The LA Frieze Sales summary
Despite the recent fire that had a damaging impact on the art community in LA, LA Frieze, being one of the biggest art events, that started last weekend has been a huge success.
Despite the recent fire that had a damaging impact on the art community in LA, LA Frieze, being one of the biggest art events, that started last weekend has been a huge success, both in terms of the participation of prominent galleries from more than 20 countries and its popularity and commercial success.
The incomplete summary of works sold followed: David Zwirner Gallery of New York has sold Elizabeth Peyton’s painting for the leading $ 2.8 million, Noah Davis’ works for $2.5 million, Alice Neel’s painting for $1.8 million, and more; Gladstone Gallery of Los Angeles sold Keith Haring’s painting for $2 million; Hauser & Wirth Gallery of Los Angeles in collaboration with the Company Gallery sold out all of Ambera Wellmann paintings, each in the low six figures. Beyond this list, Karma Gallery, David Kordansky Gallery, Casey Kaplan, and more all successfully closed some deals at the early beginning of the Frieze fair, which underscores the robust market and support for the arts in the Los Angeles community despite the natural disaster. Read more here.
The highlights of the LA Frieze fair also entail Chris Burden’s huge interactive installation of Middle-East architecture, Nomadic Folly, curated by the Gagosian, Edgar Arceneaux’s series of abstract paintings that illustrate complex narratives at Dreamsong Gallery, as well as the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund project and several other initiatives that emphasized community support and artistic resilience, showcasing several art pieces created in response to the wildfires.The vibrancy of the current art scene in LA provides, at least to me, enough confidence to embrace this industry in the time of political and economic turbulence, with ample opportunities and possibilities to seek. Read more here.
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