Delfina Foundation's Aaron Cezar on Residencies and the Turner Prize

This episode, we are very fortunate to be joined by the fabulous Aaron Cezar. Aaron is the Director of the Delfina Foundation, a London-based artist residency program that, since its founding in 2007, has hosted over 300 artists from more than 70 countries. Some familiar alumni include Kevin Beasley, Rana Begum, Michael Rakowitz, Wael Shawky, and Eric N. Mack, just to name a few.

Aaron is also an active curator and was somewhat of a trailblazer as the curator of the performance program at the 2019 Venice Biennale. As part of the official public program, he conceived the opening week and final weekend performances with Ralph Rugoff. 

We’re especially excited to be chatting with Aaron as he is one of the jurors for the Turner Prize, one of the most important art prizes in the UK. 

Aaron has curated external exhibitions, performances and programs at Hayward Gallery Project Space, SongEun Artspace, ArtBo, and Art Dubai, to name a few. Aaron has moderated high profile discussions in conferences as well as in the context of art fairs including Art Basel, Frieze and Art Brussels. He has written for The Art Newspaper, Harper’s Bazaar, and ArtAsiaPacific, among others.

Some artists discussed in this episode:

• Gilbert and George
• Anne Imhoff
• Zadie Xa
• Solange Knowles
• Array Collective
• Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S)
• Cooking Sections
• Gentle/Radical
• Project Art Works

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