India’s first major non-profit art center, the Devi Art Foundation, opened its doors to the public on September 1. The private, non-profit art space in the Delhi suburb of Gurgaon houses the Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collection, one of India’s most important private collections, comprised of more than 7,000 contemporary, modern and tribal artworks from... [more]

Big Ambitions For New-Media Art Festival in Shanghai
News / Shanghai
By Xhingyu Chen

Launched in 2007, the Shanghai eArts Festival will hold its second edition this October, another addition to the already dynamic roster of art events occurring later this year in the city. With the main events scheduled for October 18-22, a month after the 7th Shanghai Biennale (see p. 186) and the art fair ShContemporary (see AAP 55, 56, p. 132) open, this year’s eArts Festival will be the largest... [more]

Art Fair Report: To See and To Sell
News / Melbourne
By Natalie King

The 11th biennial Melbourne Art Fair opened on July 30 in the grand Royal Exhibition Building. The five-day-long fair showcased over 3000 contemporary artworks from more than 80 Australian and international galleries from across the Asia-Pacific region. Along with leading... [more]

Raqs Media Curate at Manifesta7
News / Bolzano
By Bosko Blagojevic

Saturday July 19 marked the official opening of the seventh edition of Manifesta, the European Biennale of Contemporary Art. Curated by New Delhi-based Raqs Media Collective (see AAP 37), “The Rest of Now” is one of four primary exhibition programs constituting Manifesta7. Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta are... [more]