Los Angeles, CA.- The 724,000 square feeet L. A. Mart® will be home to Art Platform – Los Angeles from October 1st through October 3rd. Open to the public will be several floors and thousands of square feet dedicated to the exhibition, exploration, and discovery of contemporary art from Southern California. The building is situated at the perimeter of Los Angeles’ downtown residential redevelopment, Staples Center, L.A. Live!, Los Angeles Convention Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Music Center, as well as other numerous world-class civic and cultural institutions. The Art Platform – Los Angeles art fair will demonstrate the rich and diverse cultural landscape of Southern California and underscore Los Angeles’ influential position within the contemporary art world.