Heres Your Go-To Guide to All the Fairs Taking Place in Los Angeles During Frieze Week 2020 – artnet News

The art world descends on Tinseltown this week as the sophomore edition of Frieze Los Angeles gets underway. Local galleries and museums have pulled out all the stops to capture visitors attention. But sinceFrieze, Felix, and other LA fairs are arguably the center of it all this week, here is our guide to how to navigate them. Good news for those of you who dont want to spend all your art-buying money on Uber: This time around, the fairs are more concentrated and easier to travel between now that the Art Los Angeles Contemporary has moved to Hollywood from Barker Hangar. Happy fairgoing.

Gretchen Andrews Frieze Los Angeles information guide. Courtesy of the artist.

When: February 1316;Thursday, February 13, preview,invitation only; Friday, February 14, preview, check ticket and invitation time; Saturday, February 15, 11 a.m.7 p.m.;Sunday, February 16, 11 a.m. 6 p.m.

Where: Paramount Pictures Studio

What to Know: The second edition of the anchor fair, which attracted considerable buzz (not to mention celebrity cameos) in 2019, features 70 international exhibitors, making it considerably more manageable than the sprawling New York or London editions.This year, the fair boasts anew curated sectiondedicated to emerging art spaces in LA and new curatorsforFrieze Projects, which returns to transformthe Paramount backlot into an outdoor artistic showcase.

On the backlot, keep an eye out for a collective dance performance fromBlack Lives Matterco-founder and artistPatrisse Cullors thatinvites visitors to participate and reclaim time, space, andenergy, according to organizers. Other anticipated projects include those byLorna Simpson,Jibade-Khalil Huffman,andGary Simmons. Inside the fair, highlights include new paintings by art star Avery Singer at Hauser & Wirth and an immersive LED ceiling installation by James Turrell presented by Pace and Kayne Griffin Corcoran.

Tickets:Admission to Frieze LA is not for everyone. Tickets to the Friday preview range from $500 (including a curated tour, magazine, and tote bag) to $175; general admission on Saturday or Sunday is $125. Tickets to view the special programs only (outside the tent) are $60 on Friday and $25 over the weekend.

Coady Brown, Spellbound. Image courtesy 1969 Gallery, New York.

When:February 1316; Thursday, February13, opening reception, 6 p.m.9 p.m.; Friday, February 14, 11 a.m.7 p.m.; Saturday, February15, 11 a.m.7 p.m.;Sunday, February16, 11 a.m.6 p.m.

Where:Hollywood Athletic Club,6525 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood

What to Know:After years on the far west side of the city at Santa Monicas Barker Hanger, the11thedition of the long-running Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair is relocating to the historic Hollywood Athletic Clubon Sunset Boulevard. Although it has lost a number of heavy-hitting exhibitors since the arrival of Frieze LA, such as David Kordansky Gallery andSusanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, this years lineup boasts50 exhibitors from 11 countries, including New Yorks the Hole and Los Angeless Luis De Jesus. The fair will also hostindependent publishers, special projects, and on-site artist interventions.

Keep an eye out for a project by Gozi Ojini presented by Court Space, a curatorial platform that pops up at Los Angeless public and private sports courts. Ojini will present installations and sculptures made from repurposed sports equipment, referencing the athletic history of the Club.

Tickets:$25 for a one-day pass; $30 for a three-day pass; $65 for opening night

The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Courtesy of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

When:February 1316;Thursday, February 13, 11 a.m.6 p.m., preview by invitation only; 6 p.m.8 p.m., public preview;Friday, February 14, and Saturday, February 15, 11 a.m.8 p.m.; Sunday, February 16, 11 a.m.4 p.m.

Where: The Hollywood Roosevelt, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles

What to Know:If Frieze LA is the art-fair equivalent of the Oscars, Felix is the Independent Spirit Awards. The hip hotel fair, now in its sophomore year, was founded by collector and television mogul Dean Valentine with art dealers Mills Morn and Al Morn of Morn Morn gallery. Taking inspiration from the historic Gramercy International Fair, which kicked off the art-fair phenomenon in the mid-1990s, Felix invites dealers to set up shop in individual hotel rooms. This years edition will feature 60 exhibitors fromChina, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Poland, and the UK, bringing back a majority of last years galleries and welcoming 25 new ones.

This time around, the fair has tweaked its structure to avoid overcrowding near the entrance, which frustrated some visitors during its debut. Felix is also hosting a series of special projects organized byWilliam J. Simmonsthat will appear in the lobby, ballroom, and outdoor bungalows. Highlights include a display of work by Judy Chicago selected by TV producer Jill Soloway and a video by Martha Wilson that shows the artist gradually transforming into Melania Trump.

Tickets:$25

Spring Break LA. Courtesy of the fair.

When: February 1416; Friday, February 14, 11 a.m.4 p.m., press preview and VIP afternoon first look, 4 p.m.9 p.m., VIP opening night; Saturday, February 15, 11 a.m.9 p.m.; Sunday, February 16, 11 a.m.7 p.m.

Where:Skylight ROW DTLA,757 S Alameda Street, Downtown Los Angeles

What to Know:You can expect a freewheeling, immersive experience at this fair, which was founded in New York in 2012 but expanded to LA last year to coincide with Frieze. As in New York, the LA version offers curators a free space to exhibit inside a disused urban building. (Transactions take place online through the Spring/Break site, which takes a final cut from the sales.) This years fair hosts 45 nearly exclusively Los Angeles-based artists, curators, and artist-run spaces, all responding to the fairs 2020 theme, In Excess. By keeping overhead costs for participants low, the fair hopes to encourage experimentation, meaning you are more likely to see an ambitious installation or new media work at Spring/Break than at some of the weeks other fairs.

Tickets:$2550

A visitor interacting with Camile Magrane. Image courtesy stARTup Art Fair.

When:February 1416; Friday, February 14, 7 p.m.10 p.m., opening night party; Saturday, February 15, 12 p.m.9 p.m.; Sunday, February 16, 12 p.m.7 p.m.

Where: The Kinney, 737 West Washington Boulevard, Venice Beach

What to Know:The opening night party is open to anyone with a general admission ticket ($15 in advance and $20 at the door). The scrappy fair hosts more than 80 artists who will transform the rooms and grounds of the Kinney Hotel in Venice Beach with painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. In addition to unrepresented artists, fair organizers give free exhibition space to local community nonprofits who show their art in hotel rooms or hallways, includingArt Share LA, theLos Angeles Center of Photography,the Los Angeles Art Association, and theLos Angeles Childrens Project.

Tickets:$10100

Image via Art Palm Springs.com

When: February 1317; Thursday, February 13, 5 p.m.9 p.m., opening night preview, VIP ticket holders only; Friday, February 14, 11 a.m.7 p.m.; Saturday, February 15, and Sunday, February 16, 11 a.m.6 p.m.;Monday, February 17, 12 p.m.5 p.m.

Where: Palm Springs Convention Center,277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs

What to Know: If you are looking to take a trip to the desert before or after Frieze Week, but cant stand to be too far away from an art fair, Art Palm Springs is for you.The ninth edition of the fair, which coincides with Palm Springs renowned Modernism Week, brings together 70 international art dealers with an emphasis on American art.Eckert Fine Art, which presents work from founder Jane Coats Eckerts collection of 19th- and 20th-century American art, is bringing works by Alexander Calder, while Swiss gallery Imago Art will present Cy Twomblys mixed-media piece Untitled (La Compositioni) (1964) from the collection of Baron Giorgio Franchetti.

Tickets:$25 for a day pass; $100 for the VIP preview plus a four-day pass

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