On July 3, 2026, at the Grand Hall of Palazzo della Cancelleria, the HerNet Foundation and HerNet Fine Arts organized Bangladesh’s first major international art exhibition in collaboration with the Embassy of the Holy See in Dhaka. The exhibition, which will run until July 19, 2026, is under the patronage of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Culture and Education, which recognizes its spiritual, cultural, and artistic excellence. 

Both H.E. Archbishop Kevin S. Randall, Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh, and Mons. Paul Tighe, Secretary for the Dicastery for Culture and Education, attended the opening ceremony, along with Prince Hugo Windisch-Graetz and other distinguished guests. 

Alisha Pradhan, the founder and General Secretary of the HerNet Foundation and Chief Curator of HerNet Fine Arts, curated the exhibition with an eye toward the diversity of Bangladeshi artists and their cultural inheritance. She brings together renowned as well as rising Bangladeshi artists, contemporary voices, and international contributors. The goal of the exhibition is to showcase Bangladeshi art as a language for cultivating peace, dialogue, and solidarity. Alisha Pradham explains that “Echoes of Bengal carries the soul of Bangladesh to Rome. It is an offering of peace through art, and it is also a statement that the culture of Bangladesh deserves to stand confidently before the world.”

Echoes of Bengal – Art for Peace Pilgrimage represents a significant moment for the engagement between Bangladeshi and European cultural and diplomatic worlds. It highlights Bangladeshi art as a meaningful voice and gift meant to be shared with the global community.