Hello! enjoyed a day well spent with the creatives behind Dhaka Art Summit - Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani. Nadia expresses her love for art as genuine and can be traced back to her earlier years as she has been collecting and acquiring artworks for almost about 12 years now. Her love for art is in its purest form and not for any monetary purposes. The major and first acquisition that she holds dear to date is the work by the Bangladeshi modernist S M Sultan, the 22.

Call the love for art being inherited or just habitual out of mere surroundings, it is something that comes to her naturally. She reminisces over the fond memories she has made over the years and is quick to share one of her favourites with us.

"I guess one special and dear memory would be Dhaka Art Summit – the non-commercial public event which my Foundation organises every two years. Each edition is a fond memory and especially the third, which took place last month and was visited by over 1,38,000 visitors in 4 days. It was an amazing experience to have so many art lovers come and visit. Another favourite memory would be of the time when Polish artist Pawel Althamer did a portrait of my youngest daughter, Maya (2 years 4 months old) for my husband Rajeeb’s birthday and then of my three daughters, including Maya, along with Pawel painted the work and was gifted to Rajeeb."

"I cannot even think about living in a place without art."