Guide
Your Handy Guide to LA Frieze Week 2023
Yes, you'll have to cross the 405 after 3 pm, but we promise it'll be worth it.
Frieze Los Angeles
Art
Satisfyingly Tactile Art at Frieze Los Angeles
It is as if, after two years of staring at works on screen, galleries knew that audiences were hungry for artwork so physical, you could devour them with your eyes.
Comics
Overheard and Observed at the LA Art Fairs
Your comics dispatch from Frieze Week.
Art
LA's Spring/Break Art Show Is Delightfully Garish and Over-the-Top
Working under the theme “In Excess,” participants put together maximalist installations at a former produce market and textile manufacturing site in Downtown Los Angeles.
Art
This Year, Frieze Los Angeles Feels Grand, Celebratory, and Actually Kind of Fun
This year’s iteration drives painted sports cars into the showroom, disguises booths as furnished apartments, and even houses a James Turrell skyroom.
Art
A Closer Look at Deutsche Bank, Frieze Art Fair’s Biggest Sponsor
Deutsche Bank, notorious for Trump ties, is under increased scrutiny after federal investigations into potential money-laundering lapses. But its art world involvement is mostly relegated to footnotes or brief mentions.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Los Angeles Frieze Week 2020
Your guide to a weeklong cavalcade of openings, performances, talks, and events, anchored by the titular fair.
Art
Hollywood Myths and Latinx Art Histories at LA's Frieze Projects
“The city is global, and we wanted to bring in the Americas,” says Rita Gonzalez, one of the curators of Frieze Projects, staged in the studios’ New York City-themed backlot.
Art
LA’s First Spring/Break Art Show Had Plenty of Creative Spirit
The curator-centric fair gave space for artists to pay tribute to Los Angeles in a spirit of DIY-fun.
Opinion
Frieze Is Selling a Fantasy of Los Angeles
All the LA-centric promotion of Frieze has bled into the fair, and flattened everything into commodity.
Art
Placing Art in Hotel Rooms Can Yield Genuinely Surprising Results
At the inaugural Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles, visitors can weave in and out of the poolside rooms with relative ease, though expect the usual hustle-and-bustle feel of art commerce in action.
Art
The Soulful Standouts Amid the Fanfare of Frieze LA
As usual in large commercial fairs, most of what you’ll see at Frieze quickly devolves into so much product, but there is still some soul to be found amongst the gaudy baubles.