Welcome to LA Art Week 2025! Kim gives Patricia a rundown of her experience attending Frieze LA and Felix Art Fair. Including interview clips from surprise guests, our hosts break down the emotional landscape of this year's fairs. Offering thoughts on the relevance of the art fair model and where people from different art world backgrounds fit into the fair ecosystem, Kim, Patricia, and guests talk about approaching the 2025 LA art fairs as a site of netweaving and connection.

Mentions:

John McWhorter, “How ‘Woke’ Became the ‘Woke Right’ (and Why It Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone)" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/opinion/the-long-strange-trail-of-woke.html;

Felix Art Fair;

Frieze LA Art Fair;

Gramercy International Art Fair;

Chateau Marmont;

Dependent Art Fair;

Post-Fair;

wHY Architecture;

Yayoi Shionoiri;

Sarah Conley Odenkirk;

Powerhouse Arts, NY;

ArtConverge;

Christina Valentine;

ArtCenter College of Design;

College Art Association;

Mary Leigh Cherry;

Cherryworks;

Julia Colavita.