Making some last-minute rearrangements to higher serve the fire-affected artwork neighborhood throughout the town of Los Angeles, Frieze launched a handful of fire-relief initiatives, together with Galleries Collectively for the LA Arts Neighborhood Hearth Aid Fund. In an act of solidarity, the London-based gallery Victoria Miro donated its stand to galleries displaying largely Angeleno artists—like Devin Troy Strother (proven by the Glendale gallery the Pit), Max Hooper Schneider (introduced by Maureen Paley, London), and Erin Falls and Sam Falls (introduced by New York’s 303 Gallery). A good portion of the stand’s gross sales might be donated to the fund to assist artists in speedy want within the wake of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
“All of us have been holding our breath, even throughout set up,” says Dominique Clayton of the West Adams gallery Dominique, which is displaying a piece by the Florida-born artist Adee Roberson in Galleries Collectively, along with a separate solo stand of the artist’s items. “That is the precise occasion we want proper now; I’ve seen numerous heat hugs.”
Victoria Miro bought each of its choices on Friday (21 February)—the work Made in Cambodia (2024), by the Lengthy Seaside-born Tidawhitney Lek, and Jemima Murphy’s Life in Violet (2024)—every for between $15,000 and $20,000. Throughout VIP day (20 February), three Galleries Collectively works bought, together with a Shin Murata nd Takashi Murakami ceramic piece for $12,000 and a bit by Yuji Toma for $3,000.
