All photos on site for Art Observed by Caroline Claisse and Samuel Sveen

The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) art fair explores “new or underexposed art that is not typical of the ‘art establishment.'” Posting up nearly 50 blocks north of the main fair—Art Basel Miami Beach—the satellite fair moved to its Deauville Beach Resort location in 2009 to cut costs, making it a more affordable venture for the younger galleries while remaining a non-profit organization. Since first launching in 2003, the fair has clearly demonstrated the demand for emerging artists and their work, many of the galleries consistently selling out their booths within the first few days of the fair, if not hours. And despite this year’s questionable global economic environment, the fair proved a success once again, with galleries like Lisa Cooley, Kate Werble Gallery, The Hole, The Journal Gallery, Leo Koenig Inc., and White Columns all pleased with the results, prices topping out around $50,000. Also at the fair, multimedia artist Jayson Musson A.K.A. Hennessy Youngman lectured/performed “His History of Art” Thursday evening.

Kate Werble Gallery

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Sigmar Polke, Untitled (Palermo) (1976), all images via Leo Koenig, Inc.

“Sigmar Polke: Photoworks 1964-2000” is currently on view at Leo Koenig, Inc. in New York City through September 3^rd, 2011.  Developed in collaboration with Winckler Fine Arts, Berlin, the exhibition displays a carefully curated slice of the thousands of photographs Sigmar Polke made throughout his lifetime.  The images chosen demonstrate his enthusiasm for photographic experimentation and the subjects captured range in tone from humorous to serious.  The exhibition reveals Polke’s chameleon-like aptitude and capriciousness.

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