Some L.A. Art Week highlights for 2026:
At poolside cabana 120 at the Felix Art Fair in Hollywood, DoPe Press and Oscar Tuazon Studio present a group show of friends and collaborators, including works by Liz Craft, Kate Costello, Christina Forrer, Alex Hubbard, Jeremy Jansen, Hedi El Kholti, MPA, Monica Nouwens, Anna Sew Hoy, Amy Yao, and Tuazon. The DoPe Press catalogue will be on view as well, including out-of-stock books and back issues of PARIS LA…. Craft and Pentti Monkkonen are also hosting the one-day Dark Ages Fair in Venice…. West Coast fans of the work of Louis Fratino will make a beeline for David Zwirner’s Frieze Los Angeles booth for a close look at the artist’s newest paintings…. New this year—and free for all—ENZO is a boutique art fair in Echo Park presenting nine galleries from New York’s Lower East Side and Chinatown…. Post-Fair returns to the old Santa Monica Post Office…. The Judith Center and the photography fair SHOW LA will present the panel Beyond Violence in Wartime Photography…. At The Other Art Fair—relocated to Culver City—Linus Gruszewski has pulled a DIY Buckminster Fuller move by creating an immersive dome from 1,500 take-out bags. The work is called Thank You, and gracias, Linus, for recycling….
As part of ArtCenter’s Spring 2026 Graduate Seminar Lecture Series, welcome Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts Presents Simone Leigh…. The Brick is hosting a performance by Jason Moran, followed by a Turntable Roundtable panel discussion with Moran, Cauleen Smith, Ari Marcopoulos, and writer, critic, and gallerist John Corbett…. In DTLA’s Arts District, on the occasion of Hauser & Wirth’s exhibition and catalogue launch for Destiny is a Rose—Art from the Eileen Harris Norton Collection, join Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Dr. Kellie Jones, and curator Ingrid Schaffner for a conversation on this legendary, game-changing collector…. and stick around, because immediately following at the gallery, Christina Quarles, writer-editor Sasha Bonét, and ICA LA director Anne Ellegood will discuss the artist’s work, and Quarles will sign copies of her Norwegian exhibition catalogue Living in the Wake….
Del Vaz Projects will host an opening and book launch for their show Steven Arnold—Cocktails in Heaven…. If you’re in Melrose Hill, check out the Lizzie Fitch/Ryan Trecartin show at at Morán Morán: Ply Would—a sculptural theater housing two interconnected movies—along with Tuazon’s presentation of his new work Circle House. The gallery also has a booth at Felix…. Over in Beverly Hills, Lynn Herschman Leeson—Deep Fake continues its run at Hoffman Donahue…. Named after the late founder of Gemini G.E.L., Tacita Dean’s new 16mm film Sidney Felsen decorates an Envelope (2026) is on view at her Marian Goodman show Trial of the Finger—which also includes 35mm installations of Dean’s earlier works Paradise (2021) and Geography Biography (2023)…. Don’t miss Will Rawls’s final Hammer Museum performance of Unmade…. For those requiring a Gesamtkunstwerk, the LA Opera production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten opens downtown at the end of February…. Or how about a pop-up of Silencio, a local iteration of the Paris nightclub designed by David Lynch?…. Closing out the weekend, Alison Saar will consider Kara Walker’s Unmanned Drone as part of the Brick’s Artists on Artworks series…. And this is your last chance to see Wolfgang Tillmans’s show Keep Movin’ at Regen Projects, which closes on March 1.
For more information on all of these events, please see the listings and links below.
FELIX ART FAIR 2026
Wednesday–Sunday, February 25–March 1
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
FRIEZE LOS ANGELES 2026
Thursday–Sunday, February 26–March 1
Santa Monica Airport
3027 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica
ENZO
Wednesday–Saturday, February 25–28
1634 West Temple Street. Los Angeles
POST-FAIR
Thursday–Saturday, February 26–28
1248 5th Street, Santa Monica
SHOW LA
Thursday–Sunday, February 26–March 1
The Reef
1933 South Broadway, 4th floor, downtown Los Angeles
THE OTHER ART FAIR
Thursday–Sunday, February 26–March 1
3 Labs
8461 Warner Drive, Culver City
DARK AGES FAIR
Saturday, February 28, noon to 4 pm
1210 Palms Boulevard, Venice
SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS PRESENTS SIMONE LEIGH
ArtCenter Spring 2026 Graduate Seminar Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 24, at 7 pm
LA Times Media Center
ArtCenter Hillside Campus
1700 Lida Street, Pasadena
artcentermfa.net/sharifa-rhodes-pitts-presents-simone-leigh
SILENCIO
Tuesday through Thursday night, February 24–26
Sunset/West Hollywood EDITION
1090 North Doheny Drive, West Hollywood
Table reservations: +33 683 008 720
STEVEN ARNOLD — COCKTAILS IN HEAVEN OPENING and BOOK LAUNCH
Wednesday, February 25, from 1 to 6 pm
Del Vaz Projects
259 19th Street, Santa Monica
delvazprojects.org/steven-arnold-cocktails-in-heaven
To order the publication, see:
delvazprojects.org/product/steven-arnold-cocktails-in-heaven
BEYOND VIOLENCE IN WARTIME PHOTOGRAPHY
Talk by KATERYNA RADCHENKO
Followed by a conversation with
KATHRYN ANDREWS, CAMILLA DE MAFFEI, and ARPAD KOVACS
Friday, February 27, 4–5:30 pm
SHOW LA
The Reef
1933 South Broadway, 4th floor, downtown Los Angeles
TURNTABLE ROUNDTABLE WITH JASON MORAN
Performance, followed by a conversation with
CAULEEN SMITH, ARI MARCOPOULOS, and JOHN CORBETT
Friday, February 27, at 7 pm
The Brick
518 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
the-brick.org/turntable-roundtable
WILL RAWLS — UNMADE
Saturday, February 28, at noon
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
hammer.ucla.edu/will-rawls-unmade
GARY SIMMONS, LORNA SIMPSON, KELLIE JONES, and INGRID SCHAFFNER on DESTINY IS A ROSE — THE EILEEN HARRIS NORTON COLLECTION
TALK and BOOK LAUNCH
Saturday, February 28, at 11 am
Hauser & Wirth
901 East 3rd Street, downtown Los Angeles
hauserwirth.com/talk-and-book-launch-gary-simmons-lorna-simpson-kellie-jones
To order the publication, see:
shop.hauserwirth.com/destiny-is-a-rose-art-from-the-eileen-harris-norton-collection
CHRISTINA QUARLES, SASHA BONÉT, and ANNE ELLEGOOD
TALK and BOOK SIGNING
Saturday, February 28, at 12:30 pm
Hauser & Wirth
901 East 3rd Street, downtown Los Angeles
eventbrite.com/talk-book-signing-christina-quarles
ARTISTS ON ARTWORKS
ALISON SAAR ON KARA WALKER’S UNMANNED DRONE
Sunday, March 1, at noon
The Brick
518 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
the-brick.org/artists-on-artwork-saar
PHILIP GLASS — AKHNATEN
LA Opera
February 28–March 22
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
135 North Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles
WOLFGANG TILLMANS — KEEP MOVIN’
Through March 1
Regen Projects
6750 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles
regenprojects.com/wolfgang-tillmans
LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON — DEEP FAKE
Through March 14
Hoffman Donahue
427 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
LIZZIE FITCH/RYAN TRECARTIN — PLY WOULD
Through April 18
Morán Morán
641 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
moranmorangallery.com/ply-would
RYAN TRECARTIN
ArtCenter Spring 2026 Graduate Seminar Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 3, at 7 pm
LA Times Media Center
ArtCenter Hillside Campus
1700 Lida Street, Pasadena
artcentermfa.net/ryan-trecartin
TACITA DEAN —TRIAL OF THE FINGER
February 21–April 25
Marian Goodman
1120 Seward Street, Los Angeles
mariangoodman.com/tacita-dean-trial-of-the-finger
From top: Liz Craft, XOX, 2018, ceramic, aluminum, wood, courtesy and © Liz Craft; Louis Fratino, Ale in Liguria, 2025, © Louis Fratino, courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner; Monica Nouwens, Sirius, 2019, inkjet print, courtesy and © Monica Nouwens; Kate Costello, Explosion i, 2024, acrylic on paper, mounted on board, courtesy and © Kate Costello; Steven Arnold, Connecting to the Infinite II, 1985, © the Estate of Steven Arnold, courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery; Kara Walker, Unmanned Drone (2023), © Kara Walker, courtesy the artist, Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, and The Brick; Anna Sew Hoy, Lightly Buckled, 2026, stoneware, glaze, cotton corduroy, © Anna Sew How, courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles; Kerry James Marshall, Destiny Is a Rose, 1990, acrylic and collage on canvas in painted wooden frame, © Kerry James Marshall, courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner; Amy Yao, California Holiday Memory (SK), See’s candy box, matchbooks, acrylic paint, glitter, rhinestones, foil paper, courtesy and © Amy Yao; Lynn Hershman Leeson, She Who Laughs Last, 1968–2022, wax cast, glass eyes, wig, custom sensors, sound file, makeup, butterflies, glasses, © Lynn Hershman Leeson, courtesy of the artist and Hoffman Donahue; Christina Forrer, Sun, 2020, cotton and wool, courtesy and © Christina Forrer; Linus Gruszewski, Thank You (2026), plastic bags, courtesy and © Linus Gruszewski.
