MIAMI BEACH — Upon entering this year's New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) art fair one immediately appreciates the need for this alternative to the larger, establishment art fair down the beach. Unlike Art Basel, NADA Miami Beach has a casual, approachable feel.
Installation view of the Overduin & Co. booth (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic)
MIAMI BEACH — Upon entering this year’s New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) art fair one immediately appreciates the need for this alternative to the larger, establishment art fair down the beach. Unlike Art Basel, NADA Miami Beach has a casual, approachable feel.
The security- and admission-free entrance through the lobby of the Deauville Beach Resort leads to the somewhat haphazard layout of the 80 dealers showing their wares. One gallery owner, lacking any proper furniture in his booth, was sorting through his informational materials on the carpeted floor as I approached; he had already sold 2 of his pieces earlier that morning.
Installation view of the Karma booth“Untitled” (2014) by Julia Bland, in the On Stellar Rays boothInstallation view of the Mihai Nicodim Gallery boothNicholas Buffon, “Fei Ma” (2014), in the Callicoon Fine Arts boothNicholas Buffon, “Key Food” (2014), in the Callicoon Fine Arts boothInstallation view of the Callicoon Fine Arts boothBas van den Hurk, untitled works (2014), in the Rod Barton boothStrauss Bourque-LaFrance, “Showpiece” (2014), in the Rachel Uffner Gallery boothInstallation view of the Rod Bianco boothAmir Nikravan, “Untitled (Site 2)” (2014), in the Jonathan Viner boothDetail view, Brad Troemel, “Bitcoin Foundation / Greenpeace / The Center for American Progress” (2014), in the Tomorrow boothInstallation view of Maximilian Schubert in the Eli Ping Frances Perkins boothInstallation view of the M + B boothDetail view, Jean Cocteau, “Le mystère de Jean l’oiseleur, Monologues (The Mystery of Jean the Bird-Catcher, Monologues)” (1924), in the Linn Lühn boothInstallation view of Andersen’s Contemporary boothInstallation view of works by Piotr Lakomy in The Sunday Painter’s booth
NADA Miami Beach continues at the Deauville Beach Resort (6701 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) through December 7.
