Guest: Darin Klein
Host: Christopher Kardambikis
Recorded on July 8 and July 20, 2026
Darin Klein is an arts programmer and curator, and the creator of over 100 solo and collaborative zines and artists’ publications. His various projects have been presented at venues including Amy Adler’s Echo Park Studio, &Pens, Bitches Rule, The Broad, Commonwealth & Council, For Your Art, Hammer Museum, Human Resources, LACE, LACMA, Luis de Jesus Los Angeles, New Image Art, Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair, REDCAT, and Upstairs at Paul’s in Los Angeles; Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair, and White Columns in New York; 2nd floor projects, 42nd International SF Film Festival, ESP, Needles & Pens, scene/escena, Showroom, SF MOMA, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco; and Dog & Pony in Spokane, WA. Klein is a Printed Matter Awards for Artists recipient, a Printed Matter artist grant recipient, and has lectured and facilitated workshops on zines and zine making at Denison University; The Hammer and Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair (Geffen Contemporary at MOCA) in Los Angeles; and California Institute for the Arts in Valencia, CA.
His publishing project, Darin Klein & Friends, presents innovative and unexpected collaboratively produced zines and independent media, prioritizing queer and underrepresented artists.