Frieze Week Los Angeles 2026: A City as Gathering Point

Frieze Week returns to Los Angeles from 26 February to 1 March 2026, with Frieze Los Angeles once again anchoring the city’s art calendar at Santa Monica Airport. Now in its seventh edition, the fair brings together nearly 100 galleries from 22 countries, alongside the strength of LA’s own gallery community. It remains a concentrated moment of international visibility, but also something more local. A gathering point. A chance for the city’s ecosystems to meet, exchange and reset. [Read on]

For us, LA Frieze Week carries its own history. We launched ArtRabbit Los Angeles during Frieze Week in 2020. Two months later, everything paused. To see the scene’s art scene thriving again, post-pandemic and post-wildfires, is not something we take lightly. Resilience has been a recurring word in recent editions. This year feels less about recovery and more about momentum.

At the centre is Frieze Los Angeles at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport. Expect presentations from major international galleries alongside key local voices. Installations and curated sections unfold alongside pop-ups from some of LA’s most loved restaurants, reinforcing the fair’s atmosphere as both serious and convivial.

Beyond the tent, the week expands across the city.

Post-Fair offers a stripped-back alternative from 26 to 28 February, focusing on solo presentations in an open-plan format designed to simplify the art fair experience.

Enzo, taking place in Echo Park, brings nine galleries from New York’s Chinatown and Lower East Side into dialogue with Los Angeles’s evolving scene, foregrounding equity and access in its model.

In galleries and museums across the city, highlights include Takashi Murakami's Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme’s Genesis at Perrotin, Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages at The Getty Center, which places illuminated manuscripts in dialogue with contemporary practice. At LACMA, Fútbol Is Life: Animated Sportraits by Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr. celebrates the arrival of the World Cup in Los Angeles through meticulously crafted miniature sculptures and stop-motion works that capture the energy and emotion of the game.

Frieze Week is never just about one venue. It spreads across neighbourhoods, private views, museum shows and late dinners. Its strength lies in the way it pulls the city together.

We’ve mapped our highlights and many more events across Los Angeles in the ArtRabbit app. You can browse what’s on, see what’s nearby and move easily between venues as the week unfolds.

Download the ArtRabbit app to plan your Frieze Week. Whether you are anchoring your visit at the fair or navigating the city beyond it, we’re here to help you move through it clearly.

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