Art Metropole

Art Metropole is a non-profit artist-run centre that publishes, promotes, exhibits, archives, and distributes artists’ books, multiples, and related media. We produce exhibitions, talks, readings, and other programs that highlight artists who make books and other artworks that can be widely circulated. Our shop at 896 College Street, Toronto, stocks artists’ books and publications on contemporary art in all formats, with over 16,000 inventory items. Established in 1974, Art Metropole operates the oldest and longest-running artist-run bookstore in the world.

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EVENT: Turning Tables Art Book / Publication Fair + Show

November 28, 2024 - December 14, 2024

Free and open to the public, TURNING TABLES is a hybrid art book fair + show that will shine a spotlight on over 20 local and international arts publishers and producers of art books, critical arts publications, periodicals, prints, apparel, editions, multiples, and more — just in time for the 2024 holiday season.

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A black table-clothed table filled with books features titles including "WORDLESS", "A Guest A Host A Ghost", and "Selected Writings on Black Canadian Art".

A black table-clothed table filled with books features titles including "e-flux index 4", "Never Enough Night" and "Selected works Ghassam Bishouty".

A smiling man with a beard stands behind a table full of various publications from Art Metropole.

A light skinned hand holds a bright yellow, softcover book titled "Selected Writings on Black Canadian Art" in sans serif black text.