Article by Bárbara Borges de Campos // Feb. 19, 2020
‘Dhaka Art Summit 2020: Seismic Movements’ is the fifth edition of DAS, which brings together artists, curators and thinkers from different points of the globe to discuss, reevaluate …[read on]
Mar. 21, 2019
What happens when capitalist corporations exploit activism for the sake of turning a profit? This question, among related motifs, will be addressed by the eighth edition of Poppositions…[read on]
Video by BAL Productions in Dhaka // Mar. 11, 2016
In February, the 3rd edition of the Dhaka Art Summit offered unprecedented access to new works by South Asian and international artists. With over 138,000 visitors over four days, the biennial event acts as a pop-up museum…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Friday, Nov. 22, 2013.
Video art doesn’t always have the best reception in art galleries or museums: visitors rarely take the time to sit through a whole screening, in a setting where videos are looped and it’s easy to come and go as you please. But what if you were
physically compelled to watch video art from start to finish?…
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Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013.
In the new year, the second edition of the
Dhaka Art Summit, hosted by the
Samdani Art Foundation, will present the works of over 250 South Asian and international artists in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The non-commercial event focuses on contemporary art from several South Asian countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Directors
Diana Campbell Betancourt (Artistic Director, Samdani Art Foundation) and
Mahbubur Rahman (Artist /Co-Founder, Britto Arts Trust, Bangladesh) have put together a programme of curated exhibitions and talks that will explore global and regional perspectives on South Asian art practices…
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