About
Dhaka Art Summit is an art summit held in Dhaka, Bangladesh and is organised by Samdani Art Foundation, a non- profit art trust founded by Nadia Samdani MBE and Rajeeb Samdani in 2011.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nadia Samdani, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Samdani Art FoundationFounder6
Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Samdani Art Foundation3
Personal life
- CitizenshipBangladesh5
Legal issues and controversies
Following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on 5 August 2024, scrutiny increased over the political connections of the Dhaka Art Summit’s founders, Rajeeb and Nadia Samdani MBE. In September 2024, news reports alleged that the couple had established close ties with members of the Sheikh family, including Sheikh Rehana, through exhibitions organized during Mujib Year in collaboration with the Center for Research and Information.
Further allegations concerned the supply of high-value artworks by the Samdanis to political figures, including members of the Sheikh family. During unrest on 5 August 2024, properties associated with Sheikh Rehana and Salman F. Rahman were looted, resulting in the loss of valuable artworks. Speculation linked some of these works to prior transactions involving the Samdanis. Samdani Art Foundation rejected these allegation.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nadia Samdani (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
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- 1WikidataNadia Samdani on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNadia Samdani on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataSamdani Art Foundation, Founder
- 7Wikimedia CommonsNadia Samdani photo by Ruxmini, CC BY-SA 4.0