Back from my tour of the eastern and midwestern United States.   Things obviously happened while I was away.

For instance, the India Art Summit was held from 19-22 August.  Interestingly enough, I seemed to hear more about how M. F. Hussain wasn’t at the Summit than about what was shown.  Short article on that from NYTimes Arts Beat.

Also, the first non-government biennale opened in China.  Beijing’s 789 Biennale was mostly arranged by Chinese art journalist and seems to have had its share of problems.  However, it’s good to see that private citizens are starting to take a major role in the Chinese art fair scene.  Here’s an article on the 789 Biennale by Chris Gill from The Art Newspaper.