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February 16, 2022 • View in browser

SPRING/BREAK Art Show returns to Los Angeles this week with over 50 immersive installations united under the theme HEARSAY:HERESY.

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Art Fairs: Frieze, Felix, and Spring/Break Art Show

After a pandemic-related hiatus last year, Frieze LA is back. The third LA edition of the international art fair will feature 100 galleries from 17 countries including 38 from Los Angeles. Offering a more curated selection than the main section, Amanda Hunt, director of Public Programs & Creative Practice, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, has organized Focus LA, dedicated to 11 younger homegrown spaces including Garden, Gattopardo, In Lieu, Stanley’s, and Bel Ami.

Felix, the relatively scrappy, laid-back alternative to Frieze, returns to the storied Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, just six months after the 2021 edition. Sixty international galleries will occupy the cabanas around the pool (painted by David Hockney), and the tower suites. And a third edition of the Spring/Break Art Show is coming to a 30,000-square-foot warehouse in Culver City with 50 immersive installations (their installations tend to be actually immersive).

When: 
Frieze and Felix: February 18–20
Spring/Break Art Show: February 17–20

Where: 
Frieze: 9900 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills
Felix: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles
Spring/Break Art Show: Skylight Culver City

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Japanese American National Museum through February 20

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