Frieze Los Angeles Unveils Plans for 2024 Iteration

The organizers of Frieze Los Angeles have revealed details of the art fair’s fifth edition, to take place February 29–March 3 at the Santa Monica Airport. Featuring some ninety-five exhibitors, the event is smaller than last year’s version, whichwelcomed124 participating galleries. Among the highlights of the 2024 iteration are “Set Seen,” a newpublic exhibitioncurated by Art Production Fund and showcasing site-specific works by Sharif Farrag, Ryan Flores, Derek Fordjour, Pippa Garner, Matt Johnson and Cynthia Talmadge. As well, the Focus section, which centers young galleries showing emerging or underrecognized artists, is being organized for the first time by Essence Harden, a curator at the California African American Museum, and, asrecently announced, a cocurator of the 2025 Made in L.A. triennial. Artists showing in Focus this year will explore the theme “ecologies” as it pertains to intimate, environmental, and urban contexts. Visitors can also expect to encounter an array of pop-up LA-based women-owned restaurants, the selection of which is being overseen by nonprofit Regarding Her (RE:Her). A live performance at the Hammer Museum by Sudan Archives is also on deck.

“With Frieze Los Angeles upon us, we are excited to reveal leading international exhibitors and established Los Angeles galleries that form the highlights of this year’s edition,” said Frieze director of Americas Christine Messineo in a statement. “We are also eager to welcome back the Santa Monica Art Bank Acquisition Fund, an initiative that proudly supports the city’s residents.” The initiative, which launched last year, sees the fair partner with the city of Santa Monica to purchase a work by a Southern California artist exhibiting in the “Focus” section for the city’s Art Bank.

Of note, Frieze LA yesterday announced textile artist Gary Tyler as the winner of its Impact Prize. Wrongfully imprisoned as a teen in 1974 for the murder of a white youth, Tyler, who is Black, spent forty-two years on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary before being released in 2016. While incarcerated, he became an accomplished quilter, producing works that illustrate moments from his life and those of other prisoners. Tyler received $25,000, and visitors to the 2024 Frieze LA can expect to see a solo exhibition of his work there.

A full list of exhibitors is here.