The NADA art fair (New Art Dealers Alliance) has a different vibe than the Frieze fair up the river on Randall’s Island. More experimental with emerging artists, a bit reflective of the nearby Lower East & Brooklyn galleries across the river. From lunch at the Whitney, I went over to “Basketball City“, literally a huge basketball arena, with Muna Tseng, the choreographer sister of the late photographer, Tseng Kwong Chi who has a career retrospective show at Grey Art Gallery at the moment… more on that in another post. We met up with artist Alan Belcher, in from Toronto, and local gal-about-town, gallerist Anna Kustera. I think we all did equal parts looking and talking in the nearly three hours walking around and around. As I didn’t really feel I had the stamina to do a real survey of the entire fair, I decided to use "naive/ color" as themes, as there was a lot of luscious pigment all over, especially in Eric Firestone‘s pop-y booth of Misaki Kawai‘s childlike work. Muna and I HAD to take advantage of our green and red pants –sorry, it couldn’t be avoided. And when we decided to take a break, the East River, Manhattan Bridge and New York skyline was another visual feast for the eyes. It’s all happening still, today and tomorrow. Find out more here. It's free, btw.

Artist Alan Belcher taking an art break with gallerist, Anna Kustera — Artist Alan Belcher taking an art break with gallerist, Anna Kustera

Me & Muna Tseng with Misaki Kawai's sculptural chair

Adjusting Alain Biltereyst’s small abstracts with style

Sorry, I don’t know the artist’s name… but I blame the gallery for not putting a label on the wall.