The highly anticipated Dallas Art Book Fair (DABF) returns. Voted “Best Market” by Dallas Observer’s readers, this annual two-day event—taking place March 21–22, 2026—is free to the public and brings together regional, national, and international artists, presses, publishers, galleries, and bookstores for an immersive celebration of print culture. New this year: a member’s only preview night and reception on Friday, March 20, 2026.
Dallas Art Book Fair ‘26 is supported by the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation and is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. In collaboration with MCGS, Soft Spots Riso and Zeke's Projects.
DABF Satellite Programming extends the fair’s reach across the city—fostering collaboration, accessibility, and creative exchange within the Dallas arts community.
2026 DABF Satellite Programming Partners:
The Shed Show (@theshed.show), an artist-run project space run by Jillian Wendel (@jillyreally).
810 W Congress St. Denton, TX 76201
Point of View (@point.of.view___ ) a bookshop + gallery.
1200 6th Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104
Fine Print (@fnprnt_shop), Dallas’s independent magazine shop + poster gallery. Rooted in visual arts, design, and print culture.
212 S Madison Ave, Dallas, TX 75208
Dallas Contemporary Presents Exhibitions by Artists Michael Corris, Laray Polk, and Collective Riso Rama at Dallas Art Book Fair
Michael Corris, Incident on a Page: Illustrated Texts on Art, 1971-2026. Image courtesy of the artist.
Dallas Contemporary is pleased to present three ancillary exhibitions to the Dallas Art Book Fair, Michael Corris: Incidents on a Page: Illustrated Texts on Art, 1971–2026; Laray Polk: American Progress/Nu det Nuuk!; and Riso Rama Archive. The exhibitions by Michael Corris and Laray Polk will be on view through April 5, while Riso Rama Archive will remain on view through April 12.
Incidents on a Page: Illustrated Texts on Art, 1971–2026, offers a survey of nearly six decades of Michael Corris’s typographic specimens and typographic pictures depicting excerpts from his writings, and illustrated with images selected from the artist’s bookworks, exhibition catalogues, broadsides, and ephemera.
Corris’s exhibition is accompanied by an installation by artist Laray Polk, inspired by the Free Museum of Dallas (2010 to 2014), an arts space operated from Corris’s office while he served as Chair of the Division of Art at Southern Methodist University. Polk’s exhibition title, American Progress/Nu det Nuuk!, refers in equal measure to John Gast’s 1872 painting depicting the “Westward course of destiny” and Jesper Rabe Tonnesen’s recent hat design with an embroidered message in Danish protesting the potential U.S. takeover of Greenland.
Riso Rama Archive is a display of over 40 titles of hand-made books and zines by artists from across the United States and Mexico. Each book represents vibrant storytelling, print experimentation, and community-driven independent publishing. The archive will be organized thematically through the lens of dreams: collective, political, familial, intimate, etc. Throughout Dallas Art Book Fair, Riso Rama will activate the museum through workshops and interactive installations, including Dream Mapping, a collaborative exercise in imagining speculative futures, and Dream Capturers, a participatory wall where visitors contribute written, drawn, or printed dreams. These contributions will be gathered into a community-generated Dream Zine at the conclusion of the fair, alongside Dream Cabinet, a visual display tracing the evolution of dreams from archival sources to contemporary visions.
For press inquiries, please contact press@dallascontemporary.org.
