Frieze LA returns to the Santa Monica Airport from February 29 to March 3 bringing together more than 95 domestic and international galleries. Originating in 2003 in London, the fair has since expanded abroad, from New York to Los Angeles, and most recently Seoul, South Korea. This is its fifth year in Los Angeles.
“Frieze Los Angeles 2024 will be a destination for an international audience to celebrate the continued growth of the Los Angeles art scene," said Christine Messaino, Frieze's Fair Director of the Americas during the press conference. "Both visitors and exhibitors will benefit from our expanded footprint, centralized layout and redesigned exterior spaces."
Essence Harden curated this year's Focus section, which features a single presentation by an artist in a U.S. gallery that has been in operation for twelve years or less. Themed around the topic of “ecologies," this year's Focus showcases twelve galleries. “Ecology, not in the sense of biology and the natural sciences," explained Harden, "but the relationship between organisms, humans and their environments."