Frieze Art Fair at Santa Monica

A ceramic sculpture by artist and Santa Monica College alum Sharif Farrag (cq) sits on display at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Farrag’s sculptures are inspired by California Funk aesthetics combined with Middle Eastern and North African influences. (Juliana Frame | The Corsair)

Visitors walk up a ramp as they enter Frieze Los Angeles at Santa Monica Airport on Feb. 28, 2026, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Jinhao Tian | The Corsair)

Visitors stand in front of an artwork and discussing during Frieze Los Angeles at Santa Monica Airport on Feb. 28, 2026, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Jinhao Tian | The Corsair)

Tina Wolfson (cq) (left) and Catherine Geanuralos (cq) (right) contemplate purchasing a ceramic sculpture by artist and Santa Monica College alum Sharif Farrag (cq) at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Farrag’s complex ceramic artwork was brought to Frieze by Jeffrey Deitch Gallery of New York City.

An attendee takes a picture of a piece of artwork with his cellphone, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair in Santa Monica, Calif. Beyond just being an event for galleries and collectors to purchase art, paying attendees also view art from galleries all over the world that would not normally be shown in Los Angeles. (Juliana Frame | The Corsair)

Sydney Tanji (cq) (left) and Elise Wassher (cq), both Santa Monica College students in professor Kim Garcia’s ART 82 class, “Exhibition and Display Production”, view an interactive exhibit at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. ART 82 students attended Frieze to get an inside look at a professionally-assembled gallery show. (Juliana Frame | The Corsair)

Alia Dahl (cq), a representative of Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, poses for the camera in their booth at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Jeffrey Deitch brought a collection of ceramic sculpures by artist and Santa Monica College alum Sharif Farrag (cq) to Frieze, including one visible behind Dahl. (Juliana Frame | The Corsair)

Many international artists and galleries came together at the Santa Monica Airport on Feb. 26 for Frieze Los Angeles, a three-day art fair including galleries such as Pace, Carvalho, Proyectos Monclova and many others.

Frieze opened on Feb. 26 and concluded on March 1. An abundance of art displays could be seen throughout the fair, as well as the “Frieze Projects: Body & Soul,” an art piece where attendees could reflect on their bodies.

Frieze is an international art fair that connects artists and collectors to galleries in cities across the United States including here in Los Angeles.

“Frieze Projects: Body & Soul” offered an experience for the public to reflect on their bodies. Many artists displayed works throughout the fair that were open to the public to experience.

Santa Monica College alumni Cosmas and Damian Brown had an art installation displayed outside called “Fountain: Sources of Light.” The installation was an interactive piece that allowed audiences to touch and play with the sound of the water falling. It was a large steel piece that had four faucets on each side running water, with an option to change the rhythm of the water falling with ceramic vessels.

Brown also had many other pieces displayed around the installation for people to see, including six ceramic sculptures on top of painted metal barrels.. One of the ceramic pieces was a mountain-shaped sculpture that had holes for the smoke to disperse through, which had a unique smell.

Art pieces ranged from thousands to millions of dollars, and upwards of 32,000 visitors were in attendance.