Gallery Boekie Woekie - Berenstraat 16
Boekie Woekie - Books By Artists – Boekie Woekie, books by artists - Boekiewoekie.com
The online store and catalog of the artists' bookstore Boekie Woekie in Amsterdam.
About Gallery Boekie Woekie
Boekie Woekie, books by artists, began paying rent for a tiny space in downtown Amsterdam on January 1st, 1986. It was then seen by its 6 founders (artists from 3 countries living in Amsterdam) as a shop for their own publications. After the first 5 years and some reshuffling of the group and with 3 of the founders left, Boekie Woekie began its second phase in a quite much bigger shop space around the corner and with a renewed concept resulting from the gained experience: the new shop opened for publications by others. There are now about 7000 titles - almost exclusively self published or small press books. Those who run it – Henriëtte van Egten (Dutch), Rúna Thorkelsdóttir (Icelandic) and Jan Voss (German) have continued their personal artists’ careers and since years count the shop itself as a sculpture in progress they work on concertedly. A small gallery space has belonged to Boekie Woekie from the beginning. There never came a stop to very small scale publishing (3 or 4 titles a year) which has lead to the yearly participation in one or two book fairs (Frankfurt, London, New York). The entirely self financing enterprise is Europe’s, if not the world’s, venue for artists’ books the longest in existence which carries books regardless to their author's fame.
Contact Gallery Boekie Woekie
| Address : | Berenstraat 16, 1016 GH Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Phone : | 📞 +97 |
| Postal code : | 1016 |
| Website : | https://boekiewoekie.com/ |
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| City : | Amsterdam |
| Description : | Established, artist-run book store specializing in self-published titles by contemporary artists. |
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Peter Rukavina on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A bookstore where all the books are made by artists.
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Maria Jeong on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It was very impressive. I'd like to visit again next time.
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Michelle Sander on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Didn't know what I was looking for until I found this place. This delightful shoppe answers questions you didn't know you had.
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Shan HO on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Many interesting and vintage stuffs inside, nice place to check around
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Bodie H on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lots of strange zines and books to be found here, if you're after something really unique then come take a look.
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KD D on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My favourite place in Amsterdam. Serendipity at its best. This shop feeds the soul and the mind.
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Graeme Walker on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Likely the world's longest running bookshop for books made by artists. It is a paradise of other worlds. You should go there, dig deep - you will find.
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Tzu-Ling Liang on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Unique little book shop. I bought a post card here for a cat lover.
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