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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 |
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SANTA MONICA |
Frieze Art Fair Touches Down at Santa Monica Airport |
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It’s that time of year again: when the international Frieze Art Fair descends on Los Angeles, reuniting dealers, connoisseurs, collectors and revelers alike under the big top. This year, though, the modern and contemporary mega show makes its debut on the city’s Westside, at the Santa Monica Airport. The new digs allow for more galleries to set up shop, alongside collaborations with nonprofit organizations and a series of new ambitious activations and pop-ups from some of Los Angeles’ most celebrated restaurants. In total, 120 galleries from over 22 different countries will be in attendance including international heavyweights such as Sadie Coles HQ, Paula Cooper Gallery, Gagosian, Gladstone Gallery, Marian Goodman Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Gallery Hyundai, Pace Gallery, Thaddaeus Ropac and David Zwirner, while the L.A. contingency includes Blum & Poe, The Box, Château Shatto, Commonwealth and Council, Jeffrey Deitch, David Kordansky Gallery, Regen Projects and Various Small Fires (VSF). With the art world on hand, concurrent activities beyond the fairground are in full effect across the city’s thriving culturescape. Feb. 16-19. 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica; frieze.com.
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BEVERLY HILLS |
Street-Smart Kith Steps Onto Rodeo Drive With a New Flagship |
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If there is one thing that Rodeo Drive is missing, it is certainly an ice cream cereal bar. Enter Kith, the lifestyle brand founded by Ronnie Fieg in 2011 that bows this month on the historic stretch of Beverly Hills. From street to chic, the brand’s second L.A. location (and 10th worldwide)—a 5,500-square-feet travertine- and marble-clad flagship—has something for everyone: menswear, womenswear, accessories, childrenswear, a dedicated shoe room and Kith Treats, where shoppers can stop for a vanilla soft-serve topped with Cocoa Puffs. To mark the opening, Fieg and Asics have reprised their long-standing partnership with the introduction of a new retro-inspired GEL-LYTE III Remastered sneaker in “Super Orange”—Fieg’s 99th collaboration with the footwear brand. 262 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills; kith.com. |
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SAN FRANCISCO |
It Only Took Five Years to Cook Up This Haute S.F. Restaurant |
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After an accident that resulted in a compression fracture in his back, S.F. chef Mike Lanham was told by doctors that he may never walk again. For Lanham, the news only fueled his desire to recover and he immediately moved forward with his concept for Anomaly SF. He spent five years perfecting the “post-modern” menu at eight pop-up locations across the Bay Area. This month, Lanham opens a permanent brick-and-mortar space for Anomaly SF in Lower Pac Heights with an 11-course tasting menu featuring hits like the delicata squash royale, and sea urchin and a dish called “An Egg … sort of,” which is constructed of smoky seaweed dashi potato foam and an egg yolk jam. The menu, fittingly, is called “Home for the First Time.” 2600 Sutter St., S.F., 415-510-9468; anomalysf.com.
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SANTA MONICA |
An Art-Deco Icon Springs Back to Life on the Shores
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The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica—a spectacular Art Deco-style turquoise building at the edge of the Pacific—has been a landmark of the California coastline since it first opened in 1933. During its storied history it’s been a home for servicemen and aircraft designers during WWII and a hideout for Tinseltown studio executives and celebrities (past guests have included Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, “Bugsy” Siegel, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Rose Kennedy). This month, the hotel ushers in a new era following a full restoration of its 84 guest rooms and 28 suites, the library, gymnasium, art gallery, writers room and the famous ocean-view Sunset Terrace, Georgian Dining Room and Sunset Bar. But the best views in the house belong to the First Lady Suite on the top floor where there’s a record player with vinyls curated by Ubiquity Records and a fully stocked mini-bar—how about an old fashioned? 1415 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, 310-395-9945; thegeorgian.com.
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COSTA MESA |
Fashion’s Favorite Artist Chooses OCMA for First Major U.S. Show |
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Daniel Arsham’s sculptures of decaying modern objects—like a Porsche Turbo, cameras and cassette players—look like they’ve been dug up from Ancient Greece. These “future relics,” as he describes them, that blur the line between classic and pop art have particularly resonated with the fashion world. The New York-based artist has done commissions for Tiffany & Co., Adidas, Toraichi, Byredo, Rimowa, Porsche and Dior (Hedi Slimane even asked Arsham to design the fitting rooms for the Dior Men’s Los Angeles shop). Now, Arsham has his first major U.S. museum show, at the Orange County Museum of Art, with “Wherever You Go, There You Are,” featuring a series of battered casts of everyday objects and human figures created from sand, pyrite and volcanic ash. His Bronze Eroded Delorean 1:2—a heavily patinated replica of the 1981 DeLorean from Back to the Future—might be the closest thing we have to being able to travel through time. Feb. 14 through May 28. 3333 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa, 714-780-2130; ocma.art.
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