Delfina Foundation

🌱Book Launch

Join us on 15 Nov to hear artist Gala Porras-Kim and Pina magazine founder and editor Catalina Imizcoz talk about Porras-Kim’s exhibition ‘Conditions for recognising a living stone’, commissioned and produced for the magazine’s pages.

‘Conditions for recognising a living stone’ presents a legal case defending the labour and immigration rights of the Ka (life force) of Nenkheftka, an ancient Egyptian official who dwells in a statue kept at the British Museum. Joined by a team that includes a lawyer and an egyptologist, Porras-Kim seeks to restore Nenkheftka’s agency in his afterlife plans. Her exhibition examines the parameters of respecting beliefs about law, biology and religion across cultural, geographic and temporal spectrums. Thinking about the relationship between objects and the institutions that house them, the conversation will explore the making-of this exhibition in-print.

We are delighted to host this event at Delfina Foundation, where the seeds of the project were planted during ’s residency in 2021. More details and registration through link in bio.

💫 Hadieh Shafie

Introducing one of our autumn artists-in-residence…

📝 Hadieh is an Iranian American artist who creates high and low-relief sculptural paintings made of paper, exploring the concept of fore-edge painting in relation to the book form.

Featured here are images from across Hadieh’s practice, where she subverts the relationship between image and text reconfiguring our understanding of books.

Hadieh’s artistic interest is deeply rooted in her coming of age in post-revolutionary Iran, where her connection to books became a refuge from her experiences. During her residency, Hadieh will focus on the power of objects and their significance as holders of knowledge, producing a new body of work in response to a history of erasure and displacement.

Image 1:
Two Spike Books
Rolled Paper & ink
2024

Image 2:
Spike (White)
Rolled paper containing handwritten and printed Farsi text, water-based ink and acrylics
2022

Image 3&4:
Forough 4 “Another Birth: Life is perhaps that enclosed moment when my gaze destroys itself in the pupil of your eyes”
Stacked paper & ink
2024

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📖 An interview between our current exhibiting artist and the show's curator is now published on our site –

"𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 […] 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 — 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘐’𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥.”

In Conversation: Soumya Sankar Bose and Erin Li Parallel stories

EXHIBITION | Delve into a blur of memory and imagination, where socio-political upheaval refracts through individual lives.

Soumya Sankar Bose: Braiding dusk and dawn 15 May - 7 July 2024

📢 Calling artists, curators, researchers, technologists, activists, writers, and thinkers – apply now for our three-month residency programme commencing in January 2025.

science_technology_society Deadline: 19 May 2024

🌟 Later this month we will open a new group exhibition curated by our former resident Yina Jiménez Suriel – exploring the intersection of imagination and emancipation…

de montañas submarinas el fuego hace islas [from the underwater mountains fire makes islands] 24/01/2024 – 10/03/2024

Join us on Sunday 19 November, for a screening and conversation between Adham Faramawy and Farah Al Qasimi.

Video playlist With Farah Al Qasimi and Adham Faramawy

📢 ! Applications open for Taiwanese artists and curators for a 12-week residency in spring 2024

Open Call for Taiwanese artists and curators In partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (R.O.C.), Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from Taiwanese

Join us on Saturday 11 November for an afternoon of performances.

Tearoom Relay - Pit Stop Students of Frankfurt's Städelschule present an afternoon of performances

And... an open call for artists based in Japan! Please spread the word!

Open call for artists based in Japan In partnership with Japan House London Trust, Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from artists based in

📢 Another ! With – for curators based in Central and Eastern Europe.

Open call for curators based in Central and Eastern Europe In partnership with Kunsthalle Praha, Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from curators based in Central and

💜 Pleased to share that our next exhibition will be of our former resident Farah Al Qasimi. The show opens on 3 October:

Farah Al Qasimi: Abort, Retry, Fail 04/10/2023 – 20/11/2023

Calling curators and cultural managers based in Argentina! Applications now open for an eight-week residency:

Open call for curators and cultural managers based in Argentina With support from the Embassy of Argentina in the UK and the Anglo-Argentine Society, Delfina

And we're also delighted to share this for artists based in Ecuador!

Open call for artists based in Ecuador In partnership with EACHEVE, Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from artists based in Ecuador for a

📢 Calling artists based in Turkey! Applications are now open for a residency at Delfina in early 2024.

Open call for artists based in Turkey In partnership with SAHA Association, Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from artists based in Turkey for

📢 Reside at Delfina Foundation while doing a fellowship at Tate!

Open call with Tate for Brooks International Fellowship Programme In collaboration, Delfina Foundation and Tate invite applications for the Brooks International Fellowship Programme 2024

⏳Gelare Khoshgozaran’s exhibition closes this Sunday. Don’t miss it!

Gelare Khoshgozaran: To Be the Author of One’s Own Travels 23/06/2023 – 06/08/2023

Book now to join our current artist-in-residence Giana De Dier next Saturday for a workshop exploring collage as a tool to reshape and reimagine untold histories and experiences:

Collage club Storytelling through collage

✏️ Learn about the playful, expansive, and embodied approach to drawing of our recent resident Ana Bidart.

Studio Visit: Ana Bidart Tracing time

Delve into the practice of our current exhibiting artist in this new in-depth profile by Maria Walsh.

Burlington Contemporary - Articles - Gelare Khoshgozaran To be an exile is to see the world through a double perspective, to live with a sense of being in two places at the same time.1 Since 2009 the Iranian artist Gelare Khoshgozaran (b.1986)

"The stylistic character of all three films is defined by a certain impulse toward quietude and non-representation, strategies which are part of a refreshing move away from the trading of clearly delineated political representation as currency." – Dylan Huw, e-flux Criticism.

Dylan Huw on Gelare Khoshgozaran - Criticism - e-flux Gelare Khoshgozaran describes herself as an “undisciplinary artist and writer.”

Book now to join Eliel Jones for a tour of our exhibition this Saturday.

Curator Tour: To Be the Author of One’s Own Travels 15/07/2023