The NY Art Book Fair takes place this weekend at Moma PS1 in Queens. Brought together by Printed Matter (a non-profit tasked with championing art literature), the free-to-the-public fair brings together 365 exhibitors from across the world for two days of book launches, live music and debates. Among the publishing houses on show are the likes of Kurimanzutto libros (the publishing arm of Mexico City’s art gallery Kurimanzuto). Although the fair focuses on art-related literature, events such as these are crucial to promoting publishing houses and encouraging reading in the US. Nearly a quarter of Americans didn’t read a single book last year but that number has been slowly dropping since 2015 and is sure to keep doing so if the popularity of the NY fair is anything to go by.

North Londoners may think that heading south of the River Thames is a thankless transport mission but the opening of the South London Gallery’s annexe will encourage them to make an entirely worthwhile trip. Taking over a former fire station on busy Peckham Road, the gallery’s extension opens its doors today to reveal a sensitive refit courtesy of 6a Architects – as well as an exhibition on humour in contemporary art, titled Knock Knock. Other than providing four new gallery spaces, the Fire Station also features a studio for artists in residence, an education room used by the school across the road and a kitchen that can be hired by artists and the public: proof that any gallery opening in this rapidly gentrifying area needs to keep connected to the neighbourhood that surrounds it.