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The Artist Book Foundation (TABF) is a nonprofit art book publisher that documents and celebrates artists’ lives and work through publications, exhibitions, and public programs. TABF produces artist-centered books, focusing especially on modern and contemporary artists, through artist monographs, catalogues raisonnés, surveys, and exhibition catalogues.
Art historians, curators, collectors, and often the artists themselves contribute to TABF’s publications. The books are made available worldwide and can be found in public, university, and art libraries in all 50 United States. Additionally, TABF’s book donations program is dedicated to providing access to art and culture to the widest audience possible and has delivered thousands of copies to underserved public libraries, schools, and prisons across the country.
TABF, woman founded and operated, provides a venue for artists and contributors of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, races, and sexual orientations to publish their work. The Foundation’s goal is to embrace how these individuals navigate social and cultural infrastructures and express themselves through the visual arts and writing. All of TABF’s staff, board members, and contributors, as well as its featured artists, have diverse backgrounds and stories. These personal experiences are what make TABF a unique, equitable, and inclusive community.
In 2022, The Artist Book Foundation (TABF) is proud to celebrate its 10th anniversary! Yay!
mission statement
The Artist Book Foundation celebrates visual artists with distinguished books, public programs, and focused exhibitions. The donation of TABF books to libraries, schools, and prisons is a fundamental objective that provides wider access to the comfort and inspiration of art.