Please click on the link to read Jacoba Urist’s entire article, but here are our my quotes on the state of the LA art market and fairs:
“People want to support LA right now after the fires. More galleries have brought LA artists to the fair than usual,” says New York-based Tanya Traykovski, founder of TT Fine Art, who acquires works on behalf of corporations and prominent private collectors in the areas of entertainment, finance, and real estate. “There were concerns about taking up hotel rooms, but I checked in with some clients and friends in LA, who said most of the people who have been displaced are thankfully in Airbnbs and longer-term solutions, so that was an incentive for both me and my clients to come.”
What emerging trends are influencing buyers at the moment? “I’m seeing a lot of Nabis influence that I think is a newer trend,” says Traykovski. “It looks really fresh amongst younger artists—in the vein of Nathanaëlle Herbelin, who just had a show in the Musée d'Orsay.” As for the political landscape, Traykovski adds, “I think Trump’s anti-DEI efforts are going to face a lot of pushback in the art world. Buyers who are not supportive of Trump and Musk’s agenda are going to look seriously at artists who are sidelined in the present moment.”