Samdani Art Foundation

The Samdani Art Foundation is registered private trust in Dhaka that aims to increase artistic engagement between Bangladesh and the rest of the world. Founded in 2011 by collector couple Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani, and led by Artistic Director Diana Campbell Betancourt, the foundation has enabled Bangladeshi artists to expand their creative horizons and for international artists and art professionals to engage with Bangladesh. 
Bangladesh was a country founded in 1971 and born from a desire to speak its own language  and the foundation exists to give support to this voice, which anyone can learn unlike a race or a religion. The Foundation produces the bi-annual Dhaka Art Summit, which is now entering its 4th edition and exists as the world’s largest non-commercial research & exhibition platform for South Asian art. The Summit facilitates inter-generational and inter-regional dialogues that were not previously possible due to restrictions of movements of people & goods across South Asia