The New Breed of Chelsea Galleries

A new era is blossoming in New York’s venerable Chelsea neighborhood, as personified by a slew of new galleries owned and run by “a group of enterprising young dealers who are shaking up a corner of the New York art scene.” The youngsters have a name for themselves – the New Art Dealers Alliance – and they have a mission, as well: to provide a stage for emerging artists who wouldn’t have a prayer of being exhibited at Chelsea’s more established galleries, and to make money doing it. NADA is also a sign of the growing trend towards the reemergence of the artists’ collectives which dominated the 1960s and ’70s.