Milton Avery, Young Musician, 1945. Image courtesy of Karma.
February 23, 2026
“The 19 Gallery Shows You Shouldn’t Miss During Frieze Los Angeles 2026: Milton Avery”
“Milton Avery: The Figure”
Where: Karma
When: Through March 28
Why It’s Worth a Look: This survey charts Milton Avery’s evolution as an artist through his figurative paintings, starting during his beginnings as a Connecticut factory worker with dreams of moving to New York to the final decades of his life. When the show was up in New York last fall, CULTURED‘s Co-Chief Art Critic Johanna Fateman described it as “bananas” and “museum-quality.”
Know Before You Go: The latest canvas included in “The Figure” is from 1964, painted months before Avery’s death the following January. Green Stockings depicts his wife Sally, who he had met four decades prior, a recurring muse and an artist herself.
