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The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit collective of professionals working with
contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic co ...
. NADA members include galleries, gallery directors, non-profit art spaces, art advisors, curators, writers, museum and other art professionals from around the world. In addition to hosting year-round programming for its members, NADA hosts two fairs a year: NADA New York in March, and NADA Miami Beach in December.


History

NADA was founded in 2002 by board members Sheri L. Pasquarella, John Connelly, Zach Miner, and Zach Feuer as a collective of young art professionals predominantly based in New York. After a successful inaugural year of NADA Miami Beach, held in December 2003, Heather Hubbs was appointed the Director of NADA. In 2012, NADA launched the New York edition of its art fair, NADA New York. NADA is a
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6 nonprofit organization.


NADA Miami

NADA first launched the art fair concurrent with
Art Basel Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international art fair staged annually in Basel, Switzerland; Miami Beach; Hong Kong and from 2022, Paris. Art Basel works in collaboration with the host city's local institutions to help ...
in Miami in 2003, with a small number of exhibiting galleries in a vacant space located off of Lincoln Road near the Convention Center. In 2004, NADA director Heather Hubbs moved the fair to the Ice Palace, where the fair was held for five years. In 2009, NADA Miami Beach moved the Deauville Beach Resort. In 2015, NADA held the fair at
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, and has since returned to Ice Palace Studios.


NADA New York

The first NADA New York opened at the Center 548, the former Dia Art Foundation Center, in 2012, simultaneous with the Frieze Art Fair. From 2013–2016, the fair was held at Pier 36 Basketball City on the Lower East Side. NADA New York has since moved its dates to March, and has moved to the Skylight venues on the west side. Like the fair in Miami, NADA New York is dedicated to showcasing new art, and celebrating rising talents from around the globe.


Activities

From 2012–2016 NADA partnered with
Art Cologne Art Cologne is an art fair held annually in Cologne, Germany and was established in 1967 as ''Kölner Kunstmarkt''. It is regarded as the world's oldest art fair of its kind. The fair runs for six days and brings together galleries from more than ...
, the world's oldest art fair, to showcase emerging galleries from around the world at
Koelnmesse Koelnmesse GmbH (''Cologne Trade Fair'') is an international trade fair and exhibition center located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With around 80 trade fairs and over 2,000 conferences annually, Koelnmesse is one of the country's ...
during Art Cologne. In 2012, NADA announced COLLABORATIONS, a curated sector of Art Cologne in which exhibitors present with the theme of collaboration as a starting point, often co-presenting in a shared booth. NADA has organized events such as NADA Hudson, a sculpture exhibition at the Basilica Hudson, NADA County Affair, a recurring artist-run county fair, and fundraising events such as the Beach Painting Club Auction to benefit the Rockaways


References


External links


Miami Herald article about 2009 fair


* ttps://www.forbes.com/2008/11/13/cool-art-fairs-forbeslife-cx_ls_1113collecting.html Forbes "World's Up and Coming Art Fairs"
Wall Street Journal "Kick-Off at NADA"
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