Frieze has revealed details of Frieze Los Angeles 2025, with the sixth edition of the fair returning to the historic Santa Monica Airport from 20 – 23 February 2025.
The fair will be housed in a structure designed by Kulapat Yantrasast’s architectural studio WHY, and once again be the centre of a week of cultural events across Los Angeles.
Christine Messineo, director of Americas at Frieze, said: “Frieze Los Angeles 2025 will serve as a key platform in the city’s dynamic cultural landscape, celebrating creativity, innovation and community. This year we will bring together a stellar roster of galleries and artists that reflect the vibrancy and diversity of Los Angeles and beyond.”
World-Leading Galleries and Debuts
The 2025 fair will feature more than 100 galleries from 20+ countries. Global names include Gagosian, Gladstone, Marian Goodman, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, White Cube and David Zwirner. Alongside them, 14 galleries will make their Frieze Los Angeles debut, including Southern Guild, Mariane Ibrahim, Linseed, moniquemeloche, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill and Timothy Taylor.
The fair’s international credentials will be complemented by representation from LA’s thriving gallery scene, such as foundational spaces Blum, Regen Projects, David Kordansky Gallery and The Box. Participating international galleries include Bank, Taka Ishii Gallery, Galerie Max Hetzler, Xavier Hufkens, Kukje Gallery, Victoria Miro, Maureen Paley, kaufmann repetto, Thaddaeus Ropac and Mendes Wood DM.
Focus
Curated for the second time by Essence Harden (co-curator, ‘Made in L.A. 2025’), and supported by Stone Island, the Focus section spotlighs 12 emerging galleries to give a platform to the next generation of contemporary artists and art spaces.
The 2025 section will feature solo presentations from galleries including Bel Ami, Dominique Gallery, Make Room, Sow & Tailor, Superposition Gallery and Tyler Park Presents.
Programming, Collaborations, Non-Profits
Frieze Los Angeles 2025’s curation will see the return of Art Production Fund’s critically acclaimed programme of site-specific artworks across the Santa Monica Airport campus.
The fair will also continue to provide a platform for local non-profits and present the latest instalments of two longstanding initiatives: the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award and the Frieze Impact Prize, a collaboration between Frieze and WME in partnership with the Center for Art & Advocacy and its fellowship programme, Right of Return.
Frieze Week
During the fair week, Los Angeles’ major museums and cultural institutions will present significant exhibitions and events. Highlights include ‘María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold’ at the Getty, ‘Olafur Eliasson: OPEN’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature’ at The Broad, ‘Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal’ at the Hammer Museum, ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ at LACMA, ‘Scientia Sexualis’ at ICA LA, and ‘Animation and Me’ at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which will also host a series of dedicated events and activations.
Further Information
Frieze Los Angeles, 20 – 23 February 2025, Santa Monica Airport. Early-bird tickets now available.
Picture Courtesy: Frieze Los Angeles 2024. Courtesy Casey Kelbaugh and Frieze. Photo: Casey Kelbaugh