For LA Artists, Getting Back to Work Means Playing the Long Game

In the time between the January fires and February’s Frieze week, Los Angeles galleries and museums seemed intent on supporting affected artists directly, and on commemorating the immense loss the city suffered. Emergency grants and mutual aid efforts sprang up everywhere, and every other gallery seemed to host a benefit show or a panel about Altadena’s storied Black artistic legacy.Most of these efforts dissipated after Frieze week. The benefit shows have all come down. And while th