In addition to the established art fairs Felix (returning to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel), Frieze Los Angeles (back at the Santa Monica Airport), and The Other Art Fair (in Frogtown), a newcomer joins the scene for L.A. Art Week 2025.
The Post-Fair—named for its venue at the former Main Post Office in downtown Santa Monica—“seeks to simplify the art fair experience by focusing on solo presentations in an iconic venue with a relatively low impact, open plan format.” And admission is only $10.
Along with the fairs, local institutions, galleries, and alternative art spaces are presenting special events, programs, and shows, including…
One Hundred Percent, a “benefit exhibition by and for artists impacted by the Eaton and Palisades fires,” organized by Aram Moshayedi… Coltrane on Coltrane: An Oral History, an evening of music and conversation with vocalist Michelle Coltrane and harpist Brandee Younger on the occasion of the Hammer Museum show Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal… the opening of Earthshaker, an “exhibition, publication, and public program series” featuring artwork by Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. Staff at Del Vaz, curated by Jay Ezra Nayssan (the accompanying catalogue includes writings by Eva Hayward, Maxi Wallenhorst, and McKenzie Wark)… Hauser & Wirth’s presentation of the U.S. premiere of Sharon Eyal and George Rouy’s performance work Bodysuit (on the occasion of Rouy’s exhibition The Bleed, Part II)… and (at H & W’s West Hollywood outpost), an exhibition of new work by Charles Gaines—Numbers and Trees, the Tanzanian Baobabs—featuring an opening night conversation with Naima J Keith, Olga Viso, and Gaines…
… a concert by Jeff Parker at the Brick, followed by a conversation/presentation by musician Damon Locks, sculptor Ricky Swallows, and gallerist John Corbett, set amid the Gregg Bordowitz show This Is Not a Love Song… a screening of It Was All a Dream, dream hampton’s “visual memoir reflecting on the dawn of the golden era of Hip Hop” at CAAM…World Without End: The George Washington Carver Project—also at CAAM, co-curated by Cameron Shaw and Yael Lipschutz—which brings the famed agricultural scientist’s paintings, drawings, laboratory equipment, and notebooks together with the work of over thirty contemporary artists… The Screaming Cumulus, Anna Sew Hoy’s first solo exhibition at Commonwealth and Council… a new body of work by Kelly Akashi, at Lisson… an installation of David Hammons 2002 work Concerto in Black and Blue at Hauser & Wirth… Kiko Kostadinov’s presentation of a special performance by Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)…
Back in town, after a long absence: Hales Gallery’s solo presentation of work by Kay WalkingStick at Frieze is the artist’s first West Coast showing in four decades… and Bruce Nauman (Pasadena Years at Marian Goodman) and Lisa Yuskavage (new paintings at David Zwirner) will both have their first local openings in thirty years… François Pain is in town for a number of events: the exhibition Psychiatry is what Psychiatrists do at Joan his first local institutional show), the launch of the accompanying Semiotext(e) publication (which includes texts by Franco “Bifo” Berardi, John Kelsey, Stefania Pandolfo, AbdouMaliq Simone, Jackie Wang, and Hannah Zeavin), and an evening at 2220 Arts + Archives… Also a first for L.A.: an exhibition of Helmut Lang’s sculpture—What Remains Behind, curated by Neville Wakefield, at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture… So long and farewell: Reena Spaulings Fine Art will present its final exhibition in Los Angeles—Jutta Koether: sTaY WitH mE.
See info and links below for details.
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT Benefit Exhibition
Through February 22
619 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
ANNA SEW HOY — THE SCREAMING CUMULUS
Through March 15
Commonwealth and Council
3006 West 7th Street, suite 220, Los Angeles
commonwealthandcouncil.com/thescreamingcumulus
WORLD WITHOUT END — THE GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER PROJECT
Through March 2
California African American Museum
600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles
caamuseum.org/world-without-end-the-george-washington-carver-project
GREGG BORDOWITZ — THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
Through March 22
The Brick
518 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
EARTHSHAKER — ANA MENDIETA, DEREK JARMAN & P. STAFF
Opening and Book Launch
Tuesday, February 18, from 1 pm
Del Vaz Projects
259 19th Street, Santa Monica
delvazprojects.org/earthshaker
JUTTA KOETHER — STAY WITH ME Opening
Tuesday, February 18, from 6 pm
Reena Spaulings Fine Art
6916 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles
DAVID HAMMONS — CONCERTO IN BLACK AND BLUE Opening
Tuesday, February 18, from 6 pm
Hauser & Wirth
901 East Third Street, Arts District, Los Angeles
hauserwirth.com/david-hammons-concerto-in-black-and-blue
LISA YUSKAVAGE Opening
Tuesday, February 18, from 6 pm
David Zwirner
606 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
davidzwirner.com/lisa-yuskavage
COLTRANE ON COLTRANE — AN ORAL HISTORY
Michelle Coltrane and Brandee Younger
Tuesday, February 18, at 7:30
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
hammer.ucla.edu/coltrane-coltrane-oral-history
CHARLES GAINES — NUMBERS AND TREES, THE TANZANIAN BAOBABS Opening
Conversation with Naima J Keith, Olga Viso, and Gaines
Wednesday, February 19, from 6 pm
Hauser & Wirth
8980 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood
hauserwirth.com/charles-gaines
KELLY AKASHI Opening
Wednesday, February 19, from 6 pm
Lisson Gallery
1037 North Sycamore Avenue, Los Angeles
lissongallery.com/kelly-akashi
BRUCE NAUMAN — PASADENA YEARS Opening
Wednesday, February 19, from 6 pm
Marian Goodman Gallery
1120 Seward Street, Los Angeles
mariangoodman.com/bruce-nauman-pasadena-years
HELMUT LANG — WHAT REMAINS BEHIND Opening
Wednesday, February 19, from 6 pm
MAK Center for Art and Architecture
Schindler House
makcenter.org/helmut-lang-what-remains-behind
DREAM HAMPTON — IT WAS ALL A DREAM
Post-screening conversation with hampton and Darnell Moore
Thursday, February 20, at 7 pm
California African American Museum
600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles
caamuseum.org/cinema-it-was-all-a-dream
SHARON EYAL and GEORGE ROUY — BODYSUIT Performance
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, February 20–22
All performances at 7:30
Hauser & Wirth
901 East Third Street, Arts District, Los Angeles
hauserwirth.com/bodysuit-sharon-eyal-and-george-rouy
PUPPIES PUPPIES (JADE GUANARO KURIKI-OLIVO) Performance
Friday, February 21
Asics Launch from 5 pm
Performance at 7 pm
Kiko Kostadinov
725 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
FRANÇOIS PAIN — PSYCHIATRY IS WHAT PSYCHIATRISTS DO Opening
Friday, February 21, from 6 pm
Joan
1206 Maple Avenue, suite 715, Los Angeles
joanlosangeles.org/francois-pain-psychiatry-is-what-psychiatrists-do
AN EVENING WITH FRANÇOIS PAIN Screening and Discussion
Min Tanaka at La Borde (1986), Felix’s couch (1986), and François Tosquelles: A politics of madness (1989)
Followed by a conversation with Hedi El Kholti, Perwana Nazif, and Pain
Wednesday, February 26, at 8 pm
2220 Arts + Archives
2220 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles
joanlosangeles.org/film-screening-an-evening-with-francois-pain
JEFF PARKER in concert, followed by TURNTABLE ROUNDTABLE
Saturday, February 22, at 7 pm
The Brick
518 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
From top: Kevin Beasley, Vista LII, 2024, raw Virginia cotton, polyurethane resin, confetti t-shirts, Sharpie transfer, fiberglass, image courtesy and © Kevin Beasley and Regen Projects (artwork is part of Regen Project’s presentation at Frieze Los Angeles); installation view of Helmut Lang: What Remains Behind at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Schindler House, Los Angeles, 2025, image courtesy and © Helmut Lang and MAK Center for Art and Architecture, photo by Joshua Schaedel; Anna Sew Hoy, Tacit, 2024, ceramicware, underglaze and glaze, frit, acrylic, Puff Paint, photo by Paul Salveson, image courtesy and © Anna Sew Hoy and Commonwealth and Council; Charles Gaines, Numbers and Trees: Tanzania Series 1, Baobab, Tree #5, Rangi, 2024 (detail), image courtesy and © Charles Gaines and Hauser & Wirth; image accompanying the exhibition Bruce Nauman: Pasadena Years, courtesy and © Bruce Nauman and Marion Goodman Gallery; Cauleen Smith, still from Pilgrim, digital video, color, sound, image courtesy and © Cauleen Smith and Morán Morán (artwork is part of the Hammer Museum exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal); Kay WalkingStick, Memory of the Santee Sioux, 1978, courtesy and © Kay WalkingStick and Hales Gallery, London and New York, photo by JSP Art Photography (artwork is part of Hales Gallery’s presentation at Frieze Los Angeles); Sharon Eyal and George Rouy, Bodysuit, 2024, image courtesy and © the artists and Hannah Barry Gallery, photo by Alexander Ingham Brooke; Gregg Bordowitz, Before and After (Still in Progress), 2024, video, image courtesy of the artist; Earthshaker, Del Vaz Projects, installation view, image courtesy and © Del Vaz Projects; work by Kelly Akashi, image courtesy and © Kelly Akashi and Lisson Gallery.
