There is no shortage of opportunities to support wildfire-relief efforts in Los Angeles this week. Just a short drive from Frieze, the Bergamot Station Arts Center’s galleries have teamed up for Out of the Ashes (until 1 March), an exhibition co-curated by the dealers Craig Krull and Douglas Marshall of works by artists who were affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires, who will collect 100% of the sales proceeds.
“It quickly became apparent that this was also an opportunity for [the artists] to tell their stories, so we asked each artist to write a wall label about their experiences and perhaps how their work relates to this exhibition,” Krull tells The Art Newspaper. “In fact, many of the artists made new work for the show, so this dialogue is profoundly poignant.” Around 40 people contributed works to the show—including Elaine Carhartt, Gary Palmer, Ana Morales, Cleon Peterson, Nancy Romero, Camilla Taylor and Delbar Shahbaz—and there will be a reception and artist talk on Saturday afternoon (22 February).
MIchael Deyermond's work, fireproof print #1 you forgot to burn me (2025) features in the Bergamot Station Arts Center's show, Out of the Ashes Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery
Nearby in Venice, Arcane Space has just opened Artists for Loss Angeles(until 2 March), a benefit show curated by the choreographer Morleigh Steinberg and featuring pieces donated by more than 50 artists. Sales of works—which are priced between $200 and $11,500—topped $40,000 during the opening weekend.
Across town in Glendale, Gattopardo has just opened Atmospheric River (until 15 March), a group exhibition benefiting artists and art workers affected by the fires. It includes works by nine Los Angeles artists—among them Ren Ebel, Diana Thater, T. Kelly Mason and Juliana Halpert—as well as the late Gordon Matta-Clark.
“Matta-Clark’s work serves as an armature for the exhibition and a way of accessing this discursive set of works,” says Alex Nazari, the founder and owner of Gattopardo. “The goal of the exhibition, other than fundraising, is to highlight the kind of work that art fairs don’t: the true slippage that makes LA art interesting.”
Collectors in New York will soon have a chance to support Los Angeles wildfire recovery, too. At the upcoming Outsider Art Fair (27 February-2 March), a large-scale work on paper by the artist Dan Miller will be on offer for $50,000, with proceeds to be split evenly between the Grief and Hope wildfire-relief fundraiser and the non-profit Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, where Miller has been a community member for more than 32 years.
