Frieze Los Angeles will return to Santa Monica Airport for its sixth edition despite the devastating wildfires that overtook parts of the city in early January. Other major events around town include the Felix takeover at the Hollywood Roosevelt, the LA Art Show at the convention centre downtown, plus the brand-spanking new Post-Fair in the abandoned Santa Monica Post Office.
Frieze LA brings together over 100 exhibitors under a custom-designed tent by Kulapat Yantrasast’s acclaimed architectural studio, Why. This year’s fair saw a 6% increase in gallery participation compared to the 2024 edition, which featured 95 exhibitors. However, it represents an 18.5% decrease from the 124 galleries that participated in 2023, when the fair expanded across two venues: the Why-designed tent and the historic Barker Hangar.
The 2025 edition will again showcase a mix of global powerhouses and local talent. Among the returning exhibitors are Frieze mainstays such as Gagosian, Gladstone, Marian Goodman Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, White Cube, and David Zwirner. Nearly half of the participating galleries operate spaces in Los Angeles, underscoring the fair’s deep ties to the city’s vibrant art scene. Local favourites like Charlie James, David Kordansky Gallery, Regen Projects, Blum, Nazarian / Curcio, and Matthew Brown will also be well-represented.
This year’s fair will introduce 14 galleries making their Frieze Los Angeles debut, including Southern Guild, which opened an East Hollywood outpost last year, as well as Mariane Ibrahim, Linseed, Moniquemeloche, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, and Timothy Taylor. Essence Harden, the curator co-organising the Hammer Museum’s 2025 Made in LA Biennial, will return to oversee the Focus sector, dedicated to emerging galleries. Twelve exhibitors, including Bel Ami, Dominique Gallery, Make Room, Sow & Tailor, and Superposition Gallery, will be featured in this dynamic section.
The 2025 fair will be the first edition staged since Endeavor, Frieze’s parent company, announced last month that it is exploring the potential sale of the art fair and media brand, along with two tennis tournaments it owns. Endeavour, the Beverly Hills-based sports and entertainment conglomerate, has been the majority owner of Frieze since 2016 and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. While Frieze’s founders, Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, initially retained a 30% stake, Endeavour now wholly owns the company.
Frieze Los Angeles was the first new fair launched under the Frieze banner following Endeavor’s acquisition in 2016, followed by Frieze Seoul in 2022. In 2023, Frieze expanded its footprint in the U.S. by acquiring two significant fairs: The Armory Show in New York and Expo Chicago.
Ruinart Conversations with Nature Sam Falls
Convinced that art can transform, connect and enlighten us, Ruinart continues its Conversations with Nature in 2025 by inviting Sam Falls to share his artistic vision. Made in contact with the elements, his paintings represent botanical portraits of the places where he immerses himself, incorporating organic materials on site.
Created for the Maison’s Carte Blanche art programme, his artworks will be unveiled at Frieze Los Angeles from 20th-23rd February 2025. They will then be displayed at 4 RUE DES CRAYÈRES, Ruinart’s emblematic address in the Champagne region, where art dialogues with the expertise of the Maison’s chardonnay masters.
Frieze Los Angeles 2025 will run from 20 February to 23 at Santa Monica Airport, continuing its tradition of blending international prestige with the creative energy of Los Angeles as the art world turns its gaze to the West Coast; the fair promises to deliver a compelling mix of innovation, collaboration, and discovery.
Frieze Projects
This year’s projects will take visitors through the city’s neighbourhoods and histories, showcasing works by a diverse group of leading intergenerational artists. Among them is Lita Albuquerque, a pioneer of the Land Art and Light & Space movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Albuquerque will unveil a new commission that revisits themes she has explored throughout her 50-year career, prominently featuring her signature ultramarine blue pigment. Albuquerque’s commission underscores the fleeting nature of our connection to the environment while anchoring viewers in the present. The use of blue bridges the earth and cosmos, transforming light into matter through poetic, transient gestures.
Frieze LA – Santa Monica Airport from 20 February to 23
Satellite Fairs
Felix 19 – 23 February Hollywood Roosevelt 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90028 Thursday through Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm, and Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm.
Post-Fair is the pilot edition of an alternative three-day art fair. It seeks to simplify the art fair experience to the galleries and visitors at a low cost by focusing on solo presentations in an iconic venue with a relatively low-impact, open-plan format. Its name is inspired by the disused art deco post office built in 1938, where the fair is located. The event will feature 29 local, national and international galleries and project spaces. Participating galleries here.
LA Art Show – February 19 – 23, 2025 LA CONVENTION CENTER South Hall
The Other Art Fair – February 20 – 23, 20252800 Casitas Ave
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles 2025 February 18 – 23 This may have been cancelled check for More Info Here
LA Museums
LACMA – Imagining Black Diasporas Through 3 August 2025 BCAM
The Broad – Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature | The Broad | 16 November 2024 – 23 March 2025
Getty Museum – María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold | J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center | 11 February – 4 May 2025
MOCA – Olafur Eliasson: OPEN | Museum of Contemporary Art | until 6 July 2025
Marciano Art Foundation – Doug Aitken, Lightscape | Marciano Art Foundation | 17 December – 15 March 2025
The Huntington – Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West | The Huntington | Until 3 March 2025
ICA Los Angeles – Scientia Sexualis | ICA Los Angeles | Until 2 March 2025
The Academy Museum: The Spielberg Family Gallery features historical and contemporary footage of past Oscars ceremonies sourced from the Academy Film Archive. Colour in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema investigates the role of colour in film, from the scientific and technological advancements
Recommended LA Art Galleries
Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles – Nina Chanel Abney: Winging It – 15 February–5 April 2025 – 925 N. Orange Drive, Los Angeles, Opening reception Saturday, February 15, 6–8 pm
Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood Charles Gaines Numbers & Trees 19 February – 24 May 2025 West Hollywood
Blum Yoshitomo Nara My Imperfect Self January 18–March 22, 2025, Los Angeles
Gagosian ALEX ISRAEL Noir February 6–March 22, 2025 Beverly Hills