Frieze Los Angeles will return to Santa Monica Airport for its sixth edition despite the devastating wildfires that overtook parts of the city in early January. Other major events around town include the Felix takeover at the Hollywood Roosevelt and the LA Art Show, also downtown.

Frieze LA brings together over 100 exhibitors under a custom-designed tent by Kulapat Yantrasast’s acclaimed architectural studio, Why. This year’s fair saw a 6% increase in gallery participation compared to the 2024 edition, which featured 95 exhibitors. However, it represents an 18.5% decrease from the 124 galleries that participated in 2023, when the fair expanded across two venues: the Why-designed tent and the historic Barker Hangar.

The 2025 edition will again showcase a mix of global powerhouses and local talent. Among the returning exhibitors are Frieze mainstays such as Gagosian, Gladstone, Marian Goodman Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, White Cube, and David Zwirner. Nearly half of the participating galleries operate spaces in Los Angeles, underscoring the fair’s deep ties to the city’s vibrant art scene. Local favourites like Charlie James, David Kordansky Gallery, Regen Projects, Blum, Nazarian / Curcio, and Matthew Brown will also be well-represented.

This year’s fair will introduce 14 galleries making their Frieze Los Angeles debut, including Southern Guild, which opened an East Hollywood outpost last year, as well as Mariane Ibrahim, Linseed, Moniquemeloche, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, and Timothy Taylor. Essence Harden, the curator co-organising the Hammer Museum’s 2025 Made in LA Biennial, will return to oversee the Focus sector, dedicated to emerging galleries. Twelve exhibitors, including Bel Ami, Dominique Gallery, Make Room, Sow & Tailor, and Superposition Gallery, will be featured in this dynamic section.

The 2025 fair will be the first edition staged since Endeavor, Frieze’s parent company, announced last month that it is exploring the potential sale of the art fair and media brand, along with two tennis tournaments it owns. Endeavour, the Beverly Hills-based sports and entertainment conglomerate, has been the majority owner of Frieze since 2016 and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. While Frieze’s founders, Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, initially retained a 30% stake, Endeavour now wholly owns the company.

Frieze Los Angeles was the first new fair launched under the Frieze banner following Endeavor’s acquisition in 2016, followed by Frieze Seoul in 2022. In 2023, Frieze expanded its footprint in the U.S. by acquiring two significant fairs: The Armory Show in New York and Expo Chicago.

Frieze Los Angeles 2025 will run from 20 February to 23 at Santa Monica Airport, continuing its tradition of blending international prestige with the creative energy of Los Angeles as the art world turns its gaze to the West Coast; the fair promises to deliver a compelling mix of innovation, collaboration, and discovery.

This year’s projects will take visitors through the city’s neighbourhoods and histories, showcasing works by a diverse group of leading intergenerational artists. Among them is Lita Albuquerque, a pioneer of the Land Art and Light & Space movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Albuquerque will unveil a new commission that revisits themes she has explored throughout her 50-year career, prominently featuring her signature ultramarine blue pigment. Albuquerque’s commission underscores the fleeting nature of our connection to the environment while anchoring viewers in the present. The use of blue bridges the earth and cosmos, transforming light into matter through poetic, transient gestures.

Felix 19 – 23 February Hollywood Roosevelt 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90028 Thursday through Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm, and Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm.

Post-Fair is the pilot edition of an alternative three-day art fair. It seeks to simplify the art fair experience to the galleries and visitors at a low cost by focusing on solo presentations in an iconic venue with a relatively low-impact, open-plan format. Its name is inspired by the disused art deco post office built in 1938, where the fair is located. The event will feature 29 local, national and international galleries and project spaces. Participating galleries here .