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Did anybody understand Santa Monica has an airport? We did not both. Apparently it has been used since 1917, thus making it one of many oldest frequently working airports in all the United States. Fascinating. However apart from it being a unusual enjoyable truth and part of aviation historical past, the tiny single-runway hub served because the backdrop for considered one of Los Angeles’s most eclectic occasions, Frieze Los Angeles.
On a dreary, overcast day, Day 1 of the artwork honest commenced in a windswept a part of Santa Monica, a line of ubers and black vehicles with VIPs stretched out ready on the entrance. From throughout the globe collectors, artists, curators, and the art-curious gathered in two big tents to see what’s subsequent on the planet of latest artwork and tradition. An offshoot of Frieze Journal, Frieze was conceptualized as a global artwork honest by the title’s founders, with its inaugural occasion going down in London in 2003. Twenty years later, the multi-day showcase is likely one of the premier artwork occasions of the trade, with festivals in New York, London, Los Angeles, and Seoul. This yr’s Frieze honest in Los Angeles included over 120 galleries presenting their works: There was a touring marching band with an accompanying dance line enjoying out “Swag Surf” (from efficiency artist Autumn Breon), cutesy inflatables the scale of a small constructing (from ceramicist Alake Shilling) and bronze tortillas in a Chevy cargo van (an exhibition from artist Ruben Ochoa). And alongside these thought-provoking and memorable moments, was some nice trend.