ABOUT ARTBOOK | D.A.P.
Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (founded in 1990) and Artbook (founded in 2004) are sister companies that distribute, publish, promote and sell the world’s best books on art, photography, design, architecture, and visual culture.
D.A.P. is America’s premier distributor of books, special editions and rare publications from an array of the world’s most respected publishers, museums and cultural institutions, including Aspen Art Museum; Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Guggenheim Museum; Hayward Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Museum of Modern Art, New York, Walker Art Center, Vitra Design Museum, Badlands, Damiani, David Zwirner, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Editorial RM, Editions Xavier Barral, Exact Change, FUEL, Gregory R. Miller & Co., Hatje Cantz, Hauser & Wirth, Heni, The Ice Plant, JRP|Ringier, Karma, Lars Müller, Metropolis Books, nai010, National Portrait Gallery, Poligrafa, Radius, Reel Art Press, Royal Academy, Siglio, Skira, Spector, Standards Manual, Steidl, Turner, Valiz, Visionaire, Wakefield Press and Walther König. D.A.P. also publishes and co-publishes major monographs and exhibition catalogues with partners including The Warhol Museum, Tate, SFMOMA and Thames & Hudson.
Our retail branch, Artbook, sells books to the passionate audience of people who work in and live through the arts. Founded by the same team that runs D.A.P., Artbook partners with cultural institutions and businesses who want to enrich their programming with true content -- the kind you find in a well-conceived, authored, and designed book. Permanent Artbook stores can be found at MoMA PS1 in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Hauser & Wirth gallery in Los Angeles. Pop-up stores past and present include fairs such as Art Basel Miami Beach, Design Miami, NY Art Book Fair, Armory Art Fair, Paris Photo, and Frieze New York; and retail locations such as agnès b., Udemy New York, Books & Books and Opening Ceremony.
Through artbook.com, the website of ARTBOOK | D.A.P., Artbook also powers online partnerships with cultural institutions such as Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, AIGA, College Art Association and Triple Canopy.
