Art Week in Los Angeles has become a roaming circuit of fairs, dinners and dance floors — all of it culminating on Sunday.
Of course, Frieze L.A. at the Santa Monica Airport remained the international pull, while Felix Art Fair once again took over The Hollywood Roosevelt, cultivating a more accessible, intimate atmosphere. But the week now stretches far beyond, encompassing The Other Art Fair at 3Labs in Culver City and Startup Art Fair in Venice — both showcasing independent artists — as well as Post-Fair, a collective of galleries presenting work in nontraditional spaces across the city.
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Along Western Avenue in Melrose Hill, galleries kept their doors open late, including David Zwirner, as dinners spilled onto sidewalks. After dark, much of the energy gravitated beneath The West Hollywood Edition at Sunset, where Paris club Silencio staged its L.A. debut. It was a return of sorts to the city that inspired it: first introduced in filmmaker David Lynch’s L.A.-set thriller “Mulholland Drive,” the club was later realized in Paris through a venue he designed.
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For three nights, Silencio brought out club kids and night owls under disco balls, with programming that included LACMA Avant Garde, the museum’s young patrons group, and the Tom of Finland Foundation, alongside sets by Guy Gerber, DJ Harvey and VTSS.
Elsewhere, some parties have become fixtures, among them Serpentine’s annual fête at the private residence of Sybil Robson and Matthew Orr. Cohosts Bettina Korek and Hans Ulrich Obrist moved through a crowd that included Olivia Wilde, Refik Anadol, Alex Israel, Lita Albuquerque, Jonas Wood, Mary Weatherford, Qin Shupei and Edison Chen. The evening doubled as a preview of The Serpentine’s 2026 program in London, where David Hockney will present new and recent works, including “A Year in Normandie,” and Cecily Brown will mount “Picture Making,” a survey of new paintings.
Brands, too, leaned into the week’s momentum. At Chateau Marmont, Staud hosted a packed cocktail party with Frieze that drew a starry crowd to the penthouse, including Rachel Sennott, Orlando Bloom, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, Bill Maher, Nick Kroll and Winnie Harlow, alongside gallerist Jeffrey Deitch and curator Essence Harden. The evening unveiled a limited-edition release of Staud’s signature Tommy bag, created in partnership with Ethiopian artist Merikokeb Berhanu.
Meanwhile, Aritzia staged a dinner inside the Fred Segal space it recently acquired, the interior left stripped down for the occasion. The evening, in partnership with Cultured Magazine, honored photographer Gregory Crewdson — known for his meticulously staged, suburban scenes — though he was absent and stranded in New York due to the snowstorm. At the far end of a stretched dining table, Crewdson’s images appeared illuminated on oversize Aritzia shopping bags installed like light boxes.
Jennifer Wong, Aritzia’s chief executive officer who was in town from Vancouver, said whatever ultimately takes shape at the Melrose address will intertwine Aritzia’s DNA with the legacy of Fred Segal. Around the tables sat a younger set of artists, including Maya Man, Devin B. Johnson, Luz Carabaño, Tamar Ettun and Alice Bucknell.
Further west in Venice, Citizens of Humanity returned to its hometown roots with a dinner at chef Travis Lett’s buzzy RVR cohosted by artist Lauren Halsey. Grammy-winning musician Kamasi Washington curated the evening’s soundscape, joined by Carlos Niño and Liv.e, as guests including Chris Rock and Santigold moved between cocktails and an intentionally unassigned seating plan.