Delfina Foundation

Delfina Foundation Hosting international visual artists in central London.

Delfina Foundation is an independent, non-profit foundation dedicated to facilitating artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies, partnerships and public programming.

22/09/2026

Opening Next Week! ✨

Mohammad Alfaraj:
The heart is a bird’s nest, the brain is a spider web

🚪 Opening: 19:00–21:00, Monday 28 September

Join us on Monday 28 September for the private view of ‘The heart is a bird’s nest, the brain is a spider web’, the first European solo exhibition by Mohammad Alfaraj ().

Conceived in response to Delfina Foundation’s domestic setting, where the artist was in residence in 2018 and 2023, the exhibition unfolds across installation, drawing, photography, film, and sculpture.

Alfaraj draws on social rituals, folklore, and everyday life to construct immersive narratives in which humans, animals, insects, and plants become companions, neighbours, and family. 

🗓 The exhibition continues from 29 September to 22 November 2026

🔗 More details via link in bio

Curated by Aaron Cezar, this exhibition has been made possible thanks to the support of the Mohammad Alfaraj Exhibition Circle and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts.

16/09/2026

Between memory, movement and home…

Delfina Presents: Ranim AlHalaky

Watch Ranim AlHalaky introduce her interdisciplinary practice during her residency at Delfina Foundation as part of the 2026 Winter Season.

Ranim shares insights into her work across art, design, storytelling and material research, exploring questions of home, migration and movement through family archives, textiles and inherited traditions.

🔗 Watch the full interview via the link in our bio.

🙏 Ranim’s () residency was supported by the Rambourg Foundation (.foundation) with additional assistance from Delfina Foundation’s Network of Patrons for the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.

Shot and edited by Arturo Bandinelli.

14/09/2026

📢 New International Curatorial 

In partnership with , we are excited to announce that applications are now open for the Brooks International Fellowship Programme 2027.

In 2027, two 6-month fellowship opportunities are being offered in the Tate Britain Curatorial Division. 

🌎 These fellowships are for visual arts professionals based outside of the UK with expertise in the areas of the various fellowships offered.

🏠 During the fellowship, Fellows will be in residence at Delfina Foundation.

🗓 Fellowships commence in April 2027.

🔗 For more info and to apply, follow the link in bio.

‼️ Application deadline: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 5pm GMT

🙏 Fully funded Brooks International Fellowships are made possible by the generous support of the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation.

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24/07/2026

📢  : Residency for Curators Based in Central and West Africa

We are pleased to welcome applications from curators based in Central and West Africa for a residency in London.

🗓️ The residency will take place during Delfina’s winter 2027 season.

🔗 Visit our site to find out more. Link in bio.

‼️ Deadline: Sunday, 30 August 2026, 23:59 BST

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17/07/2026

When textiles hold memories…

Delfina Presents: Bruno Alves de Almeida

Watch Bruno Alves de Almeida introduce his curatorial practice and research during his residency at Delfina Foundation as one of the 2025 Brooks International Fellows at Tate.

Bruno reflects on his interdisciplinary curatorial practice, exploring the relationships between art, architecture, and place, and discussing artist residencies as spaces of exchange and collaboration.

As we also welcome this year’s Brooks International Fellows to Delfina Foundation this season, Bruno’s reflections offer a glimpse into the kinds of conversations and exchanges the programme continues to foster.

👀 Stay tuned for the next open call…

🔗 Watch the full interview via the link in our bio.

🙏 Bruno’s () residency was supported by the Brooks International Fellowship Programme in partnership with Tate.

Shot and edited by Arturo Bandinelli.

08/07/2026

📢  : Artists and curators who are Dutch or based in the Netherlands

Delfina Foundation , in partnership with the Mondriaan Fund (), is delighted to announce a residency open call for visual artists and curators who are Dutch or based in the Netherlands.

🗓️ The residency will take place from 27 September to 17 December 2027

🔗 Visit our site to find out more. Link in bio.

‼️ Deadline: Thursday 27 August, before 16.00 (Dutch time zone) / 11.00 (Caribbean time zone)

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07/07/2026

When textiles hold memories…

Delfina Presents: Nikolett Balázs

As we begin our Summer 2026 season, we look back on Nikolett Balázs’ residency at Delfina Foundation from Summer 2025.

Working with textiles, found objects and layered materials, Nikolett reflects on heritage, vulnerability and the ways materials can hold personal and collective histories.

🔗 Watch in full via link in bio.

🙏 Nikolett Balázs’ () residency was supported by Delfina Foundation’s Delfina Foundation’s Network of Central and Eastern Europe Patrons.

Shot and edited by Arturo Bandinelli.

24/04/2026

📢 : New Media Artists in the United States and Canada

‼️ 17 Days left to apply!

Delfina Foundation is pleased to announce a new open call for artists based in the United States and Canada whose practice centres on new media.

Generously supported by Lonti Ebers, this opportunity forms part of a new series of annual residencies in London for the next four years, delivered through separate open calls. This inaugural call is focused on new media artists.

🗓️ The residency will take place from 4 Jan to 25 March 2027.

🔗 Visit our site to find out more. Link in bio.

‼️ Application deadline: Monday, 11 May 2026, 23:59 BST

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02/04/2026

🎉 We’re thrilled to launch !

Join us as we follow materials in motion—through the body, through time, and through the worlds they help shape.

is a new thematic programme exploring the intersections between fine art, craft, and design practices.

Bringing together nine international residents and four UK-based Associates — selected through a global open call that drew over 1,200 applications — the season focuses on practices rooted in making, from weaving and silversmithing to papercraft and collaborative processes.

🗓️ Over the next three months, we’ll have a vibrant season of free-to-attend public workshops, talks, and events, programmed in collaboration with our residents.

🔗 Visit link in bio to learn more about our inaugural season and stay tuned for more!

Our spring 2026 residency partners and supporters include: Yukiko Ito, The Institutum (), E-Len Fu, Amaya-Boffi Collection, Seishodo Yamash*ta, Novum Foundation, SAHA (), Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, H.E Noura Al Kaabi, Armature, Rajeeb () & Nadia Samdani (), Jhaveri Contemporary (), and Delfina’s regional networks of patrons for Asia-Pacific, Latin America & the Caribbean, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.

📷 Images Courtesy of: Chloe Bensahel, Heidi Jalkh, Kelly Jin Mei, Katesi Jacqueline Kalange, Tsuyoshi Anzai, Defne Tesal, Asma Belhamar, Jonathan Baldock, Jo Grogan, Madina Joldybek, Lucia Gašparovičová, and Sayan Chanda.

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Monday 12pm - 6pm
Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm

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