After a successful show in 2023, attracting more than 60,000 visitors, director and producer of the LA Art Show, Kassandra Voyagis, expects yet another ample turn out for this year’s iteration. She notes that the LA Art Showis the largest and longest-running art fair, with a mission to always to deliver the most comprehensive international contemporary art experience imaginable. “We keep building a bigger and better version every year,” says Voyagis. “2024 promises another spectacular lineup of exhibiting galleries from around the world.”
View of the 2023 LA Art Show, filled to the brim with stunning contemporary art.
Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, with over 180,000 square feet of exhibition space, there’s plenty of room for the 120-plus international galleries, museums and non-profit arts organizations from around the world that will be in attendance this year. Visitors can expect to experience a broad selection of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photography, design, video and performance art.
While the art fair is broken into sections, such as the European Pavilion and Works on Paper, one of the largest is the Modern + Contemporary section—featuring “contemporary painting, illustration and sculpture from galleries in Los Angeles, the Pacific Rim and around the world,” Voyagis explains. “Many of the show’s favorite participating galleries will be returning, including Arcadia Contemporary, marking their 17th year at the LA Art Show;K+Y Contemporary, Licht Feld Gallery and Markowicz Fine Art, along with the gallery’s European partner, Bel Air Fine Art, who will participate in the show for the first time. We are also excited for other new exhibitors including Cube Gallery and Cynthia Corbett Gallery.”
Event visitors enjoying the artwork at the 2023 event.
Voyagis continues, “As always, we love exhibiting galleries that are owned and directed by women, including Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, Daphne Alazraki Fine Art and Cynthia Corbett as well as Melissa Morgan Gallery out of Palm Desert.”
Visitors can also expect special programming from the educational platform DIVERSEart, curated by Marisa Caichiolo—returning for another year of connecting “important local and international art institutions to generate thoughtful dialogue through art while also honoring the unique biodiversity of Los Angeles,” says Voyagis. “This 2024 program explores the intersection of memory, humanity and AI through a selection of art, technology and multimedia exhibitions.”
Aaron Westerberg, A Café in Town, oil on panel, 14 x 14". Presented by Arcadia Contemporary.
In addition, Voyagis shares that eight of the world’s top art museums, non-profits and institutions will present solo shows. For example, the Nevada Museum of Art offers The Journey by artist Guillermo Bert, curated by Vivian Zavataro. “The installation features a series of 20 highly detailed, life-sized wood sculptures of actual immigrants employed as frontline workers,” Voyagis says. “Bert’s multimedia work explores how ancient traditions and modern technology merge to create narratives of identity, human memory, immigration, culture and humanity.”
Part of the wood sculpture installation by artist Guillermo Bert. Presented by the Nevada Museum of Art.
The entire event kicks off with the Opening Night Premiere on Wednesday, February 14 from 6 to 10 p.m., and will close February 18. The charity beneficiary this year is the American Heart Association, with the LA Art Show donating 15% of all ticket proceeds to the “life-saving mission of American Heart Association’s Life is Why™ campaign,” says Voyagis. —
LA Art Show
February 14-18, 2024
Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
(310) 822-9145, www.laartshow.com
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