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Each month we share five unmissable things
to see and
do in The Golden State. You heard
it here first. |
Words by KELSEY McKINNON, DAVID NASH and S.IRENE VIRBILA |
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See This |
Frieze Art Fair Debuts in Beverly Hills
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After last year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, the internationally acclaimed Frieze art fair makes its anticipated return to Los Angeles this month — with a swanky new location in Beverly Hills, no less. Led for the first time by Christine Messineo (director of both Frieze Los Angeles and Frieze New York), the vast pole tent welcomes a host of top Los Angeles-based galleries including Blum & Poe, The Box, Château Shatto, Commonwealth and Council, Jeffrey Deitch, Kayne Griffin, David Kordansky Gallery, Regen Projects and Various Small Fires (VSF), alongside such leading international exhibitors as Sadie Coles HQ, Paula Cooper, Gagosian and Pace. Amanda Hunt, the director of public programs and creative practice at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, will oversee Focus LA, a special section of the fair spotlighting younger Los Angeles-based galleries aged 15 years or less, including Baert Gallery, Garden, Gattopardo, Bel Ami, Charlie James Gallery and Parker Gallery. Feb. 17-20. 9900 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills; frieze.com. K.M.
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Shop Here |
The Designer’s Design Store in Atwater Village |
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Denise Portmans and Sara Marlowe Hall, the British mother-daughter duo behind Santa Monica’s Merchant Modern (where designers like Tiffany Howell
of Night Palm go for midcentury furniture, art, objects and vintage rugs), have a history of creating visionary spaces. Portmans, a former fashion stylist, raised Hall in an airy loft in Venice that was previously a Texaco station, and owned a vintage clothing store for two decades before eight years ago launching Merchant, which now has two awe-inspiring rental properties, an interior design arm and, most recently, a tony new location in Atwater Village packed with an edited array of apothecary, handmade ceramics, furniture, art and sculptures. “This area feels almost European — there’s a bakery, a record store, the used-book shop,” says Hall, who is also an artist and lives a few blocks away. “It was important
to find that kind of community and keep it going.” 3127 Glendale Blvd., L.A., 310-266-0572; merchantmodern.com. K.M. |
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Go Here |
Modernism Week Descends on Palm Springs |
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Everything we love about Palm Springs — namely midcentury modern architecture, art, design and culture — finds its place in the sun with the highly anticipated return of Modernism Week. This year’s edition includes hundreds of events across the Palm Springs area, from panel discussions and exhibitions to intimate tours of modern-design masterpieces like architect Albert Frey’s iconic Cree House, the Lautner Compound and Barry Berkus’ 1960 Park Imperial South modernist community. Designers and collectors also swoop in for the annual Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale and the Palm Springs Modern Design Expo (which open simultaneously on Feb. 18) to be the first to see and shop the world-class collections of over 90 national and international vintage, decorative and fine-arts dealers. It also marks the first time that Burbank-based artist and designer Charles Hollis Jones will participate, showcasing new Lucite furniture designs alongside his iconic ’60s and ’70s creations. Feb. 17-27; modernismweek.com. D.N. |
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Indulge Here |
Evan Funke’s Gastronomic Ode to Ancient Rome |
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Evan Funke’s new restaurant is already the hottest restaurant in town and it opens just in time for Frieze and awards season. At Mother Wolf in Hollywood, the chef is zeroing in on the ancient Roman kitchen and its extraordinary simple dishes. First and foremost that means cacio e pepe, “a dish I go back to again and again purely because its simplicity belies the complexity hidden within,” he explains. Also on the menu: carciofi alla giudia (deep-fried Violetta artichokes), supplì al telefono (deep-fried rice balls with guanciale and tomato) and oxtail meatballs in salsa verde. “I’m restraining my ego to the nth degree in order to tell the most authentic story,” says Funke wryly. Not to forget pizza. Wood-fired ovens turn out pizza tonda, “as thin and crispy as we can get, with toppings you’d find in any Roman pizzeria.” Set in the historic Art Deco Citizen News Building in Hollywood, Mother Wolf seats 200 — which might make it just a bit easier to get a table at than Felix. 1545 Wilcox Avenue, L.A., 323-410-6060; motherwolfla.com. S.I.V. |
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Experience This |
A Different Kind of Art Affair at the Roosevelt |
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Dean Valentine and brothers Al and Mills Morán conceived Felix in 2019 as an antidote to the conventional art fair, where collectors, dealers and artists could meet in a relaxed and intimate environment. The idea struck a chord with the art world. This month, the “fair” hosts its third installment, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and has expanded by taking over guest rooms on the 10th and 11th floors in addition to the cabanas surrounding the Tropicana pool (which was painted by David Hockney). The 60 international exhibitors include newcomers like Broadway (New York), Misako & Rosen (Tokyo), One Trick Pony (Los Angeles) and The Ranch (Montauk), along with repeat offenders including L.A.’s M+B, Matthew Brown Gallery, Gavlak and Morán Morán. Need some time to mull over the purchase of a new piece? Duck inside the hotel’s posh Nickey Kehoe-designed eatery, The Barish, helmed by Nancy Silverton. Feb. 17-20. 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; felixfair.com. K.M. |
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