Frieze will return to Santa Monica Airport next February for the sixth edition of its Los Angeles fair, with 101 exhibitors setting up stands in a bespoke tent designed by Kulapat Yantrasast’s architectural studio, Why. The number of participating galleries represents a 6% bump from the 95 that took part in Frieze Los Angeles’s 2024 edition earlier this year, and an 18.5% drop from the 124 that took part in 2023 (when the fair spanned two sites, a Why-designed tent and the airport's historic Barker Hangar).
Returning exhibitors include global galleries that are regulars at Frieze fairs, among them Gagosian, Gladstone, Marian Goodman Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, White Cube and David Zwirner. As ever, the fair will also feature a strong local contingent—almost half of participating galleries operate spaces in Los Angeles—including Charlie James, David Kordansky Gallery, Regen Projects, Blum, Nazarian / Curcio, Matthew Brown and more.
Fourteen galleries will make their Frieze Los Angeles debuts in 2025, including Southern Guild (the South African gallery opened a location in East Hollywood last year), Mariane Ibrahim, Linseed, Moniquemeloche, Galleria Lorcan O'Neill and Timothy Taylor. The curator Essence Harden, who is co-curating next year’s edition of the Hammer Museum’s Made in LA Biennial, will return to organise the fair’s Focus sector for emerging galleries, whose 12 exhibitors will include Bel Ami, Dominique Gallery, Make Room, Sow & Tailor and Superposition Gallery.
“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,” Kristell Chadé, Frieze’s executive director of fairs, said in a statement. “It’s exciting to collaborate with a dynamic range of galleries—from top international programmes to compelling local spaces—all helping to shape the future of the art world.”
This will be the first edition of Frieze to be staged since the British fair and media firm’s parent company, Endeavor—the Beverly Hills-headquartered sports and entertainment conglomerate—revealed late last month that it is exploring the potential sale of Frieze as well as two tennis tournaments it owns. Endeavor has been the majority owner of Frieze since 2016 and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. Previously, Frieze's founders Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp had retained a 30% stake, but now the company is fully owned by Endeavor.
Frieze Los Angeles was the first new fair launched under the Frieze banner after Endeavor’s 2016 acquisition, followed in 2022 by Frieze Seoul. In 2023, Frieze acquired fairs in the two other biggest cities in the US: The Armory Show in New York and Expo Chicago.
- Frieze Los Angeles, 20-23 February 2025, Santa Monica Airport