3rd Annual India Art Summit in New Delhi

I was very interested in the story today January 31, 2011, in the New York Times about the 3rd annual modern and contemporary India Art Summit in New Delhi, India that was held from January 20th to 23rd. I have spent every winter, for the last 30 years, in India and have seen many changes taking place within the country and the culture over those years. Only in the last few years have I seen art hanging on the walls of my Indian friends' homes. This year's Art Summit is a prime example of the rapidly changing cultural and economic environment in India. The show was double the size of last year's show with 34 international galleries from 20 countries being represented along with 50 Indian galleries and 500 artists in the 90,000 square feet space with dedicated space for digital and video art. The exhibit was attended by more than 128,000 visitors and more than 50% of the art on display was sold, including two works by Picasso. To read the full story in the New York Times go here. You can also visit the official web sit of the show here.

David Hockney's Digital Drawings Exhibition

British artist David Hockney's current exhibition entitle "Fleurs Franiches" are digital drawings made with his iPad and iPhone and are the first of their kind to be seen in a gallery. This show is the most exciting thing I have seen all year, and for that matter, for the past few years.  The exhibition is being held at the Foundation Pierre Berge'-Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, France from October 20, 2010 to January 30, 2011.  This is the first time an entire exhibition portfolio has been submitted to the gallery totally by email. It is the first entirely digital art exhibition in an art gallery, but I am sure it is only the first of many more to come. For a more in depth look at this great new medium of art that is currently taking root,  go to the Art Daily website here. Or you can here about it on NPR here.