Expanding Its Purview and Size, Frieze LA’s Focus Section Goes Big on ‘Fresh Ideas’
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- 03 Mar 2023
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When Frieze Los Angeles opens its 2023 edition on Thursday morning, it will appear in a new location, at the Santa Monica Airport. This new site has allowed the fair to expand in scale, with its Focus section for emerging galleries and artists having grown to 19 exhibitors, up from 11 last year.
This year’s section will again be curated Amanda Hunt, who departed the forthcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to join the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 2022. Organized with co-curator Sonya Tamaddon, the Focus section will also shift this year from being a spotlight on LA-based galleries to ones from anywhere in the country.
“This year was really about expanding the reach and sense of community as much as possible,” Hunt told ARTnews in an emailed interview. “Always prioritizing the talents in Los Angeles for its hometown fair, but in consideration of some of the amazing folks (artists, dealers) working on other coasts and in other states across the country, with deep reaches into international conversations.”
After the 2022 edition wrapped, Hunt realized that there were some important gallery programs, including Kristina Kite, Nonaka Hill, and Paul Soto/Park View, that she wanted to include in the previous iteration. “All are beloved in Los Angeles, and always have such fresh ideas, practices, stories to share,” she said. Read More..
