Date & Time: Saturday, December 20, 2025 11:30-12:30 (Reception opens at 11:15)
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / EVENT SPACE (1F / next to the museum shop)
Admission: Free (a TABF admission ticket valid on the day of the event is required)
Language: Japanese, English [Interpreter: Satoko Yokoyama]
Speakers: Renée Ting (Singapore Art Book Fair Director) × Studio150 (Bangkok Art Book Fair co-founder) × Akira Kuroki (TABF ZINE’S MATE Area Director) × Naoko Higashi (TABF Project Manager)
In recent years, numerous art book fairs have emerged across cities in Asia. Each of these fairs, while distinctive in character, has been growing in importance not only as a platform for international art book publishing but also as a community collaborating with local publishing scenes.
This year, the Tokyo Art Book Fair (TABF) participated in several Asian fairs — including the Book Book Festival (Korea) in September, the Singapore Art Book Fair (Singapore), Unlimited Edition – Seoul Art Book Fair (Korea), and the Bangkok Art Book Fair (Thailand). Through these exchanges, TABF has been fortunate to collaborate closely with the organizing teams of these fairs, developing exchange programs and shared initiatives in preparation for TABF 2025.
For this talk event, we welcome Renée Ting, Director of the Singapore Art Book Fair, and Pat Laddaphan and Piyakorn Chaiverapundech, co-founders of Studio150 and organizers of the Bangkok Art Book Fair. They will share their recent initiatives and visions for their respective fairs. Together, we will explore the potential of cross-regional collaboration among Asian art book fairs and discuss how they each perceive the current landscape of independent publishing in the region.
The session will be moderated by Akira Kuroki and Naoko Higashi from TABF, who have been leading the Exchange Program.
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Renée Ting
Renée Ting is the founder of Thing Books, a centre for art book events & initiatives in Singapore, and director of the annual Singapore Art Book Fair.
Studio150
Studio150 is a Bangkok-based practice working across graphic design, publishing, and curatorial projects. The studio connects design with cultural practice, creating projects that shift between local experiences and wider international dialogues. Among these initiatives, Studio150 co-founded the Bangkok Art Book Fair (BKKABF) in 2017, which has since grown into an annual gathering for independent publishers and the publishing community. In 2025, BKKABF shifts to a biennial format for the first time, opening space to explore new roles and focuses while building deeper collaboration across the regional network.
Akira Kuroki
Editor and distributor. Director of the ZINE’S MATE area at the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR. Since 2023, he has been working as the distributor for the Dutch publisher Studio The Future / The Future Publishing, under the label Dog Ears Archive and Distribution. In May 2025, he will serve as Director of TOKIO ART BOOK FAIR, a newly launched project by TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR.
Naoko Higashi
Project Manager of the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR since 2009. From 2012 to 2023, she was part of the editorial team of the magazine IMA. Currently based between Fukuoka and Tokyo, she was also involved in the launch of Pages | Fukuoka Art Book Fair in 2024.