Post-Fair will return to Santa Monica from February 26–28 for its second edition, bringing 30 galleries—and 31 total exhibitors including the project space Untitled Love—back to the Art Deco former post office that helped define the fair’s early identity.

Founded by Los Angeles dealer Chris Sharp, the fair debuted last year as a deliberately low-cost counterpoint to Los Angeles’s increasingly expensive fair landscape. Its inaugural edition offered single-artist presentations at a flat fee and leaned into what Sharp in the Art Newspaper called an “economy of presentation, financial economy and economy of production”—a pared-down model intended to encourage experimentation and reduce the pressure to sell. 

That approach, held inside a 1938 post office whose open-plan layout kept installation minimal, won over exhibitors and institutions. Dealers praised the “collegial” atmosphere, the slower pace, and a visitor base that included curators from major institutions such as the National Gallery of Art and LACMA. 

This year’s edition expands the fair’s international footprint with a stronger presence...