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Art on the West Coast: Frieze Week LA 2023

The art fair continues its migration by moving west to Santa Monica airport. Plus: interviews with artists, gallerists and curators

Detail from ‘Folio Sagrada’ (2022) by Beatriz Milhazes © Beatriz Milhazes, courtesy Pace Gallery. Photo: Pepe Schettino

Frieze LA heads west
The fair is taking up residence in Santa Monica airport in the wealthy Westside district
Gallerist Hannah Traore: ‘I break rules I don’t even know I’m breaking’
She started a space focusing on overlooked and marginalised artists so she could do things her own way
Los Angeles is the home of the house gallery
Experimental architecture and a tight-knit artistic community have allowed domestic exhibitions to flourish
Hammer Museum’s Ann Philbin: ‘We altered every square inch over these years’
She has overseen a massive expansion two decades in the making alongside LA’s art boom
Henry Taylor, Moca LA — a visionary painter tackles race, brutality and politics
He distorts and disfigures his subjects to summon inner and outer conflicts
Computer art enters the mainstream with Lacma’s Coded show
1960s pioneers such as Frederick Hammersley and Vera Molnár are finally winning curatorial and market respect
LA’s indie spaces give the mega-galleries a run for their money
They are popping up everywhere from a former mechanic’s garage to a home in the Santa Monica hills