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The Maecenas of the Pakistani art scene are called Amna and Ali Naqvi. Based in Hong Kong, they are real pioneers in their field in Pakistan and began their art collection more than 20 years ago. They started with local contemporary and modern art, but their collection has expanded over the years to include art from China, India, Indonesia, and Japan.
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The power couple behind the acclaimed Dhaka Art Summit, which put South Asian art to international spotlight, Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani reveals their secret recipe for a successful art event. We also test their connectedness as a team.
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“In art everything people are interested in must have something special,” says collector Rudy Akili. “I respect what people know and I want to learn it. When there is this kind of curiosity you can start having dialogues and enjoy contemporary art.” Driven by this view the Indonesian businessman Rudy Akili – owner of Smailing…
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Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1977, Shumon Ahmed came to international attention in 2014 with his photographic series Metal Graves, presented first at the Dhaka Art Summit in a show B-desh curated by French curator Deepak Anand, then at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India curated by Jitish Kallat. The public soon discovered the multi-facets of Ahmed’s…
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The Dhaka Art Summit 2016 opens today at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Selina Ting speaks to the masterminds of the Summit on their enthusiasm and generosity in creating an international platform for the promotion of South Asian Art.
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Interest of the art world in the emerging scenes and markets is stirring up a lot of excitement before the 4-day Dhaka Art Summit opens on Friday 5th February 2016, CoBo talks to Diana Campbell Betancourt, Chief-Curator of the Summit.
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