Collecting Fundamentals: Online Conversation
NADA is delighted to invite you to Collecting Fundamentals, an online conversation presented as part of NADA Collects, on Friday, January 30 at 2pm ET.
The panel brings together three NADA Member gallerists to share insights and answer questions on how to start and grow an art collection and foster meaningful relationships with artists and galleries.
Speakers:
Nicelle Beauchene (Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York)
Megan Bradley (Bradley Ertaskiran Gallery, Montreal)
Alex Nazari (Gattopardo, Los Angeles)
Moderated by Anne Parke
A recording of the conversation will also be available to all who register to rewatch at your convenience if you are unable to attend live.
Have a question you’d like the panel to address? Email [email protected].
Nicelle Beauchene
Nicelle Beauchene opened her eponymous gallery in 2008 on the Lower East Side following her tenure as Director at Marianne Boesky Gallery.
For the past 18 years of she has promoted the work of emerging local and international artists, providing a platform for artists including Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Saif Azzuz, Sarah Crowner, Jonathan Gardner, the Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers, Scott Kahn, and David Benjamin Sherry to name a few.
Over the course of her career she has worked closely with an extensive list of museum institutions including the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), The Drawing Center, (New York, NY), The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY), National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington D.C.) Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (Durham, NC), and Pérez Art Museum (Miami, FL), facilitating permanent collection acquisitions, special projects, and solo and group exhibitions.
Her gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America and she is the former President of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). Serving for several years, she helped steer the organization and its fairs, stepping down in 2018 to bring fresh perspectives.
Megan Bradley
Megan Bradley is the co-founder and co-owner of Bradley Ertaskiran, a contemporary art gallery based in Montreal, Canada.Prior to co-founding Bradley Ertaskiran, Bradley was the Director of Parisian Laundry (Montreal), known for innovative and ambitious programming that brought artists working internationally into dialogue with local practices. She assumed ownership of Parisian Laundry and merged with galerie antoine ertaskiran (Montreal) in 2020. Early on in her career, she founded Galerie Push (Montreal), a gallery dedicated to emerging artists.Megan Bradley holds a master’s degree in art history from Concordia University. She is Vice-President of the Board of Directors of The Darling Foundry, a not-for-profit arts centre in Montreal, and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Contemporary Art Galleries Association (Canada). She has also worked as an advisor to private collections and in
development and communications within the not-for-profit arts sector.Her practice is grounded in a long-term approach to artist representation, focusing on building sustained relationships with artists, institutions, curators, and collections to support durational growth.
Alex Nazari
Gattopardo is a Los Angeles based, artist-run gallery committed to supporting discursive practices through artist-led programming. Works from our exhibitions have entered the collections of the Hammer Museum and the Museum of Arts and Design (NY), and our program has been covered by The Art Newspaper, The Financial Times, The New York Times, and others.
Gattopardo has participated in Frieze LA (Focus 2021), NADA Miami, NADA New York, NADA Villa Warsaw, and most recently 7 rue Froissart in Paris. In early 2024, we relocated from our modest East LA storefront to a 4,000-square-foot former auto shop, inaugurating the space with Jennifer West’s first non-institutional LA solo exhibition in nearly a decade. Recent and upcoming programming includes solo exhibitions by Stanya Kahn, Wayne Koestenbaum, Gabriel Madan, Olivia Mole, and others.
Anne Parke
Anne Parke is an art advisor with previous experience at David Zwirner and Fergus McCaffrey galleries. She launched her art advisory firm in 2020 and established a quarterly salon series, where gallerists present artists from their programs to share with collectors in an intimate dinner party setting.
She curates the rotating exhibition program at People’s New York, a recently launched evening lounge and art gallery in Greenwich Village located at the original Downtown Gallery townhouse of Edith Halpert. Anne collaborates with The Campus Upstate, where she established and currently runs their bookstore, cafe, and programming initiatives for the six Tribeca gallery partners of the Campus: Bortolami, James Cohan, Anton Kern, Andrew Kreps, kaufmann repetto, and Kurimanzutto.
NADA Collects is a new membership group and foundational resource for new collectors. Members are invited to attend monthly events, ranging from exclusive previews, salons, gallery tours, intimate networking gatherings, and private walkthroughs, providing unique access and insights for contemporary art discovery and collecting.
Programming for NADA Collects has a dedicated focus on NADA Member Galleries and their artists. Events are primarily based in NYC, with additional events in Miami and other cities in alignment with the global art calendar. Monthly subscription provides access and invitations to programming from date of sign up.
Programs Include:
Monthly Exhibition and Art Fair Preview Events
Exhibition and Art Fair Preview Events
Dinners with NADA gallerists
Weekend Gallery Tours
Access to exclusive opportunities and programs
About NADA Collects
NADA Collects is a new membership group and foundational resource for new collectors. Members are invited to attend monthly events, ranging from exclusive previews, salons, gallery tours, intimate networking gatherings, and private walkthroughs, providing unique access and insights for contemporary art discovery and collecting.
Programming for NADA Collects has a dedicated focus on NADA Member Galleries and their artists. Events are primarily based in NYC, with additional events in Miami and other cities in alignment with the global art calendar. Monthly subscription provides access and invitations to programming from date of sign up.
Programs Include:
- Monthly Exhibition and Art Fair Preview Events
- Exhibition and Art Fair Preview Events
- Dinners with NADA gallerists
- Weekend Gallery Tours
- Access to exclusive opportunities and programs
