The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has launched "Climate Culture Care," the first solo exhibition by a Bangladesh-based artist in a UK museum, featuring the work of Soma Surovi Jannat. Developed during her residency at the institution, the show includes approximately 40 works, ranging from intricate drawings on paper to a 30-foot-long scroll and an ephemeral site-specific wall drawing. The exhibition is part of the Ashmolean NOW series, which tasks contemporary artists with creating new interventions inspired by the museum’s historical and archaeological collections.
This milestone exhibition highlights the growing international recognition of contemporary Bangladeshi art and addresses the urgent intersection of environmental crises and social inequality. By bridging the historical artifacts of the Ashmolean with modern ecological concerns in the Sundarbans forest, Jannat’s work fosters a global dialogue on climate responsibility. Supported by the British Council and the Samdani Art Foundation, the project underscores the importance of cross-cultural residencies in bringing diverse South Asian perspectives to major Western heritage institutions.