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One of a handful of collaborative booths at this year’s fair is also one of the strongest: Stephen Friedman Gallery and Goodman Gallery have joined forces to present a major selection from Yinka Shonibare’s ongoing “Library” series, which has previously included installations at Tate Modern.

The bold installation at this booth features hundreds of books bound in kaleidoscopic Dutch wax batik cloth, materials long entangled with colonial trade and a hybrid cultural identity. Each volume bears the name of a scientist, scholar, or cultural innovator whose ideas have shaped our understanding of the world. By gathering these figures together on the shelf, Shonibare honors intellectual histories and draws attention to the sheer breadth of voices that have shaped global knowledge.