San Francisco Art Book Fair

03/24/2026

Don’t miss your chance to apply for the 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair!

Apply now for a booth or project space, or submit a program idea through the link in bio 🔗

Applications close this Sunday, March 29, 11:59pm PST.

Any questions? Please email [email protected]

The 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair is presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation and marks 10 years since the inaugural fair held in 2016.

SFABF26 branding and identity by MacFadden & Thorpe ()

03/17/2026

It’s happening…

Announcing the 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair!!

Minnesota Street Project Foundation is pleased to present the 2026 San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF), marking 10 years since the inaugural fair held in 2016.

We can’t wait to see you all in July to celebrate this milestone!

SFABF26 EXHIBITOR APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!!

Apply now for a booth or project space, or submit a program idea through the link in bio 🔗
Applications close on Sunday, March 29, 11:59pm PST.

SFABF26 branding and identity by MacFadden & Thorpe ()

07/20/2025

Thank you to all our wonderful food & beverage vendors who kept folks nourished and hydrated all fair long! Extra thanks to our in-kind bar sponsors 💜🧡💚

Borsch Mobile
Cochinita .sf
El Fuego .sf
Excelsior Coffee
Harlan Records
Humphry Slocombe Coffee & Ice Cream
Kabob Trolley
Me So Hungry
Mozzeria
Pop Nation
Sunrise Deli

07/19/2025

THANK YOU (!!!) for coming out and supporting the San Francisco Art Book Fair!

Y’all, this year was truly memorable, with more programming and more visitors than ever before 🫶

A heartfelt thanks to all of our incredible exhibitors, program partners, vendors, and our wonderful volunteers. This event is made possible in large part due to community support and enthusiasm!

Shout out to our sponsors and in-kind contributors for keeping the fair free and open to the public.

We can’t wait to do this all again next year! See you in 2026 💫

📸: Andre Huffaker




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07/18/2025

07/13/2025

Today is LAST DAY (!!!) of SFABF25

It’s been an incredibly fun-filled weekend thus far and there’s more to explore today!

Come out in support of 150+ independent publishers and booksellers from Nicaragua, Argentina, South Korea, Indonesia and beyond–and experience the thoughtfully curated programming in The Lounge at 1275 Minnesota Street.

Don’t miss the first-ever SFABF x KUSF Rock’N’Swap from 11am-5pm at 1201 Minnesota Street, featuring 50+ tables of vinyl and other hard-to-find rarities and music merchandise.

Kicking off programming for the day at 1201 Minnesota Street, join us at 11:30am to celebrate the West Coast record release of ‘Peace Makers in the Summer Time’ by artists William Scott and BJ Armour with Creative Growth ().

Plus! Join us from 1pm in the Living Room with Discogs for live interviews with Howard Wiley (.wiley), Dan the Automator (), TOKiMONSTA ()
& Toro y Moi ().

07/12/2025

SFABF25 is open all weekend!

Yesterday was such a BLAST (!!!) and we can’t wait to do it again today.

Come say 👋 to your favorite SFABF25 exhibitors and stay for more talks, signings, and drop-in workshops, as well as Ben Kinmont’s () ‘Street press’ activation at 1201 Mionnesota Street and Open Studios at 1240 Minnesta Street, both starting at 12pm!

Need a quiet moment during the fair?

Don’t miss the last day to experience a line up of incredible films (in the Screening Gallery at 1201 Minnesota Street) by internationally renowned artists. Curated by .

Or, take a seat and relax on furniture from the collection in the Eames Institute Reading Room in Project Space A at 1275 Minnesota Street.

Plus, join us after hours from 7-9:30pm at 1201 for ‘Sound and Vision’ with LAND AND SEA , in conjunction with Latitudes, for performances by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe , Peaces , Joel St. Julien , and The Urxed .

07/11/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined last night’s opening of SFABF25!

The next three days are jam-packed with talks in The Lounge, signings, screenings, exhibitions, drop-in workshops, and more! With over 150 exhibitors and programming scheduled daily inside 1201 Minnesota Street, there’s plenty to explore.

The 2025 SFABF is open through Sunday, July 13, spanning four buildings along Minnesota Street, with additional offsite events and after-hours programming on Friday and Saturday.

Check out the full programming schedule and list of exhibitors at sfartbookfair.com

1150 25th St / 1275 Minnesota St / 1240 Minnesota St / 1201 Minnesota St

Public Hours:
Friday, July 11: 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Saturday, July 12: 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Sunday, July 113: 11:00 am–5:00 pm

📸: Lizzy Myers

07/10/2025

SFABF25 opens tonight 🪩

Join us from 6pm-10pm for the Opening Night Preview, with music by Fault Radio , film screenings with SF Cinematheque , the West Coast debut of the 2024 Paris Photo-Aperture PhotoBook Awards exhibition & all of your favorite SFABF exhibitors!

07/10/2025

SUNDAY 7/13 PROGRAMMING 📚
in the Lounge at 1275 Minnesota Street

11am – 12pm
FREE WORMS: Artist Game Workshop with Alexandra Pink and Helen Shewolfe Tseng
Presented by Bathers Library

12pm - 1pm
Highlighting Artists’ Books of the Arab Diaspora: Storytelling, Memory, and Resistance with Maymanah Farhat, Andrea Shaker .shaker, and Jennie Hinchcliff
Presented by San Francisco Center for the Book

1pm - 2pm
A Conversation with artists Ala Ebtekar , Binh Danh , and Stephanie Syjuco , moderated by Shana Lopes , Assistant Curator of Photography at SFMOMA
Presented by EXiT at Catharine Clark Gallery and Radius Books .books

2pm - 3pm
Are humans the only dreamers on Earth?: A conversation between Rodrigo Hernández and David Peña-Guzmán , moderated by Diego Villalobos
Presented by the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

3pm - 4pm
Soft Core with Brittany Newell and Maria Silk
Presented by Slash

4pm - 5pm
INCENDIARY TEXT: MANIFESTOS & OTHER MISSIVES THAT SURVIVE REGIMES with Kate Laster

07/10/2025

SATURDAY 7/12 PROGRAMMING 📚
in the Lounge at 1275 Minnesota Street

11am – 12pm
Va a Llover Toda La Noche (It’s Going to Rain All Night) with Alicia Vera and Luis Cobelo chancleta.voladora

12pm - 1pm
Story Time Window with Ebti and William Clark
Presented by ‘cademy .biz

1pm - 2pm
Love Is The Drug: a film screening & book production discussion with Heather Edney , Liz Roberts & Zach Clark

2pm - 3pm
Tuning Our Storyorgans with Patrick Michael Ballard
Presented by Sming Sming Books

3pm - 4pm
DANCING ON THE FAULT LINE by Nick Haymes with Love Bailey
Presented by Kodoji Books


4pm - 5pm
Self Realization Fellows: Photography and Collaboration with Adrian Martinez of illetante books , Book & Job Gallery , and Josh Schaedel and Wyatt Naoki Conlon of The Fulcrum Press .

5pm - 6pm
Our commons are free, with Ben Kinmont