Frieze Los Angeles 2026 has concluded. Its four-day run featured more than 100 galleries from 24 countries. The fair reported to have seen over 32,000 visitors from more than 45 countries. On the ground, I saw bustling multicultural and multimedia presentations from artists at all different stages in their careers. Among the booths, two artists stood out to me: Ebony G. Patterson at Monique Meloche Gallery and Ren Light Pan presented by Lyles & King, in the Focus section. The grandiose nature of Monique Meloche’s booth drew many visitors in, while Pan’s use of reappropriation of old master artworks led art-historically minded visitors to linger. Fun fact, the participants from New York had quite a trek this year due to the blizzard, which caught us all off guard. One fair participant said that, due to flight cancellations, all the New York art juggernauts were seated in the back of the plane because their tickets had to be quickly rebooked. Which is a far cry from their usual comfort of first class or business class for the frugal.
