February 23, 2026
Thew newcube Los Angeles Art Guide
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If ‘if you know, you know’ were a city, it would be Los Angeles. A city built for the traffic-tolerant, there’s something about the slowness in the LA lifestyle that, naturally, makes spending ample time here in order to understand just why it’s so fantastic, crucial.
Los Angeles is one of the most diverse and vastly spread out cities in the US meaning your taste buds can literally travel from Iran, Korea and Mexico all in a day’s cuisine. It’s geographically and socially nonsensical – where a quirky old-hollywood charm persists, nothing can be too over the top or casual at the same time, and truly there’s something for everyone.
The art scene here mimics just that – it’s home to the rise of pop and print culture as well as the light and space movement, holding place for the playful and the conceptual. Today, that sentiment still persists, with institutions from the Getty or the Eames House, to underground artist-run spaces and patrons doing it differently – all with that classic ‘if you know you know’ Los Angeles mentality.
Whether you’re a Los Angeles aficionado, or new to the city, we’re here to help guide you in and outside of the Frieze madness to help you understand why we love this city as much as we do.


SEE
The BROAD
The Getty Villa
Eames House
Hollyhock House
Huntington Library
Norton Simon Museum
Stahl House
NEUTRA house


GALLERIES
Half Gallery
Hauser and Wirth DTLA
Night Gallery
Lobster Club
The Cabin by Danny First
Del Vaz Projects
Seaview Gallery
La Loma


EAT & DRINK
Anajak
All Time
Gjusta & Gjusta Grocer
The Apple Pan
Chateau Marmont
Manuela
Malou Coffee
Bub & Grandmas

SHOP
Arcana Books
The Future Perfect
Scout LA
Flamingo Estate
OK
Mohawk General Store