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At Frieze LA’s Satellite Fairs, Galleries Wait For Crowds to Roll In

At Frieze LA’s Satellite Fairs, Galleries Wait For Crowds to Roll In

Published by Jenni Sidey

On Wednesday morning at 11 a.m., the VIP line for Felix Art Fair extended from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Ballroom out onto Hollywood Boulevard. And, as is always the case with this fair, the line for the elevators to ascend to the 12th floor was equally lengthy. For this reason—unlike the other fairs taking place during LA Art Week—the opening half hour was relatively quiet for exhibitors, as collectors, advisers, curators, and critics trudged through lines to reach the exhibition floor. When I finally exited the elevator bank, I found myself in front of Amsterdam-based gallery Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, participating in Felix for the second time. “Last year went really well,” founder Jeanine Hofland told ARTnews, noting that they had shown a solo presentation of Masao Nakahara, who this year shares the room with Karel Dicker. Dicker’s intimate genre paintings in artist-made wood frames are especially charming. The gallery had pre-sold several works ahead of the fair, denoted by the rare price sheet marked with red-dot stickers, and so far there had been …

Nor’easter Causes Delays for New York Dealers Going to Frieze LA

Nor’easter Causes Delays for New York Dealers Going to Frieze LA

Published by José Betancourt

I arrived in Los Angeles last Friday afternoon, expecting that the showers that drenched my hometown last week might have dampened spirits ahead of Frieze Los Angeles. That proved not to be the case—temperatures here have been steadily increasing into the mid-70s over the past few days—but it turns out that weather across the country, on the East Coast, had been the true problem for some attendees, who were left scrambling after a nor’easter blanked New York City in nearly two feet of snow. Jonas Albro, an associate director at Magenta Plains, which is participating in the new Enzo fair opening Wednesday afternoon, was slated to take a direct flight from New York to LA on Tuesday morning, but after it was canceled, he was rebooked three times. Speaking to ARTnews while en route to LaGuardia Airport, which doesn’t have direct flights to LA, he said he was flying to Pittsburgh, then taking another flight to Salt Lake City, and then another to LA. His expected arrival time is 10 p.m. PST, about eight hours …

Heading Into Frieze, Los Angeles Is Poised Between ‘Grief and Hope’

Heading Into Frieze, Los Angeles Is Poised Between ‘Grief and Hope’

Published by José Betancourt

As the art market looks ahead to its next major tentpole event, the 2026 edition of Frieze Los Angeles this week, LA is marking just over one year since devastating wildfires ripped through parts of the city.  “There was really a point where we thought the whole city was going to burn down,” said lifelong Angelena Megan Mulrooney, who opened her eponymous gallery there in 2024, in a phone conversation. “I had two clients whose homes burned to the ground along with their collections,” said adviser Irene Papanestor, who divides her time between New York and LA. “It was such a profound loss.” Related Articles “The town is kind of on its ass in ways that worry even us locals,” said one longtime LA dealer, who didn’t want to be named. “The fires were really traumatizing in so many ways,” said dealer Anat Ebgi, who has a gallery on Wilshire Boulevard and another in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood. Afterward, she said, “The city was in a big depression, whether or not people realized that. We’re …