Dhaka Art Summit
Bangladesh, 2016-2023
Dhaka Art Summit is one of the most important platforms for South Asian art in the region, and promotes artistic engagement between Bangladesh and the rest of the world. It is organised by Samdani Art Foundation, a non- profit art organisation founded by Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani in 2011, and curated by the artistic director of the Samdani Foundation, Diana Campbell Betancourt.
What About Art is the associate producer of the event since 2014. Over the years, we have worked with many artists such as Raqib Shaw, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Chai Siris, Ho Tzu Nyen, Lucy Raven, Olafur Eliason and Haroon Mirza, to name a few.
Sumayya Vally, performance view of They Who Brings Rain Brings Life, 2022–23, in “To Enter the Sky” at Dhaka Art Summit, 2023. © DAS
Antony Gormley's Turn at Dhaka Art Summit, 2023 © DAS
Raqib Shaw, 'Kashmir Danaë (After Gossaert)', 2017, at Raqib Shaw exhibition, co-curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt and Dr. Maria Balshaw and the artist. Courtesy of the artist and White Cube. Photographer: Noor Photoface.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Chai Siris, 'Dilbar', single channel video-projection on glass screen with sound, 2013.
From left: Raqib Shaw, 'The Adoration (After Jan Gossaert)', 2015-2016, courtesy of the artist and White Cube; Chair (used for ceremony-from The Palace of Dinajpur Maharaja, 19th Century, from the collection of the Bangladesh National Museum); and Kashmiri Shawl (from the collection of Raqib Shaw) at the Raqib Shaw exhibition, co-curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt and Dr. Maria Balshaw and the artist. Photographer: Noor Photoface.
Installation in Progress, Dhaka Art Summit, 2016.
Haroon Mirza, 'The National Apavilion of Then and Now;, 2011, LED, foam and sound, Solo Project. Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery, London. Photo courtesy of Dhaka Art Summit and Samdani Art Foundation. Photo credit: Noor Photoface.