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Preview 'What speaks to us. Arjan Van Helmond' during exhibition opening April 30th

Preview 'What speaks to us. Arjan Van Helmond' during exhibition opening April 30th

This Saturday, April 30th Arjan van Helmond's solo exhibition Vertical Thinking will be festively opened at the Albada Jelgersma Gallery. During this event the audience will get a sneak preview of the publication What speaks to us. Arjan van Helmond, published by Jap Sam Books (more events will follow).

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Marcel Pinas exhibition Club Solo until May 22nd

Marcel Pinas exhibition Club Solo until May 22nd

Marcel Pinas (Suriname 1971) transformed Club Solo into a collective work studio where the artist will build an interactive installation together with those who are interested. His earlier installation Kibii Wi Koni (Protect our knowledge) consists of several thousand bottles wrapped with pangi fabric. At Club Solo, this work will be dismantled: participants will rearrange the pieces of pangi fabric into a new work title Goontapu.

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Rural School of Economics exhibition by MyVillages at Het Nieuwe Instituut

Rural School of Economics exhibition by MyVillages at Het Nieuwe Instituut

On Wednesday February 2nd the Rural School of Economics exhibition by MyVillages opened at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. The exhibition marks the launch of the Rural School of Economics, a new trans-local and collaborative infrastructure for learning, for those who create and use rural economics. 

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jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome by Antonis Pittas in exhibition at Centraal Museum

jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome by Antonis Pittas in exhibition at Centraal Museum

With a few days left of the exhibition jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Acts of modernism by Antonis Pittas and Theo van Doesburg at Centraal Museum we celebrated the launch of the publication jaune, geel, gelb yellow. Monochrome by Antonis Pittas, which was created in conjunction with the exhibition and published by Jap Sam Books.

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Critical Mass. Jasper de Beijer, exhibition in Museum Rijswijk

Critical Mass. Jasper de Beijer, exhibition in Museum Rijswijk

Jasper de Beijer, Critical Mass

The publication Critical Mass. Jasper de Beijer and the exhibition were made possible by the support of the Agnes van den Brandeler Museum Prize, jointly awarded to Museum Rijswijk and the artist.
Jap Sam Books was asked to publish the accompanying publication Critical Mass. Jasper de Beijer. We connected graphic designer Edwin van Gelder (Mainstudio) to the project to design this beautiful symbiotic publication.

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Interview with Eleonoor Jap Sam at IDOART.DK and last week of December Bookshop

Interview with Eleonoor Jap Sam at IDOART.DK and last week of December Bookshop

On the occasion of the collaboration between Jap Sam Books and SixtyEight Art Institute researcher and curator Denisa Tomkova interviewed Eleonoor Jap Sam, founder and director of Jap Sam Books. This elaborate interview shines light on the vision of Jap Sam Books and our approach to publishing.

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