Kerbside pickup
Yes
Printed Matter, Inc. in New York
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Location on the map
New York, New York County, New York, US
Service options
Delivery
Yes
In-store pick-up
Yes
In-store shopping
Yes
Health and safety
Mask required
Yes
Staff wear masks
Yes
Staff get temperature checks
Yes
Safety dividers at checkout
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
No
Planning
Quick visit
Yes
Payments
NFC mobile payments
Yes
Phone: +1 212-925-0325
Site: http://www.printedmatter.org/
Site: http://www.printedmatter.org/
Opening hours
- Monday:11AM–7PM
- Tuesday:11AM–7PM
- Wednesday:11AM–7PM
- Thursday:11AM–7PM
- Friday:11AM–7PM
- Saturday:11AM–7PM
- Sunday:11AM–6PM
Comments (106)
Amazing place for people that love books, magazines or anything printed. The zine selection is mind blowing.
Cant get enough of this place! Im sure its the biggest shop for independent publishing in the East coast. Lots of zines from all over the World.
Incredible selection, friendly staff, good prices. Truly unlike any other bookstore!!
Great bookstore full of unique one-of-a-kind books! Its like a library/museum, and you can buy stuff!
Hidden gem of a bookstore with a very unique and diverse selection, Ive never seen so many zines for purchase in one central location before! Organization is a tiny bit confusing/disorienting, but honestly kind of part of its charm.
This place make me believe in independed writing. It migth be a bit desorganized, but It is the magic of the store. They have real y original and independed publucations of a lot of small artist and if you exprore im sure u r going to find solid gold.
A pretty large venue housing eclectic, esoteric printed matter. This aint no Barnes & Noble. This aint even no Strand!! An art and book lovers way to spend hours and hours, enraptured. This is truly an only in New York place.
Amazing selection of art book (15,000 in fact) and zines and an interesting small gallery space. Books are categorised, with useful sections on selected publishers and a shelf stocking last copies of titles about to sell out!Wish we had a similar store in London, as it seems to have cultured a nice community. Not so many design related books, but it’s maybe not that kind of store.
This place is an institution. It is amazing, but you really need to know what you want beforehand. By organizing books and zines by publisher, rather than subject, it is a bit difficult to browse. Otherwise, amazing diversity and quality of work in a very cool store. Definitely worth a visit.
I adore Printed Matter and its unmatched collection of artists books-- not so much the glitzy books about artists, but the unique, absurd and wonderful handmade books by artists, writers and bookmakers. A book showing the covers of industrial handbooks? Of course! Photocopied zines from the 80s? Yaaassss!! So many insane beautiful works that will make you smile, laugh, feel inspired. Get thee to Printed Matter.
Very cool, very niche, staff is super sweet and helpful. A great place to go if youre looking for something a bit outside of normal bookstores. Wonderful for gifts.
Two floors full of independent books of any kind (and it is not the only one). I would like to have more places of this kind. Dear project authors - thank you for your wonderful idea and brilliant result.
Ive heard many many good things about this book store they specialize in art books both books about artists and books by artists. Its a unique place well worth the visit you wont regret it.
If wizards were real, they would shop at Printed Matter. This tightly packed gallery and book store is the essential art book store that all other book stores (MOMA im looking at you) aspire to. I have never left the store without wishing I was significantly more capable of spending thousands of dollars a year on books. I have also never left the store uninspired.There is something unbelievably liberating when you see 15,000 unique pieces: collections of ideas that are both precious, and worthless at the same time. They are meaningful or as dumb as you make them - and unlike most clothing stores they eschew trends and tastes. The unbelievably democratic collection has oddball works ranging from scientific and geometric proofs all the way to murder mysteries...but every book is something youd probably never see anywhere else.If you have a creative in your life, this is ground zero for birthdays and Christmas. If you yourself are a creative, do yourself a favor and go.
Such an important place. Lucky to have it as a brick-and-mortar shop, as it seems easy enough to leave it at just the biannual fair.More than just art books, they also have a small collection of screen printed bags, shirts, and the like, and records/CDs/tapes.Nearly everything they carry is incredibly hard-to-find elsewhere – including zines by local makers as well as limited edition artists books. Their open submission policy provides for a rich, diverse selection with items at every price point (practically anywhere from 50¢ to $500) and niche intellectual interest. Additionally, theyve got some fun rotating freebies up front and a generally busied but helpful-if-you-want-it staff.Some of our favourite finds: Cropping the Ocean by Bjarne Bare and Roni Horns Making Being Here Enough
This is a one if a kind shop is all kinds of printed materials: books, zines, posters, t-shirts, and various art. Really great collection, knowledgeable staff, large space (much larger than their old location!). Slightly difficult to get to, but worth the trip.
Art, artists, artists books. The only drawback is that youll leave printed matter knowing that you missed so much, and that you only have a single lifetime to spend exploring the beautiful minds and ideas therein. Must visit for any searching souls and way walkers.
Nothing like it on earth. Wildly innovative, inspired selection of books. What kind of books? Art and anarchy, propaganda and photography, zines and zaniness...
I recently came here with my friend and i really liked it! They have such a good collection of fun and art books
An excellent art center dedicated to artist publications and books. With their new, much larger location on 11th ave, I see a lot of great things coming up in Printed Matters future!
My experience here at Printed Matter,Inc Was great they had many items that you can enjoy remembering the past and future small quitant store pleasent owners and very help helpful with info do stop by and open your eyes to happiness.peace paloma Bronx NYC.
Art book lovers paradise! Dont expect anything hipster, though. You should go here if youre into contemporary art.
If you love artist books, plan on spending at least an hour here. Its an incredible collection.
What an absolute Mecca for lovers of print, art, and zines. You could easily spend a whole afternoon here, browsing through their immense collection of art books and zines.
Legendary art book retailers latest location. Indispensable for artists and collectors.
Amazing place to spend some time, checking some rare editions. Lovely posters too.
What a great spot for zines and art books! I highly recommend it if thats your thing.
A great selection of artist books and art academia books. 10/10 would recommend to a friend
Great selection of artist books with original content that you wont find anywhere else
Very engaging and important material but it does have a very white and neoliberal atmosphere which makes it difficult to enjoy being there.
Amazing. Expansive. Artist books. Yes!
Supa Dupa Iconic Pleasure Emporium Of Fresh Bookies With All The Right Words & All The Right Lookies
Favorite bookstore!! You can always find the newest, most interesting publications here.
So awesome, so many artist books youll worry the store is going to cave in on you.
I love this store so much. Every time I am at NYC i pay them a visit.
Great community art space and store. Always new installations, books and talks with writers and artists.
Important community hub for small press. if you really wanna get into the good things that dont get widespread circulation, go here!
An excellent collection of printed oddness.
Great place to spend hours browsing book and hard to find art books!
Just discovered this place. Its my new favorite bookstore
What an interesting store. Must go back and buy an artists book!
Great place to find limited edition prints and underground self-published zines.
One of the most important art and book places!
Wonderful collection of rare books. Nice staff.
Incredibly well curated selection of underground books and zines.
LOVE
Interesting and varied selection of art related books.
Such a great place! Found plenty of interesting magazines!
Great for browsing zines, art books and periodicals and special publications.
Amazing stock of zines and art books. Friendly as well.
Best place on earth! Art Book Heaven.
Cascade falls. A very pretty hike
Great place to find All Underground Publishing.
Buy it or dare try to reshelve it ... every book in here is a friend
So beautiful
Words cannot describe how much I wish there was a place like this closer to my home.
So many books to explore, so many incredible ideas
Chill vibe and very cool books
A wide variety of modern art books
It’s a unique resource and worth a trip to visit
Omg the holy grail of inspiration.5 stars
An incredible resource for art and discovery.
You can spend your all day over here.
Great variety of hard to find materials
This is where youll find all the things that no one will publish.
Books are cool, but sevices are not
Great bookstore.
Nice place to sink in to books
Dazzling array of printed art material
So many interesting things and ideas
Independent books, independent music.
Coolest place on earth. Period.
Zines and artsy books
Great art !
Chill vibes.
Ghourri Smart Art
Excellent service
Amazing
Love it here!
Great
Great nice place
Yes!
Good
Great visit place
Home feeling
Obscure weirdness galore.
Incredible!
Fire store
Great zines
Read read read
The best. Out of all the cultural experiences I had in New York, this was the most fun. It is a place where you can find novel publications that cannot be found in general bookstores. I went there twice just to take a look, and I stayed there for several hours without realizing that the time had passed. I want to go again.
Incredible library of visual arts, photography, contemporary art and fanzine
Very good fanzines
Sensational. Inspirational place!
Variety of products and good offers
Zine and art book
Total reviews rating 4.7
106 Reviews for Printed Matter, Inc. 2023:
Review №1
2022-05-20Plan on spending some time here if you like self printed books. Amazing collection.
Review №2
2022-05-14Gorgeoussssssnesssss spent hours in here found some beautiful poetry and heavenly trove of one star press books xxxxx
Review №3
2022-04-07Amazing selection of art books that in my opinion, much more curated than some other stores in the area. Definitely worth going to if you’re by Hudson yards area as it can be a bit far from other parts of the city.
Review №4
2021-05-30So many creative books, zines, everything. Such an inspirational place located in West.
Review №5
2022-03-12The best kind of art and literature is the kind that truly makes you feel simultaneously alive, and really, really dumb. This store is perfect for that, lot of unique one of a kind odds and ends.
Review №6
2020-11-14Revisit for an artists new publication, second time after the pandemic. Always leave one hour or two between exhibition reservations in Chelsea just to spend time in the store. Comprehensive collections in rare books. More excited to see these window installations on global democracy crisis right after the election ended. Keep the movement!
Review №7
2022-06-18A very unusual selection of books, including plenty in unique formats. Worth a look around.
Review №8
2016-07-31Nice spot to find independently published, short run books especially on art and culture. Far crosstown but well worth the travel. If you appreciate creativity and alternative views this is a good place to go. Support them.
Review №9
2019-05-23Such a nice bookstore that carries classics (relative to design) and smaller prints that support small businesses/artists! Their website also has so many resources for printing types and services around NYC+beyond.
Review №10
2019-11-06Cute little art bookshop. Would recommend if you are looking for a gift for a friend who loves art or just want to browse books you cant find easily in your local book store. Amazing magazine selection too!