Michael Anthony Farley on Jen DeLuna
BmoreArt
December 6, 2024

A big chunk of booths at both New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) and the Untitled Art Fair had nearly sold-out by Wednesday afternoon. Many booths are showing fresh-out-of-school painters, and the majority of prices have been well under the $10k mark. It’s a strategy that’s obviously working. I love an art fair with youthful enthusiasm that’s had strong sales in its opening hours, because people actually want to talk about art when they’re not freaking out about sales! I can’t remember the last time I got to spend so much time with so many people truly excited about all the nerdy nitty-gritty of painting in a commercial context, gleefully bouncing around and learning all about the various ways people are smearing, wiping, scumbling, scratching, and otherwise luxuriating in oil. – Michael Anthony Farley