The Other Art Fair returns to Barker Hangar at 3021 Airport Ave. in Santa Monica this week, bringing 160 independent artists from 14 countries. Presented by Saatchi Art, the fair offers a mix of artwork, installations, food and drinks in a former airport-hangar setting rather than a conventional white-walled gallery.
Before you go
The fair runs Thursday through Sunday. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the official fair schedule. Tickets are available online through the fair’s website. The first 500 people at opening night will receive a drink token, Time Out reports.
Visitors can buy drinks at the fair bar, with cocktails, wine, beer, and nonalcoholic options available throughout the event. Four food trucks will operate on site. On Saturday, mu.sō espresso bar plans to serve coffee and matcha from a vintage BMW E30, according to Time Out and Coast to Coast Newspaper.
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Why Barker Hangar?
The fair’s setting is part of Santa Monica Airport’s larger history. According to the City of Santa Monica, the airport occupies 192 acres—nearly 3.5 percent of the city—and was purchased in 1926 with a Parks bond before becoming the municipal airport. Aviation uses are authorized to continue only through Dec. 31, 2028. Under voter-approved Measure LC, the property’s future development is limited to parks, public open spaces, public recreational facilities and the maintenance and replacement of existing cultural, arts and educational uses, according to the city. The city’s airport property portfolio currently includes offices, hangars, aircraft tie-downs, art studios and parking-lot rentals, reflecting the site’s combination of aviation and nonaviation uses.
The program includes The Other Open, a three-hole mini-golf installation by Suze Riley, Isabel Araneda and Heather Bellino. The holes are titled WeHo Neon Diver, Reflections of Palm Springs and The Blooming Vortex, according to Coast to Coast Newspaper.
A separate restroom installation, TP Catalog — On Loan from The British Museum, is credited to Adam Rose and Richard Hoffman. Coast to Coast Newspaper describes the work as a hand-painted installation using toilet-paper images in gold frames, text drawn from the British Museum’s database, and a looping video described as documenting a British Museum heist. The account also cautions that the depicted objects may have been acquired by the museum.
Friday’s program will include Self Made Icon: A Life in Rhinestones, a Dolly Parton tribute featuring works priced below $500. The fair also plans to serve a cocktail called The Dolly Partini, according to Time Out.
Artists and representation
The fair’s roster is 63 percent women-identifying artists, with 46 percent based in Los Angeles, according to Coast to Coast Newspaper. The article does not attempt to reproduce the full selection of exhibitors.
Los Angeles artist Lisa Tse is the Fall 2026 recipient of the fair’s New Futures program, which organizers say offers local artists mentoring and free exhibition space. Tse works in oil and mixed media. Before turning to fine art, she spent more than a decade as a graphic designer, with projects for Abercrombie & Fitch, Paul Frank, and Roxy, according to her Saatchi Art profile.
