Platform

Delfina Presents: Bruno Alves de Almeida

At the threshold of art and place

Delfina Presents: Nikolett Balázs

Giving materials a voice

In the Studio: Jo Grogan

Our UK associate artist, Jo Grogan, gives us a glimpse into her London-based studio at Sarabande Foundation.

In Conversation: Simon Speiser

Creating worlds beyond the body, beyond what is human

In Conversation: Xin Liu and Holly E J Black

Anna Costa e Silva: On vulnerability as practice

Delfina Presents: Yeser Berro

Making the silence feel seen

Maxwell Alexandre: Sanctuary and the Shadow of its Walls

Delfina Presents: Nazira Karimi

Visual poetic narratives

Huo RF: Reflections On Ageing

Delfina Presents: Gabriella Hirst

What does it mean to garden history?

Freudian Typo: Condensed Word, Displaced Flesh

Delfina Presents: Abdul Halik Azeez

Responding to the encounter

Delfina Presents: Dennis Dizon

Exploring the tensions between thinking and feeling

In Conversation: Sidra Khawaja

Exploring the sensory and experiential qualities of materials

Studio Visit: Ali Akbar Mehta

The archive as a contested space

Lover of Tradition: Conversation with Han Mengyun

Han Mengyun shares insights into her practice with May Adadol Ingawanij

Delfina Presents: Daniah Alsaleh

Expanding expressive possibilities

Ana Bidart: Long Before the Walls

A Night of Encounters

Highlights from A Night of Encounters

Studio Visit with Aracha Cholitgul

The fluidity of home

Studio visit: Pilar Elgueta

Activating ideas and images

Delfina Presents: Mohammad Al Faraj

Symbols of resistance will always grow

Delfina Presents: Tara Al Dughaither

Deepening the narratives of spaces forgotten

Delfina Presents: Kvet Nguyen

Photography as an act of hope

Madhushree Kamak – Hacking the Museum

Article by Madhushree Kamak – Hacking the Museum: tensions around technology in the gallery.

Studio visit: Mohit Shelare

An artist of “contamination”

Studio Visit: Pamela Cevallos

The Political Power of Replicas

In Conversation: Emilio Bianchic

“accidents, art, or magic”

Studio Visit: Hyekyung Son

Sculptural Marxism

In Conversation: Soumya Sankar Bose and Erin Li

Parallel stories

Delfina Presents: Carolina Laia Jozami

Immaterial potentiality

Delfina Presents: Takuya Watanabe

People and plants: Habitats and habitus

Moussaka and the Politics of Spices

Conversations on food, nation, and identity

Studio Visit: Lêna Bùi

A theory of circular flow

In Conversation: Didem Erbaş

Material matrix

de montañas submarinas el fuego hace islas

Our recent exhibition exploring the expansion of imaginaries

Cyphering, Vibrating, Emanating

Highlights from a night of performances

In conversation: Jazgul Madazimova and Ella Finer

Lullabies and lamentations

Delfina Presents: Michele Chu

Exploring collective mourning

Farah Al Qasimi: Abort, Retry, Fail

Watch the artist introduce her recent exhibition

Abort, Retry, Fail?_

Response to Farah Al Qasimi’s exhibition by poet Kamelya Omayma Youssef

Studio Visit: Saba Khan

Reflections on water

Delfina Presents: Giana De Dier

Piecing together untold stories

In Conversation: Gelare Khoshgozaran and Eliel Jones

Exile as the condition of living

Studio Visit: Ana Bidart

Tracing time

In Conversation: Noara Quintana and Diego Chocano

Imagining an Amazonian Art Nouveau

Delfina Presents: Andrei Fernández

Challenging what gets called art and who decides

Studio Visit: Sumi Kanazawa

Assembling a cosmic archive

Delfina Presents: Mandy Merzaban

Contemplating the spaces of institutional life that we normalise and neutralise

Resident’s Room: Luca E. Lum

Reflections on time, memory, body, and affect

Cultivating Stories

Exploring archive, soil memory and artistic collaboration

Recipes for slow disaster

How do we rethink and rebuild lost landscapes

Delfina Presents: Joseph K. Kasau and Stéphane Kabila

On art as a tool – not just to reflect, but also to act

Enunciation and food artivism

Notes and thoughts

Resident’s Room: Nassim Azarzar

Our resident on his long fascination with the visual culture of Moroccan trucks

Agrarianism and Revolutions

Tracing paths of thought

Studio Visit: Leandro Pesantes

Re-enchanting a world in crisis

Delfina Presents: Derek Tumala

On climate, mutation and rice

Qamar al-Din

The Politics of Food: A podcast | Episode three

Cherry Truluck: Malt, an oat flour macaron

A recipe from our UK associate artist

David Blandy: Gathering Storm

A collaborative world-building game – an outcome of research into colonial agricultural policies and legacies

Delfina Presents: Tina Barouti

Reflecting on her research and learning in Tate’s curatorial department

Resident’s Room: Annalee Levin

Our UK associate artist reports from her ‘studio’ – a 17th century Somerset pub

Mutate. Mutating. Mutant.

The Politics of Food: A podcast | Episode two

Delfina Presents: Javier Villa

Curating as storytelling

Salt Stains: Appetites & Extinction

The Politics of Food: A podcast | Episode one

Reading List: Politics of Food

Our residents and associates share their recommended reading

Studio Visit: Soumya Sankar Bose

Capturing marginal/-ised memories

Delfina Presents: Yina Jiménez Suriel

Investigating emancipation and imagination

A Day with: Erin Li

An insight into the life of a resident: from homemade bread to performance art histories

Collectors in Conversation: Benedicta M. Badia Nordenstahl

On collecting as a political exercise

Resident’s Room: Šárka Zahálková

On listening to the house’s voice through its floorboards

Studio Visit: Trevor Yeung

The world’s slowest-growing cactus and other stories

In conversation: Erdem Taşdelen and Nabila Abdel Nabi

Discussing the constellation of work the artist developed while in-residence

KUA – Issue 01: Re-Integration

Our UK associate Yu’an Huang explores the transnational experience in a new publication

Studio Visit: Talles Lopes

Regimes of representation: interrogation and subversion

Family Lunch Recipe: Hashoo Mahi

Artist-in-residence Ghazaleh Avarzamani shares her recipe for this tangy Persian fish dish

Delfina Presents: Patricia Domínguez

Honouring archival plant specimens in a new futuristic installation

Resident’s Room: Karolina Krasouli

Reflections on her deep research into a 19th century London bookbinder

Delfina Presents: Ulrik Lopez

On using sound to blur the lines between past, present and future

Resident’s Room: Adrián Balseca

Our current resident introduces his practice through the materials he brought to London

Delfina Presents: Nolan Oswald Dennis

Exploring the material and metaphysical conditions of decolonisation

Resident’s Room: Zoe Diao

Zoe shares some snapshots of her room at Delfina, offering an insight into her residency and fellowship

Digital Restitution and its Discontents

Interrogating the issues surrounding the digitalisation of collections

Making Regna

Artist Khairani Barokka presents her project exploring decolonisation, disability, and visual cultures

Restitution and the Non-Returnable

Discussing collections, repatriation, compensation and what might be ‘non-returnable’

Delfina Presents: Shiraz Bayjoo

On colonisation, landscapes and living collections

The Breakup

Michael Rakowitz, Arsalan Mohammad and Sarona Abuaker on “thinking with The Beatles”

Studio Visit: Fehras Publishing Practices

On the collective transforming dry and incomplete archives into generative and speculative stories

Resident’s Room: Musquiqui Chihying

Midway through his residency our artist-in-residence shares some reflections

Delfina Presents: Adam Vackar

On seeking a technical, environmental and spiritual synthesis

Delfina Presents: Rado Ištok

Considering heritage, collections and what artefacts in Slovakia might reveal about the country itself

Resident’s Room: Priyanka D’Souza

Our artist-in-residence introduces her practice, interests and current experimentations

The Abode of the Mortal Part of Man

Artist-in-residence Andrew Luk contemplates the heterotopia of East London’s Abney Park cemetery

Resident’s Room: Fernanda D’Agostino Dias

Our fellow takes us behind-the-scenes at Tate to share her research into four works in the collection

Resident’s Room: Chuan-Lun Wu

Our artist-in-residence gives us an insight into his current projects

In conversation: benandsebastian and Ellen Mara De Wachter

Speaking for the non-human

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – July 2021

As the pandemic continues to keep us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch continues through virtual deliveries

Presenting: Syowia Kyambi

We revisit our 2016 artist-in-residence

Delfina Presents: Gala Porras-Kim

Considering the lives of historical objects within institutions

Studio Visit: Philipp Gufler

Juliet Jacques and our artist-in-residence discuss loss, memory, commemoration and resistance as tenets of Philipp’s practice

Presenting: Khairani Barokka

UK associate artist 2021

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – June 2021

As the pandemic continues to keep us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch continues through virtual deliveries

Artworkers Reading Palestinian Poetry

Harun Morrison and Yas Lime for Radio Alhara

Resident’s Room: Philipp Gufler

A sneak peek into the life and practice our artist-in-residence

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – May 2021

As the pandemic continues to keep us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch continues through virtual deliveries

Mother prays, Father weeps

An hour of intercession, produced by Lydia and Sarah Ourahmane

Presenting: Renan Laru-an

We revisit our 2019 curator-in-residence

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – April 2021

As the pandemic continues to keep us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch lives on – delivered to you safely at home.

Presenting: Laura Wilson

We revisit our 2016 UK associate artist

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – March 2021

As the pandemic continues to keep us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch continues through virtual deliveries

Presenting: Taus Makhacheva

We revisit our 2015 artist-in-residence

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – February 2021

As the pandemic continues to keep us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch continues through virtual deliveries

Haegue Yang: A note from Seoul

From Delfina residency to Tate solo show

In Conversation: Manauara Clandestina and Victoria Sin

The two artists discuss the effect of the pandemic on their communities and practices

Presenting: Cooking Sections

We revisit our 2014 artists-in-residence

? Family Lunch: Home Delivery ?

A festive-season special edition of our family lunch! Featuring recipes and a presentation by artist duo Cooking Sections

Anna Ridler and Rosalie Yu: Research things

Explore an evolving portal of investigations and reflections on data

Empire Remains: Christmas Pudding

Artist duo Cooking Sections trace the imperial and postcolonial food systems behind this ‘gastronomic paradox’

Sonya Dyer: ‘HFO: An Occasional Podcast’

The pilot episode of our UK associate artist’s forthcoming series

Worldmaking Practices: A Take on the Future

How can contemporary art from Latin America help us foster a collective re-imagining of the future?

In Conversation: Collector Bernardo Faria

In partnership with Ocula Magazine

Studio Visit: Sonya Dyer

On a practice centring Black female subjectivities and offering a Black futurity

Presenting: Sonya Dyer

UK associate artist 2019

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – Thanksgiving Special

Bringing you a special seasonal edition of our family lunch, featuring festive pie and a presentation by artist Sonya Dyer

In Conversation: Anna Ridler and Gary Zhexi Zhang

Our past and present UK associate artists discuss markets, uncertainty, cryptos and climate change

Resident’s Room: Anna Ridler

A sneak peak into our current UK associate artist’s London studio

Resident’s Room: Louise Beer

Our current UK associate artist reports from the Kent countryside

Resident’s Room: Sejin Kim

Find out more about the artist, her practice and her residency experience

Resident’s Room: Manauara Clandestina

“I often felt like a lonely princess. Now that has changed a lot”

Resident’s Room: Rut Karin Zettergren

The artist shows us the tools and research she’s using to make a work investigating technology and dreams

Presenting: Rosalie Yu

Artist-in-residence 2020

Family Lunch: Home Delivery – October 2020

As the pandemic continues to keeps us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch continues through virtual deliveries

Resident’s Room: Bruno Baptistelli

A sneak peek into Bruno Baptistelli’s practice and workspace at Delfina Foundation

Presenting: Antonio Obá

We revisit our 2017 artist-in-residence

Family Lunch: Home Delivery #4

As the pandemic continues to keeps us physically apart, our tradition of family lunch continues through virtual deliveries

Presenting: Leone Contini

We revisit our 2014/15 artist-in-residence

Family lunch: Home Delivery #3

Our tradition of Family Lunch continues, but now freshly delivered to your digital device

In Conversation: Kyriaki Goni

On interspecies networks, affinities and affective infrastructures

Presenting: Amanda Abi Khalil

We revisit our 2018 curator-in-residence

Family lunch: Home Delivery #2

Our tradition of Family Lunch continues, but now freshly delivered to your digital device

Life of a Craphead: Life of Life of a Craphead

On navigating life and community as working artists

Zian Chen: An open letter to these strange times

Encounters with the apology as a “technology of the self”

Paul Setúbal: A Country Tale

A true story of land expropriation and the struggles for territorial control

Presenting: Yu Ji

We revisit our 2019 artist-in-residence

Family lunch: Home Delivery #1

Our tradition of Family Lunch continues, but now freshly delivered to your digital device

Vibeke Mascini: Infra

Contemplating the British Library’s ‘silent’ recording of a blue whale

Petros Moris: Future Bestiary (Kerameikos)

Exploring subterranean memory and the construct of the future

Petros Moris (with Lito Kattou): PROPHECY

Presenting the third issue of AM zine

Delfina Daily

A daily dose of artistic practice

Delfina Presents: Sheila Chukwulozie

Exploring the relationship between the post-colonial body, Catholicism, and sonic history

Studio Visit: Life of a Craphead

On a duo whose friendly yet subversive humour ingeniously confronts colonial pasts and presents

Delfina Presents: Moe Satt

The performance artist discusses his work focusing on hand movement and gestures

58th Venice Biennale: Performances

Watch highlights from the closing weekend

Delfina Presents: Matterlurgy

Discussing air pollution and using virtual reality to tell its stories

Politics of Food

Our 2019 book, published with Sternberg Press

Trust Issues

On art, decentralisation and emergent technocultures

In Conversation: Venice Programme Participants

Aaron Cezar speaks to the artists involved in the November programme

In Conversation: Collector Daisuke Miyatsu

In partnership with Ocula Magazine

Collectors in Conversation: Bernardo Faria

On artists “looking for the future, but also working hard for the present”

Delfina Presents: Khvay Samnang

On his performance exploring the political and economic relationship between Camdodia and China

Nick Laessing: Plant Orbiter

Researching usership

In Conversation: Constanza Alarcón Tennen

On peripheral thinking and making, transmitting experiences, and tectonic desire

Studio Visit: Ícaro Lira

Northeastern as a statement of resistance

Nasser Al Salem: Amma Baad

Watch the artist introduce his recent exhibition

Vivien Sansour: Zaree’a

On the work and legacy of seed keeper Esiah Levy

Delfina Presents: Marta Fernández Calvo

Uncovering and celebrating food histories and their legacies

Asunción Molinos Gordo: Accumulation by Dispossession

On the exhibition that formed part of our fourth season of Politics of Food

Activating the Alternatives

Discussing research into socio-spatial transformations in Ecuador

Politics of Food: Adapting

Highlights from the season’s events

Food Regimes

Exploring the problems inherent in the current global food system

Collecting: A Glossary

Excerpt from ‘A Selective Guide to the V&A’s South Asian Collection’

58th Venice Biennale: Performances

Watch the performances from the 2019 opening week

Delfina Presents: Maxwell Alexandre

On painting, the divine, and the city of Rio

In Conversation: Daniela Ruiz Moreno

Reflecting on her fellowship in Tate Exchange

Collectors in Conversation: Elie Khouri

On a collection with a global framework and its future

Moonjung Hwang: Simulated residency

Transferring memories

Thiago Hersan: Reinterpreting the astrolabe

Exploring the relationships between humans, nonhumans and machines

Noor Abuarafeh: Rumours Began Some Time Ago

Uncovering the story behind an archival photo

Power play: Lantian Xie & Jaebum Kim

Watch the artists speak about their specially-commissioned collaborative works

Power play: Soyoung Chung

Watch the artist discuss her two works in the show

Power play: Curator’s introduction

Watch Aaron Cezar introduce the exhibition

Delfina Presents: Maja Bekan

Using performance as a tool to produce knowledge

Delfina Presents: Peter Brandt

On his practice exploring gender and trauma

Delfina Presents: Urok Shirhan

On her performance ‘The Post-National Anthems’

Collectors In Conversation: Irene Panagopoulos

Contemplating the role of a collector within the art community

(IN)Sessions: Open Studios

Photos from an evening of presentations by our autumn 2018 artists-in-residence

Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler: The Scar

The duo discuss their Delfina exhibition

Frieze Week Performances 2018

Photos of performances at Frieze London 2018 in partnership with Delfina Foundation

Delfina Presents: Pratchaya Phinthong

On presenting counterfeit currency to visitors at Frieze

Collectors in Conversation: Carlos Marsano

On collecting as a process of understanding

Delfina Presents: Vivian Caccuri

Considering the sound of mosquitos in a social, historical, and political context

Delfina Presents: Liz Glynn

Presenting a performance that draws its imagery from the British Museum

Delfina Presents: Murat Adash

Exploring the idea of camouflage through performance

Delfina Presents: Maria Meinild

Exploring the experience of social structures through puppetry

A Selective Guide to the V&A’s South Asian Collection

Book by past artist-in-residence Avani Tanya

Open Studios: Spring 2018

Photos from an evening of presentations of new and developed work by our spring 2018 residents

Alex Mirutziu: Doing Sub Thinking

Documentation of the performance at the Royal Academy

In Conversation: Santiago Villanueva

Curatorial strategies and the domestic surrealism of house museums

Collectors in Conversation: Haro Cumbusyan

Considering how collectors can support the production of new art

Delfina Presents: Anton Lapov

Introducing his curatorial and artistic interests, including new media art and obsolete technologies

Alex Mirutziu: Between Too Soon And Too Late

On his Delfina exhibition which interrogates how we create meaning to interpret the world

In Conversation: Alex Mirutziu with Aaron Cezar

Alex discusses his Delfina Foundation exhibition with Director Aaron Cezar

Revising Gulf Modernisms: Mini Symposium | Part 2

On the history and future of modern architecture in the Gulf

Alex Mirutziu: Between Too Soon and Too Late

Installation photos from the artist’s solo show at Delfina Foundation

Revising Gulf Modernisms: Mini Symposium | Part 1

On the history and future of modern architecture in the Gulf

Collectors in Conversation: Sultan Al Qassemi

On seeking to plug a gap in general knowledge about art from the Arab world

De-constructing Collections: The Colonial Past and Contemporary International Collecting

Talk recording

From Country to Continent: Collecting and Supporting Contemporary Art in Morocco and Beyond

Discussing three current projects based in Morocco

Collectors in Conversation: Mimi Brown

On Spring Workshop, the 5-year initiative she founded in Hong Kong

Artistic Interventions and Strategies in Museums

Discussion with Marc Dion, Roel Arkesteijn and Viktor Wynd

Ala Younis: Plan For Feminist Greater Baghdad

Stories of the female protagonists behind Baghdad’s modern monuments

Ala Younis: Plan for Feminist Greater Baghdad

Installation photos from the artist’s solo show at Delfina Foundation

Delfina Presents: Kevin Beasley

On giving space to the act of listening

Delfina Presents: Farah Al Qasimi

Considering translation as a tool for connection or intimacy

Delfina Presents: Alice Shintani

Presenting her installation inspired by the famous tiles of Brazilian artist Athos Bulcão

Delfina Presents: Daniel Jacoby

Presenting a performance of sculptures inspired by budget clothing displays

Open Studios: Autumn Residents 2017

Photos from an evening of presentations by our autumn 2017 residents

Delfina Presents: Avani Tanya

Exploring the V&A’s South Asia collection

Collectors in Conversation: Rudy Tseng

On how and why his collection has evolved over the years

In Conversation: Ali Miharbi

We delve into the processes and thinking behind Ali’s practice

Collectors in Conversation: Daisuke Miyatsu

The ‘salary-man’ collector tells his story

Geumhyung Jeong: Private Collection: Unperformed Objects

Installation photos from the artist’s solo show at Delfina Foundation

Ali Miharbi: Wind Organ

Photos of the artist’s installation at the Horniman Museum

Open House Exhibition

On the programme and exhibition reflecting on a decade of residencies at Delfina Foundation

Who Really Owns It?

Thinking through ownership of contemporary art and cultural heritage

The Social Value of Private Initiatives and Museums

Exploring the public responsibilities of private initiatives

Sharing Collections

Interrogating the relationship between artist and collector

Performance by Deyson Gilbert

Performance by artist-in-residence

Collecting, Intimacy and the Gift

On collecting’s potential as a site of intimate encounter and exchange

Sneak Peek: Hidemi Nishida

Introducing our winter 2017 artist-in-residence

Sneek Peak: Binelde Hyrcan

Introducing our winter 2017 artist-in-residence

Sneak Peak: Ali Miharbi

Our spring 2016 resident on his interest in the biological, social and economic rhythms of everyday life

Sneak Peek: Wok the Rock

Introducing our spring 2017 artist-in-residence

In Conversation: Jungki Beak

On his practice challenging the relationship between man and nature

Markets and Movements

On the artists, activities and ideas that formed the third season of ‘The Politics of Food’

Joe Moran: Live Creations

Seeking to make choreographic thinking and the agency of dance artists visible

Cooking Sections: The Empire Remains Shop

On their public installation and programme considering the global circulation of food

Delfina Presents: Amy Franceschini

Exploring cultures and politics of seed and grains

In Conversation: Jean-Paul Kelly

On his 2016 Delfina Foundation exhibition

Jean-Paul Kelly: That Ends That Matter

Installation photos from the artist’s solo show at Delfina Foundation

In Conversation: Serkan Taycan

Combining engineering and art to investigate global water issues

The Tour of The Question: Cheese, Family and Revolution

Chris Fite-Wassilak explores memory and authenticity through his experiences of two cheeses

Transpositions: An Evening of Performances

Photos from an evening of performances by Performance as Process residents

Markets and Movements Weekend

Photos from the pop up cafe culminating our 3rd Politics of Food season

Delfina Presents: Stephen Kwok

Tools for a ‘decomposed cinema’

Delfina Presents: Luisa Nobrega

On failures of communication and language at the brink of collapse

In Conversation: Thomas Pausz

Our Politics of Food UK associate artist on his experimental process working with waste materials

In Conversation: Chris Fite-Wassilak

On cheese and authenticity

In Conversation: Deepa Bhasthi (Forager Collective)

On food myths and fads

BBC Arabic Tour of ‘A Prologue to the Past and Present State of Things’

Exploring performance as a form of recording and re-writing history

COOKING SECTIONS: The Empire Remains Shop

Photos from the installation in the heart of Marylebone

In Conversation: Luísa Nóbrega

Our Performance as Process resident on language, translation and the voice

In Conversation: Alex Mirutziu

On his practice, theory and the underlying question ‘what performs?’

Performance as Process: Emma Smith

Inventing a new form of scoring for the collective voice

In Conversation: Emma Smith

On her current research and the development of her performance practice

Performance as Process: Alex Mirutziu

On transcribing a typeface into movement

Performance as Process: Syowia Kyambi

Navigating questions of communal identity, the state, self-censorship

In Conversation: Stephen Kwok

Playing with the boundaries of the everyday

Self Image and the Caribbean Diaspora

Considering self-representation and performing racial and gendered identities

DIDEM PEKÜN: OF DICE AND MEN

Installation photos from the artist’s solo show at Delfina Foundation

Before Seven Hills

Curator Élise Atangana introduces her Kampala Biennale research, followed by a performance by Julien Creuzet

DAAR: Emancipatory Education, Art and Architecture

On Campus in Camps, an experimental education programme hosted in Dheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem

Delfina on Artsnight

Will Gompertz features Delfina Foundation and its Founder on the BBC2 programme

Beyond Control: Data, Privacy & Rights

Considering the current state of surveillance and the net

Then For Now

Installation photos from the group exhibition of past Delfina residents

Philippe Gruenberg

The artist reflects on his residency

A Prologue to the Past and Present State of Things

Installation photos from the exhibition exploring performance as a form of recording and re-writing history

STIRRING THE POT OF STORY: FOOD, HISTORY, MEMORY

Installation photos from ‘The Politics of Food’ group exhibition at Delfina Foundation

The Mentalists

Photos from an evening of performances held at Delfina Foundation

THE OTOLITH GROUP: IN THE YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN

Installation photos from collective’s show at Delfina Foundation

A Living Thing A Dying Thing

Professor Harry G. West on contemporary artisanal cheese and the politics of taste

Open Studio: The Public Domain

Installation photos from the open studios held with our spring 2014 residents

The Politics of Food: Candice Lin

Taking culinary revenge on the Koch brothers

The Politics of Food

Installation photos of the first Politics of Food exhibition held at Delfina Foundation

Cultural Exchange: More Harm Than Good?

Exploring the concept’s complex implications

Points of Departure

Installation photos from off-site group show at the ICA

In Conversation: Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi with Polly Staple

The Delfina residents discuss their exhibition ‘Seep’ at Chisenhale Gallery

A.i.R Dubai 2013

On the residencies that took place in this latest edition of the annual programme

In Conversation: Abbas Akhavan and Mark Rappolt

On the artist’s Delfina Foundation exhibition, Study for a Garden (2012)

Artist Talk: Asli Çavuşoğlu

Discussing her Frieze Projects commission ‘Murder in Three Acts’ (2012)

Abbas Akhavan: Study For A Garden

Installation photos from the artist’s 2012 solo show at Delfina Foundation

AHMET ÖGÜT: OR WHISTLE SPONTANEOUSLY

Installation photos from the artist’s solo show at Delfina Foundation

Artist talk: Ziad Antar

Discussing his practice with curator Jessica Morgan

Surface Noise: Hauntology and the Metaphysics of Crackle

Writer and theorist Mark Fisher on hauntology in contemporary music and film

A.i.R DUBAI 2012

On the residencies that took place in this latest edition of the annual programme

Shopopolis: FEAST

Exploring the shopping centre as a social spaces

Performance: Atef Berredjem

Documentation of ‘Stars’

Artist-to-Artist Talk: Onya McCausland and Khaled Hafez

Exploring the shifting identity of the self and its belonging

Artist-to-Artist Talk: Ines Jerray and Gayle Chong Kwan

Considering animation as a way of exploring ideas such as hybridisation

Artist Talk: Wael Shawky

Presenting practice

The Aural Contract Audio Archive

Artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan presents a live listening session

In conversation: Raed Yassin and Rayya Badran

The artist on his Delfina Foundation exhibition ‘The best of Sammy Clark’

Artist Talk: Tayfun Serttas

The artist on his Delfina Foundation exhibition ‘Studio Osep’

In conversation: Mahmoud Bakhshi with Vali Mahlouji

Presenting practice

Performance: Tashweesh (Basel Abbas, boikutt and Ruanne Abou-Rahme)

A performance response to ‘The Spacemakers’ exhibition

Exhibition: The Spacemakers

Exploring the challenges of creating a home in today’s global urban cities

In Conversation: Jawad al Malhi with Dr. Tina Sherwell

The artist on his Delfina Foundation & The Mosaic Rooms exhibition ‘New Works’

Decolonizing Architecture

Panel event in collaboration with Tate

Artist Talk: Oraib Toukan

Presenting practice

In Conversation: Nathaniel Rackowe with Jon Wood

The artist on his Delfina Foundation exhibition ‘New Works’

Artist Talk: Ala Dehghan

Presenting practice

Artist talk: Shuruq Harb

Presenting practice