In a suburb of Delhi a new exhibition area Devi Art Foundation, which will be the first museum of modern art in India. The display will be works from the collection of the family of collectors Poddarov

34-year-old Indian Anupam Poddar (Anupam Poddar) - head of the company engaged in the hotel business elite. It is a passionate collector of works of current contemporary art. Art installation settled not only in every room of his home, but also in the garden and driveway to the alley, and even a toilet! This interest is recognized himself Poddar, has not been just a hobby. This is a real passion, obsession, which is difficult to refuse. The main inspiration for what he calls his mother, LEKHIM Poddar (Lekha Poddar), which began to collect objects of folk and modern art a few decades ago.

works from the collection of bulk Poddarov - which is nearly 2 thousand works of contemporary art, and 5 thousand of folk and tribal art - will be the basis for exposure Devi Art Foundation - a new exhibition ground on the outskirts of Delhi - Gurgaone. Devi Art Foundation, covers an area of 700 sq. km. m on two floors of high-rise office building, will open the exhibition Still Moving Image, which will be submitted photo and 25 video artists.

In fact, Devi will be the first museum of contemporary art is relevant in India. This is a real breakthrough in the Indian art medium. However, the uniqueness of Devi Art Foundation is still in the fact that this is the first non-profit site for the exhibition of works of modern art from India and other countries in the Indian subcontinent. Now across the country there are many art galleries, but they are all created for profit.

The improved economic situation in the country and increase the welfare of the citizens, the Indian art market, there are many new buyers willing to invest in art. Prices for works of art are raised, the art becomes a profitable investment tool, there are many new collectors. Most of them just choose for themselves the work that they liked. As for the family Poddarov, they always listen to your instincts and to the arguments of reason, and never afraid to take independent decisions. They are well known in the art environment because they can predict the main trends in the market long before a line will go into fashion. For example, Anupam Poddar in 1999 purchased the product today, a popular artist Subodh Gupta (Subodh Gupta) - a statue of a cow pink fiberglass life-size. This was the first purchase of a collector. How often likes to talk himself Poddar for his art - what have to get along, no matter how defiant and provocative, it may be. Avoid it impossible.

now in India is difficult to find available to the public exhibition of modern art. The National Gallery of Modern Art, under the Government of India, the works of contemporary art are exhibited only rarely. Opening Devi Art Foundation will help to fill this gap.

In continuation of this effort next year to begin the actual construction of a museum of modern art in Calcutta on the draft of the Swiss architect Herzog & de Meuron, involved the construction of the gallery «Tate» in London. Share this museum is planned at the end of 2013.

Sources: iht.com , artinvestment.ru