Frieze Los Angeles Returns to Santa Monica Airport with Expanded Program and Dynamic Line- up of Leading Global and Local Galleries.

Frieze announced the initial details of Frieze Los Angeles 2025, with the sixth edition set to return to the historic Santa Monica Airport from February 20 – 23, 2025. The fair will be housed in a bespoke structure designed by Kulapat Yantrasast’s Architectural sStudio WHY, offering a thoughtfully crafted environment that enhances the visitor experience. Once again, the fair will serve as a centerpiece for a week that celebrates Los Angeles as a global cultural hub, showcasing its reach and influence on the international art scene. With global lead partner, Deutsche Bank, the fair continues its legacy of celebrating artistic excellence on an international scale.

Christine Messineo, Director of Americas at Frieze, observed: “As a major art centre, Los Angeles plays an influential role in the global art scene. Frieze Los Angeles 2025 will serve as a key platform in the city’s dynamic cultural landscape, celebrating creativity, innovation and community. This year, at Santa Monica Airport, we will bring together a stellar roster of galleries and artists that reflect the vibrancy and diversity of Los Angeles and beyond.”

Kristell Chadé, Executive Director of Fairs, added: “We are thrilled to welcome returning and first-time exhibitors to Frieze Los Angeles, with a special emphasis on solo and dual presentations, underscoring our commitment to curatorial excellence. It’s exciting to collaborate with a dynamic range of galleries—from top international programs to compelling local spaces—all helping to shape the future of the art world. We look forward to once again showcasing Los Angeles as a pivotal force on the global stage.”

World Leading Galleries and Debuts
This year’s fair will showcase over 100 galleries from over 20 countries across the globe, featuring some of the most renowned names in contemporary art. Attendees can look forward to presentations from leading galleries such as Gagosian, Gladstone, Marian Goodman Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, White Cube, and David Zwirner. Alongside these powerhouses, fourteen galleries will make their Frieze Los Angeles debut, including Southern Guild, Mariane Ibrahim, Linseed, moniquemeloche, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill and Timothy Taylor, offering fresh perspectives and further enriching the fair’s international scope. In addition, the fair will spotlight the thriving Los Angeles gallery scene, which is known for its groundbreaking nature, with nearly half of the participants operating a space in the city, including foundational galleries such as Blum, Regen Projects, David Kordansky Gallery, and The Box. Showcasing Frieze’s commitment to supporting the region’s arts ecosystem, this year’s lineup features several former Focus participants who have advanced to the Galleries sector of the fair, including Matthew Brown, Sebastian Gladstone, Charlie James, and Nazarian / Curcio.

Frieze Los Angeles will also feature renowned international galleries such as Bank, Taka Ishii Gallery, Galerie Max Hetzler, Xavier Hufkens, Kukje Gallery, Victoria Miro, Maureen Paley, kaufmann repetto, Thaddaeus Ropac and Mendes Wood DM, contributing to the fair’s reach and underscoring Los Angeles’ significance as a meeting point for global and local artistic exchanges.

Focus: A Platform for Emerging Talent
Frieze Los Angeles 2025 will once again spotlight the next generation of contemporary artists in Focus. Curated for the second time by Essence Harden (co-curator Made in L.A. 2025), this section will feature innovative solo presentations from 12 emerging galleries. Participants including Bel Ami, Dominique Gallery, Make Room, Sow & Tailor, Superposition Gallery and Tyler Park Presents, will showcase thought- provoking works from some of today’s most exciting new voices. Supported by Stone Island, Focus continues to be a vital platform for artists at the forefront of their practice, providing them with the opportunity to engage with a global audience and foster meaningful connections within the art world. By highlighting a diverse range of artistic practices and perspectives, Focus affirms Frieze’s commitment to nurturing emerging talent.

Expanded Programming and Collaborations
Frieze Los Angeles 2025 will once again feature a robust curated program, welcoming the return of the Art Production Fund’s critically acclaimed public program of site-specific artworks situated throughout the Santa Monica Airport campus, with activations across the athletic fields and sculptures exhibited throughout the community park, which are free to attend.

Additionally, the fair will continue to provide a platform for local non-profits and present the latest instalments of two long standing initiatives: the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award, now in its sixth year, and the Frieze Impact Prize — a collaboration between Frieze and WME in partnership with the Center for Art & Advocacy and its fellowship program, Right of Return.

Frieze Week
In addition to the fair, Los Angeles’ major museums and cultural institutions will showcase significant exhibitions and events throughout the week. 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. These offerings will provide local and international visitors with the opportunity to discover the world-class collections found in Los Angeles, ensuring the city remains at the forefront of the global art conversation.
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