EURO-TRIP Photos Books Postcards May + June Shows

It's spring and time to head back to Europe this year for an extended trip including Paris, Verona and Berlin. I will be traveling from May 14th to June 10th. Email me if you'll be at any of the shows and we can get together for coffee, lunch, cocktails. First stop, Paris for a week of catching up with colleagues and friends, then off to ...

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... Verona in northern Italy for the 124th Veronafil the venerable and 
overwhelming stamp, coin and postcard show May 22, 23 and 24th ... 

... and back to Paris for the 65th Cartexpo the following weekend, May 29 & 30th ...

... on the 31st, to Berlin for a few days to look at art, buy some books and 
hang out with colleagues and friends ...

... and one more bounce back to Paris for a full weekend with 
two outdoor fairs, the San Sulpice Book Fair June 4th to the 8th ...

... and the 52nd Bievre International Photo Fair June 6 & 7th just outside Paris

Current and upcoming exhibitions in Paris I'm looking forward to include Lumiere Le Cinema Invente at the Grand Palais, the Germaine Krull retrospective at the Jeu de Paume, Tattoos & Tattooists extended at the Branly Museum and at La Halle Saint Pierre, the outsider art exhibition space, Les Cahiers Dessines

Germaine Krull ~ Self Portrait ca.1925
 

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Berlin.3 Postcards Books Flea Markets May 2012

Above is one of the last photos I took in Berlin. A few weeks later it is now iconic for me as I spent so much time in the s-bahn and u-bahn trains criss crossing the city. The blue illuminated signs and orange lighting details were everywhere throughout the underground system.

 Entrance to the Ludwig Loewe-Hofe, an old industrial building, where the postcard/collectibles show was held.

 Stamp dealer's car covered with....stamps!

 At the postcard show.

 A visit to the marvelous bookshop, Karajahn owned by Michael Jahn, who is in the photos. Michael has a diverse interest in books, photographs and periodicals from local German history to modernism and the graphic arts. The catalog he published devoted to Das Plakat magazine is exceptional. His website is here.

 Quick visit to a Sunday book fair.

 The flea markets were disappointing, nothing like they were in the past; very little "paper". However my last stop was the Potsdamer Platz market, which is primarily for new merchandise, where I found these two young French artists who create limited edition prints and books. They are making some very nice art and I was pleased to purchased a few of their publications to add to my collection of contemporary "artist's books". They go by the name damientran and can be found here.

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