THE NEW YORK TIMES
Show Us Your Walls
By Ted Loos
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| Dean Valentine in his home with “Untitled (Scream 3)” by Simphiwe Ndzube. |
LOS ANGELES — For a certain set of collectors, opening a private museum has become de rigueur. But Dean Valentine started a small art fair instead, with an eye to giving everyone a chance to discover new talent the way he does. The fair, called
Felix, was founded with the local art-dealing brothers Al and Mills Morán. It drew 40 dealers who offered their wares in a series of rooms and cabanas at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (it was held Feb. 14-17, timed to be concurrent with the first edition of the Frieze Los Angeles fair). “I learned a lot of what I know about art from hanging out with dealers in the mid-90s and asking them, ‘Why is this any good?’” said Mr. Valentine, the former president of Walt Disney Television and the former chief executive officer of UPN. [
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| From left, “Niza Guy,” by Mitchell Syrop, and “Tehachepi (Sic),” by Ivan Morley. On the floor, “Silencer,” a sculpture by Hannah Greely. |
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| A“Lavender Arrest” (2015), by Sanya Kantarovsky, in the home of the collectors Mr. Valentine and Amy Adelson. |
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| From left, “Niza Guy,” by Mitchell Syrop, and “Tehachepi (Sic),” by Ivan Morley. On the floor, “Silencer,” a sculpture by Hannah Greely. |
