Having doubled in size since the first Miami iteration in 2003, this year, the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) left its home at the Deauville Beach Resort in favor of the Fontainebleau, a more centrally located hotel in Miami Beach. Featuring a maze of galleries and in the 13th edition, the fair opened with a preview December 3rd and will be open to the public until December 5th. Stepping a bit outside the box, we asked Brooklyn based artist Zebadiah Keneally to choose his top picks at the fair which are featured below. Once again, Agathe Snow ﹣a recent review in ETTD published just this week on “Continuum“− comes in swinging with her “Since the Beginning of Time… Love Is A Battlefield”, a fabric installation, being shown in The Journal Gallery booth. Of all the art fairs, NADA has always had a consistent offering, bringing together an international roster of galleries, often shying away from the Blue Chip contenders at its sister fair, Art Basel. NADA reminds us that art can be fun and Keneally’s picks below are a manifestation of why art is also a reason to smile. ~KDH, Editor

Agathe Snow “Since the Beginning of Time… Love Is A Battlefield”. Silk, Vinyl, Acrylic, Cotton Stuffing, Rubber, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, 2015, Installation view NADA Miami, Photograph Zebadiah Keneally, 2015

Nolan Simon, Puppies Puppies, “Earth”. Inflatable globe with NASA imagery 2014, What Pipeline, Detroit, Installation view NADA Miami, Photograph Zebadiah Keneally, 2015

Erika Vogt, untitled. Polyurethane, wood, acrylic, rope 2015, Overduin & Co., LA, Installation view NADA Miami, Photograph Zebadiah Keneally, 2015

Johannes Beutulla, “Fatigue #1” & “Fatigue #2”. Digital print on canvas with beach chair. 2015, Natalia Hug Gallery, Cologne, Installation view NADA Miami, Photograph Zebadiah Keneally, 2015
Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland

Wynne Greenwood, Video installation view, NADA, Miami, Formatting digital video, sound, color
5:35 min, Edition of 3 + 2 AP, 2015, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Photograph by Zebadiah Keneally
Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn

Kris Lemsalu “Father is Present”, Ceramic, bearskin, synthetic fur, foam, 2014, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, EE, Installation at NADA, Miami, Photograph by Zebadiah Keneally
Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn

Jaanus Samma “This Hair Sucks Sweater Shop” Hand knitted mohair, silk 2015, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, EE, Installation view at NADA, Miami, Photograph by Zebadiah Keneally

Henry Taylor, untitled (Jade in white), acrylic on canvas 2012, Feuer/ Mesler, NY, Installation view NADA, Miami, Photograph by Zebadiah Keneally

Caragh Thuring, “Memphis HL” oil, silverleaf, graphite on linen 2013, Simon Preston Gallery, NY, Installation view NADA Miami, Photograph by Zebadiah Keneally
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