London Original Print Fair

The London Original Print Fair is one of the largest and longest running art fairs of its kind.

Held each year in late April at the Royal Academy of Arts in London's Piccadilly. It is now in its 27th year.

The Print Fair was founded in 1985 by Gordon Cooke, a director of The Fine Art Society in London. In 1987 Helen Rosslyn, a specialist in prints at Christie's in London came on board; both are now co-directors of the Fair.

The 2012 Fair has confirmed over 50 international exhibitors, from galleries to printmaking dealers and specialists, representing all periods in printmaking, from the early woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer to lithographs by Picasso and new digital forms by the likes of graffiti artist Shepard Fairey.

Each year the Print Fair opens with a printmaking lecture, honoring an artist who has a prolific background in printmaking. In 2011, Gavin Turk opened up the Fair speaking with art critic and journalist Louisa Buck. For the 2012 fair, Sir Peter Blake RA spoke about his accomplishments in printmaking during his six decade career.