Work from the Pilar Corrias gallery at Frieze Los Angeles 2022 FRIEZE LOS ANGELES 2022 PHOTOS BY CASEY KELBAUGH/COURTESY OF CASEY KELBAUGH/FRIEZE
The fourth annual Frieze Los Angeles will take over Santa Monica Airport from Feb. 16 to 19 for its largest fair yet.
Work from the Jeffrey Deitch art gallery FRIEZE LOS ANGELES 2022 PHOTO BY CASEY KELBAUGH/COURTESY OF CASEY KELBAUGH/FRIEZE
“Los Angeles has long been a vibrant, creative hub that celebrates artists and unconventional thinking,” says Christine Messineo, fair director, Americas for Frieze (frieze.com). “Frieze places a spotlight on this energy that’s always existed, placing emerging and underrepresented artists in dialogue with leading galleries and institutions.”
The Hauser & Wirth booth at last year’s fair. FRIEZE LOS ANGELES 2022 PHOTO BY CASEY KELBAUGH/COURTESY OF CASEY KELBAUGH/FRIEZE
For the fourth edition of Frieze Los Angeles, Messineo aspired to build on the successes of the previous iterations while introducing new ways to celebrate L.A.’s dynamic art landscape. “Frieze strengthens relationships and collaborations among artists, galleries and the local art scene, as well as identifying new ways that art can play a vital role in the creative fabric of Los Angeles,” says Messineo. “This remains a particular focus of this year’s fair.”
Christine Messineo, fair director, Americas for Frieze PORTRAIT BY RAMSEY ALDERSON/COURTESY OF FRIEZE
Frieze Los Angeles 2022 highlights included: A booth by Kayne Griffin gallery PHOTO BY CASEY KELBAUGH/COURTESY OF CASEY KELBAUGH/FRIEZE
The largest edition of Frieze Los Angeles yet, this year’s fair will take place from Feb. 16 to 19 at multiple sites at Santa Monica Airport, a new venue. “The Santa Monica Airport location has flexibility and ensures that Frieze Los Angeles is a destination—layering in additional food offerings, extended programming and space to continue to grow the vision of the fair,” Messineo says. Over 120 galleries from 22 countries, many with an emphasis on the 20th century, will exhibit between a bespoke tent on the southeast corner of the airfield and the nearby Barker Hangar. “Joining the two gallery sections will be an array of restaurants, nonprofits, as well as the curated Frieze Projects section organized by the Art Production Fund featuring large-scale sculptures, outdoor commissions and performance,” Messineo says. An off-site program curated by Jay Ezra Nayssan of Del Vaz Projects will also showcase art in architecturally significant locations throughout the west side.
Woody De Othello, “Fountain” (2021), presented by Karma, New York and Jessica Silverman Gallery PHOTO BY CASEY KELBAUGH/COURTESY OF CASEY KELBAUGH/FRIEZE
A booth by Massimo De Carlo gallery PHOTO BY CASEY KELBAUGH/COURTESY OF CASEY KELBAUGH/FRIEZE
Messineo has a hard time choosing favorites among the artists and galleries, which will range from local galleries like David Kordansky Gallery and Regen Projects to leading international names like Gagosian and Hauser & Wirth. “With that said, Frieze Projects will feature wonderful works, a sculpture by Oscar Tuazon, an Alake Shilling interactive piece,” Messineo notes. She’s also looking forward to the return of the Focus section at the Barker Hangar, which will feature 19 emerging galleries operating for under 12 years from across the U.S. “This year’s section is curated by Amanda Hunt of The Walker Art Center and associate curator Sonya Tamaddon, and has expanded to include almost 20 galleries,” she says. Another important initiative will be the Frieze Impact Prize presented on-site at the fair, organized in partnership with Endeavor Impact and the nonprofit narrative change organization Define American. “This year, the prize awards $25,000 for an artist to create a work that produces new perspectives around Define American’s core initiative of immigrant justice and reimagining the immigrant narrative.”
Work from the Marian Goodman Gallery. PHOTO BY CASEY KELBAUGH/COURTESY OF CASEY KELBAUGH/FRIEZE
The energy of the fair isn’t confined to Santa Monica Airport. Notes Messineo, “As an annual international moment for contemporary art in Los Angeles, Frieze Week also captures this spirit in terms of the special programming that museums, galleries and other art spaces put on throughout the week.”
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