, Fabienne Audéoud, Christine Meisner, Vaast Colson, Mekhitar Garabedian, Raymond Pettibon, Javier Téllez and Abraham Cruzvillegas. 
MAES & MATTHYS GALLERY, Pourbusstraat 3, 2000 Antwerp (B)
Saturday, 3pm

Basel (CH)
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The Solo Project 2011
The Solo Project was set up by Paul Kusseneers Gallery (Antwerp). For the third year running this clearly defined fair will feature "Solo Shows by some 60 selected galeries" at the St Jakobshalle in Basel. The Solo Project Fair 2011 coincides with the Art Basel Fair. GAGARIN was the only art magazine invited to take part in The Solo Project with an exclusive private booth.
St. Jakobshalle, Brüglingstrasse 19-21, CH-4052 Basel
Wednesday, 10am - 12am (private view by invitation only) & 12am - 8pm
Thursday & Friday, 10am - 7pm
 Saturday, 10am - 10pm
Sunday, 10am - 5pm

Langreo-Asturias (E)
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DE ZINES - About Independant Publications
GAGARIN is included in "DE ZINES", 1 out of 3 winning exhibitions in the last edition of Inéditos, a program of Obra Social Cajamadrid. The show is a compact edition of the original with carefully selected magazines, fanzines & object magazines.
ESPACIO THINK, C/ Jesus Alonso Braga 10, 33930 Langreo-Asturias, Spain
Monday to Friday: 11am-2pm & 5-7.30pm 

Venezia (IT)
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The Book Affair 
GAGARIN was invited to take part in The Book Affair, a two day independent art publishers fair that will take place in Venice at the occasion of the four opening days of the 54th edition of the Venice Art Biennial (1-4 June, 2011) with the aim t gather some of today's most interesting independant art publishing projects. The Book Affair is organized by Automatic Books, the independent publishing house based in Venice and run by Tankboys, Elena Xausa and Tommaso Speretta.
Metricubi, Campielle delle erbe 2003, Campo San Polo, Venezia 30125, Italy
Thursday,
Friday,

Amsterdam (NL)
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Amsterdam Art Book Fair 2011
The first Amsterdam Art/Book Fair presents a high-end international selection of art publications. The fair reflects emerging practices and new developments in artistic practice through a selection of publishers from 16 countries.
De Brakke Grond, Nes 45, NL-1012 KD Amsterdam
Saturday, 1pm - 7pm
Sunday, 11am - 6pm

Prague (CZ)
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We are closing in 21 days
"We are closing in 21 days" is organised by a group of young designers from Prague. The event will include a presentation of books and magazines, some lectures, and Czech fashion. The idea is to also introduce independant publishing to a wider Czech audience.  
Oldschool, Hermanova 37, Prague 7, 17000, Czech Republic.
Daily, 1 - 8pm
Sunday 29 05, Closing Party 

Brussels (BE)
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ART BRUSSELS 2011
GAGARIN will be present in a private booth at the media section of this yaers ART BRUSSSELS. ART BRUSSELS offers a choice of 167 galleries and has the most international profile of any other fair in Europe, with over 80% of its participants coming from over 25 countries.
Brussels Expo, halls 1 & 3, Place de Belgique, 1020 Brussels
Wednesday, noon - 4 pm (preview - by invitation only)
Wednesday, 4 - 10 pm (vernissage - by invitation only)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12 - 7 pm

Brussels (BE)
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PA / PER VIEW Artbook Fair 2011
PA / PER VIEW will bring together a selection of some 30 leading artist book publishers at WIELS during the first major retrospective of David Claerbout's work. Will be present: 2ND Cannons, A Etsante, A Prior, AKV Berlin Publishing, Archive Books, Arts Libris, Bartleby & Co, Bookworks, Culturgest, Daviet-Thery, Editions Fink, GAGARIN, Gevaert Editions, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Kaleid Editions, Kaleidoscope, Lubok Verlag, Making Do, Manifesta Journal, Mer. Paper Kunsthalle, More Publishers, Mousse, Onomatopee, Pork Salad Press, Post Editions, Raina Lupa, Ridinghouse, Roma Publications, Torpedo, Tulipe and Roses, Witte de With, Zabludowicz Collection, Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. and more from Motto...
WIELS, Centre for Contemporary Art, Van Voxemlaan 354, 1190 Brussels, Belgium
Thursday, 6-9pm (preview)
Friday Saturday Sunday, 11am-6pm

Aranjuez (E)
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DE ZINES - About Independent Publications
De Zines is curated and designed by Roberto Vidal and Oscar Martin. De Zines is a take on contemporary editorial design. Visitors will find zines ranging from really cool DIY fabzines to sophisticated experimental publications and almost evrything in between.
Espacia para el Arte y la Cultura de Aranjuez, Calle Sann Antonio 49, 28300 Aranjuez, Spain
Thusday to Saturday, 6-9pm
Sunday, 11am-2pm

Leipzig (DE)
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It's a book, It's a stage, It's a public space
Spector Books invites more than 20 "Micro-éditeurs" from all over Europe during this years Leiziger Buchmesse on March 19 in the foyer and on the stairs of the Centraltheater in Leipzig.
Centraltheater, Bosestrasse 1, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
Saturday, 12 - 8pm

Madrid (ES)
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ARCOmadrid 2011  
GAGARIN will be present in a private booth at the renewed media section of ARCOmadrid 2011. With this years' focus on Russia, the ARCO will feature around 160 galleries from over 30 countries worldwide.
ARCOmadrid, Feria de Madrid / IFEMA Halls 8 and 10
Wednesday & Thursday, 12 - 8 pm (professional preview)
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 12 - 8 pm (general public)

Ghent (BE)
p r e s e n t a i o n   &   l a u n c h   o f   G A G A R I N   # 2 2
S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art Ghent
Since 2010, GAGARIN is supported by the Museum of Contemporary Art S.M.A.K. in Ghent, Belgium. Thus GAGARIN entered the living collection of the museum and will join - in complete independence - forces with the museum. To celebrate this unique agreement, S.M.A.K. is pleased to invite you to a special event with the presentation of the GAGARIN project and a public and in-depth conversation between Wilfried Huet, the editor and publisher of GAGARIN and Philippe Van Cauteren, director of the Museum. At this unique occasion the exciting new issue, GAGARIN #22, with special contributions by Joseph Kosuth, Paolo Chiasera, Matej Krén, Tintin Wulia, Alicja Kwade, Roman Signer and Eulalia Valldosera will also be launched. 
Museum of Contemporary Art Ghent, Citadelpark, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Sunday, 11am  (drinks will be served)  

Zaragoza (E)
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DE ZINES - About Independent Publications
De Zines exhibition is curated and designed by Roberto Vidal and Oscar Martin. De Zines is a take on contemporary editorial desing. Visitors will find zines ranging from really cool DIY fanzines to sophisticated experimental publications and almost everything in between.
Espacio para el Arte, Plaza de Aragon 4, 50004 Zaragoza, Spain
Tuesday to Saturday, 6 - 9 pm
Sunday, 11am - 2 pm

London (GB)
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PA/PER VIEW art book fair 2011
GAGARIN will take part in the PA/PER VIEW art book fair at the high profile arts space Zabludowicz Collection in London. Founded in 1994 by Poju and Anita Zabludowicz, the Zabudovicz Collection brings emerging art to new audiences and supports arts organisations and artists. This dynamic and growing collection spans 40 years of art from te 1970s to today. PA/PER VIEW will take place during the 3rd year of London's pre-eminent annual exhibition of recent graduates from Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art titled "Testing Ground". PA/PER VIEW will bring together 26 internationally selected art publishers.
Zabludowicz Collection, 176 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3PT, UK
Friday, 6 - 9 pm (preview)
Saturday & Sunday, 12 - 6 pm