New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) opens NADA New York 2024 from May 2 to May 5 on the fourth floor of 548 West in West Chelsea’s gallery district. The fair is set to showcase 92 galleries, art spaces, and non-profit organizations from 15 different countries. In addition to presentations from 34 first-time participants, the fair features daily discussions and panel conversations that are free and open to the public. This year’s TD Bank Curated Spotlight organized by curator and writer Simon Wu will feature five presentations from exhibiting galleries.
TD Bank Returns for the Curated Spotlight
This year’s Curated Spotlight is once again supported by TD Bank and will feature five presentations from exhibiting galleries. Curator and writer Simon Wu organized this fifth edition of the Curated Spotlight Program. The highlighted artists and galleries are Emma Safir (Blade Study), Kirsty Budge (Daine Singer), Jongwan Jang (FOUNDRY SEOUL), Dorian Reid (KAPP KAPP), and Hunter Amos (Strada).
“For NADA New York, I wanted to highlight a few spaces that are not only showing underrepresented artists, but are also striving to create sustainable communities and healthy futures for them,” Wu said. “These galleries––from New York to Seoul to Melbourne––are trying to rethink what a gallery should be today, and they imbue this care into how they approach commerce, visibility, and community. I am grateful for NADA and TD Bank for the chance to support them.”
Rebecca Morgan Self-Portrait Painting Myself, 2023 Oil on canvas 24hx30win 60.96hx76.20wcm RM079. Courtesy of Rebecca Morgan and Asya Geisberg Gallery. Photo by Etienne Frossard.
Thursday: On Collecting… Stuff and VISITORS
On Thursday, May 2 at 1 p.m, Senior Vice President of Cultural Counsel Hunter Braithwaite will moderate the On Collecting… Stuff panel discussion between writers and art workers, including Rochelle Kwan of Chinatown Records. The participants, whose work is deeply ingrained in art collecting and the collecting instinct, will offer insights into why we as humans desire to collect art.
At 3 p.m, Founder and President of Cultural Counsel Adam Abdallah, photographer Nick Karp, Jersey Championship Wrestling World Champion Masha Slamovich, and Curator and Director of CLEARING Reilly Davidson will discuss the creation of VISITORS, a limited-edition hardcover book that explores the life on the road with international deathmatch promoter Game Changer Wrestling as the company became the first American independent professional wrestling company to run their own show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
Patrick Carlin, Mohundro… where the delta meets the sea. 11⅛” x 14”, Stained Glass and Porcelain, 2024 Essex Flowers. Image Courtesy of the Artist.
Friday: Cultural Histories, Dancing On My Own, and Vonson
On Friday, May 2 at 1 p.m, artists Richard Ayodeji Ikhide and Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi will have a dialogue with Executive Director of Center for Art, Research and Alliances Manuela Moscoso about their artistic practices. Each brings to the table their own perspective on how their work provides discourse on societal dynamics and cultural histories.
At 3 p.m, TD Bank Curated Spotlight curator and author Simon Wu will perform a reading of excerpts from his forthcoming book Dancing on My Own. Hannah Traore, the Founder and Director of Hannah Traore Gallery will then join him in conversation on their experiences as people of color in the contemporary art world.
At 6 p.m, Vonson, the solo sonic expression of Brooklyn-based visual artist “Hydeon” will perform on the rooftop of 548 West. Vonson is known for creating his music with a RadioShack keyboard and electric guitar found on the street in Brooklyn and a children’s toy autotune device called PaperJams. The performance is presented together with Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York.
Ever Baldwin “Somersault,” 2023, Oil on canvas in charred wood frame, 33 x 42 x 4 inches. Courtesy of Marinaro.
Saturday: The Art of Mental Health and Transiciones
On Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m, writer Jesse Dorris, Fountain House Gallery Director Rachel Weisman, and curator and critic with Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Saul Ostrow, will discuss the relationship between mental health and artistic practice. Manhattan-based Fountain House Gallery is dedicated to supporting contemporary artists living with mental illness, and Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation is dedicated to fostering dialogue on meditation, psychology, and creativity.
At 3 p.m, Artistic Director of New Latin Wave Sokio, Clemente Center Associate Director of Programs C.J. Chueca, and artist and curator Sofía Shaula Reeser-del Rio will discuss Latine art, the personal and shared journeys of migration, and the challenges faced in the art world as a person of color.
Norberto Spina Dimenticavo il prurito delle ortiche (forgetting the itch of the nettles), 2024 Acrylics, oil paint and marker on canvas 30.5 x 40.5 cm, courtesy of Cooke Latham Gallery.
About NADA
“Founded in 2002, the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a not-for-profit 501c(6) collective of professionals working with contemporary art. Its mission is to create an open flow of information, support, and collaboration within the arts field and to develop a stronger sense of community among its constituency. Through support and encouragement, NADA facilitates strong and meaningful relationships between its members working with new contemporary and emerging art. In addition, NADA hosts annual art events in Miami and New York, including NADA Miami, NADA New York, and NADA House. In 2024, NADA will debut two new international collaborations as part of the organization’s year-round programming, NADA Villa Warsaw, a collaborative exhibition to take place May 15–19, 2024 in central Warsaw, and The Salon by NADA and The Community, an invitation art fair to take place October 17–20, 2024 in Paris.” —Source
