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Founder and chair Delfina Entrecanales with Boutros Boutros-Ghali
The Delfina Foundation meets Boutros Boutros-Ghali
In November 2008, founder Delfina Entrecanales and board member Mark Muller QC visited Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Cairo, Egypt. During this visit, Mr. Boutros-Ghali - our patron, re-emphasised his support of The Delfina Foundation's work in the Middle-East and North Africa.
Extra Muros, Amina Menia, 2005
DF to welcome its next resident artist: Amina Menia (Algeria)
Amina Menia’s work actively questions our relation to architectural and historical spaces, and challenges conventional notions around the exhibition space. Working across installation, sculpture and video, her art encourages meetings and exchanges with the public, and attempts to probe daily changes through 'new urban practices'.
Amina Menia has exhibited her work internationally, including Paris (Galerie Anne de Villepoix), Tunis, Algiers and Marseille. In 2007, she was invited by Zineb Sedira to take part in Visiting Art's Artist to Artist programme.
From the 'I Am' series, Manal Aldowayan, 2007
DF to welcome its next resident artist: Manal Al Dowayan (Saudi Arabia)
Manal Al-Dowayan is a photographer, currently living and working in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. For her I Am project (2005-2007), she produced a series of black and white portraits of veiled and heavily made-up Saudi women, posing next to material attributes conventional associated with male professions. With no studio Al-Dowayan erects temporary studios in the homes of her subjects, thus inhabiting herself a typically male profession.
Manal has participated in numerous exhibitions including the British Council's Common Ground project in 2006 and Edge of Arabia in 2008.
DF joins forces with Visiting Arts
DF joins forces with Visiting Arts
Call for proposals from UK-based visual artists.
Visiting Arts in partnership with The Delfina Foundation are pleased to announce Artist to Artist International 2009. The 2009 scheme will introduce a geographic focus by inviting artists from across the Middle East and North Africa.