Making some last-minute rearrangements to better serve the fire-affected art community across the city of Los Angeles, Frieze introduced a handful of fire-relief initiatives, including Galleries Together for the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund. In an act of solidarity, the London-based gallery Victoria Miro donated its stand to galleries showing mostly Angeleno artists—like Devin Troy Strother (shown by the Glendale gallery the Pit), Max Hooper Schneider (brought by Maureen Paley, London), and Erin Falls and Sam Falls (brought by New York’s 303 Gallery). A significant portion of the stand’s sales will be donated to the fund to support artists in immediate need in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
“All of us were holding our breath, even during install,” says Dominique Clayton of the West Adams gallery Dominique, which is showing a work by the Florida-born artist Adee Roberson in Galleries Together, in addition to a separate solo stand of the artist’s pieces. “This is the exact event we need right now; I’ve seen a lot of warm hugs.”
Victoria Miro sold both of its offerings on Friday (21 February)—the paintings Made in Cambodia (2024), by the Long Beach-born Tidawhitney Lek, and Jemima Murphy’s Life in Violet (2024)—each for between $15,000 and $20,000. During VIP day (20 February), three Galleries Together works sold, including a Shin Murata nd Takashi Murakami ceramic piece for $12,000 and a piece by Yuji Toma for $3,000.