When forest fires fell through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena last month, the fate of the stock markets that participated in La’s Art Week was an open question. Many in the art world wonder if it was too soon after a great tragedy to continue with such a grand event, especially such a commercially driven. But while the dust settled and cleaned up the smoke, five of the six fairs-Frieze, Felix, De la Art Show, the other art fair and post-fair announced that they would return this year as planned, stating their dedication this year To their dedication to supporting the artistic community of LA and their belief in his resilience at a charged moment. Below is a handy guide for these shows, along with a handful of offsite and alternative events and exhibitions that characterize the width and endurance of the creative communities of the city.
Fairs
Frieze
20–23 February | frieze.com
Santa Monica Airport, 3027 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica
Frieze la will bring almost 100 international galleries to Santa Monica airport, with highlights, including LA-based artist Lila de Magalhaes’s chalk and wire creations at Matthew Brown’s Booth, a presentation of the assemblies of Noah Purifoy in Tiltton, the debut of Chris Burden’s 2001 Installation “Nomadic Folly” in the Gagosian and the South African Gallery Southern Guild’s first Frieze Show. Also keep an eye on the Frieze -Focus section with 12 emerging galleries, organized by curator Essence Harden, and Frieze projects, including the tribute of Ozzie Juarez to South Central Swap Meets and Madeline Hollander’s choreographed aircraft rides.
Felix
19–23 February | felixfair.com
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
The beloved hotel fair returns to the Hollywood Roosevelt for his seventh edition. Visitors can relax in and out of Cabana cabins on the ground floor around the swimming pool that is painted famous by David Hockney before they go upstairs to the tower presentations, accessible via the Warren of Crowded, Winking Halls. Nearly 70 galleries from all over the world, including more than 30 first exhibitions, will participate, including Mumping and Charlie James from LA, Voloshyn Gallery from Kyiv and Miami, Brigitte Mulholland from Paris and Magenta Plains and Mrs. from New York.
La Art Show
19–23 February | gaartshow.com
Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
This experienced art fair is celebrating its 30th birthday this year and returns to the La Convention Center with more than 70 galleries from all over the world. Don’t miss the retrospective of the non-commercial exhibition of the stock market Diverselaunched in 2017; Robert Vargas’ large-scale mural painted live on-site; And a presentation of works by Inna Kharchuk, Anna Veriki, Iryna Maksymova and Liza Zhdanova, four female Ukrainian artists who reflect their experiences with war, relocation and resilience.
The other art fair
20–23 February | Theotherartfair.com
2800 Casitas Ave, Atwater Village, Los Angeles
The other art fair returns for his 13th edition in Los Angeles and moves to a new place in Atwater Village. The fair mainly has the work of artists who do not have a gallery representation, and contains 140 exhibitors with a focus on accessibility, including a selection of original and limited edition art among $ 500. Highlights include the presentation of a new part of Judy Bacas running historic mural The big wall of LA (2025), Anna Marie Tendler’s “House of Self” Photobooth, and a presentation of work by the MFAs of LA, a series aimed at emerging artists of graduated programs for beautiful arts in the Greater Los Angeles region.
Post -fairy
February 20-22 | post-fair.com
Santa Monica Post Office, 1248 5th Street, Santa Monica
This year launched by La-Galerist Chris Sharp, Post-Fair is a stripped down, not a frills show that Bills herself as an alternative to the splendor of the Global Art Fair Circuit, which means that the focus with affordability comes back ($ 10 tickets! ) And community in mind. The debut edition of the Fair, located in a former post office by Santa Monica, will contain the presentations of one artistic presentations with 29 galleries, ranging from the Seiko retail space and the London Experimental Gallery Harlesdeh High Street to the International Powerhouse Sprüth Magers.
Events
Hundred percent
Up to and including 22 February | Instagram.com/griefxhope
619 North Western Avenue, East Hollywood, Los Angeles
In response to the forest fires last month destroyed large parts of Los Angeles, Hammer Museum Curator Aram Moshayedi began to reach with artists who were immediately affected and asked them to each carry a work for a group show. The result is Hundred percentA pop-up benefit exhibition with around 100 artists who represent a diverse cross-section of La’s creative community-a striking illustration of the number of artists affected by the tragedy. As the title of the show explains, 100% of the profit goes directly to the participants.
Anti-Frieze: LA
February 21 and 22, 18-10 hours | antifrieze.xyz
The Reef, 1933 South Broadway, downtown, Los Angeles
The organizers of the Anti-Frieze Performance Festival insist that they do not house any bad will opposite the Major Art Fair (“We think Frieze is cool!” They call out). But the event, organized in combination with the Calarts Reef Residencyundoubtedly offers a non-commercial alternative to the market that takes place in the city at the same time. Anti-Frieze has five “experiences-based experiences” spread over two evenings, including Genevieve Fowler’s again conceived Pascha Seder “Long Stretchs of Short Time”, Nicholas Ginsberg’s “Container Port No. 1,” who explores worldwide networks of trade by light and sound, and Amy Chiaos ‘UR already in Eutrophy’, a theatrical mediation about it Hygiene and geometry.
Crownhale lïds
Up to and including 22 March | Johndoegallery.com
107 East 11th Street, downtown, Los Angeles
The brainchild of Raffi Kalenderian and Alberto Cuadros, Raffi and already is a partial performance project, partial group show and a partial saloon and offers a cozy space for the art world that is tired to wet their whistles. The newest iteration is Crownhale lïds In John Doe Gallery, a mash-up of the famous Swiss art bar and the omnipresent CAP store found in shopping centers in the US. True to his irreverent spirit, the list of participating artists contains local favorites Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., Mia Scarpa and Frances Stark alongside big names that may or may not actually be displayed, such as Picasso, Matisse and Chagall. For night owls, the bar is open for Happy Hour from midnight until 4 am on Wednesday 19 February.
Mohilef Open Studios and Canyon Castator: Cannon Fodder
Saturday, February 22, 12-4pm | instagram.com/mohilef_studios
720 East 18th Street, downtown, Los Angeles
Mohilef Studios is located just south of the 10 Freeway in the center of LA and is a converted industrial building that houses workplaces for 33 artists. On Saturday afternoon they open their doors for a construction-wide open studio event, with food from Toro Antiguo, drinks from Reces and Dosi Dosi and music from the Agency Art House. At the same time in Mohilef, Diane Rosenstein Gallery opens an off-site exhibition of large-scale, maximalistic pop culture and comix-renovated paintings by Canyon Castator, who helped to convert the Mohilef and another building into artist studios with his father and serves as his father and serves as his father and serves as his father and An artist contact person.
Gallery Day Eastside
Friday, February 21 | Instagram.com/thotherartfair
Different locations, Eastside Los Angeles
Much of the reasonable action this week takes place on the Westide; However, various Eastside galleries have tied together to attract crowds to the other side of the 405 (and even the 5!) Highlights, include the brutal violations of Keith Boadwee in the well, new shows at historical home galleries Zee view and the Wolford House , and a day with musical performances at the printrelease of Tim Bishup at Face Guts. The evening is dopping with an afterparty in the Silverlake Lounge organized by Devin Troy Strother.
Edacted Lincoln Heights DTLA
19–23 February | Edacted.laCityArt.org
Gallery Thirtysix, 260 South Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles
This Scrappy DIY-Pop-Up exhibition originally borrowed its name of a well-known Global Art Fair Juggernaut until the organizers received a cease-and-main letter that they immediately screened on T-shirts and instead settled on the absurd name Edacted Lincoln Heights DTLA. Organized by Wyatt Mills, Ben Quinn and Raffi Kalenderian, the second edition of Divorced Will take place on the 36th story of a skyscraper in the city center in the appropriate Gallery Thirtysix and will have the work of 20 artists, including Zoe Alameda, Solomon Rousseau, Meg Jorgenson and others.
