The Delfina Foundation, where Cezar is director, restarted exhibition programming after a long COVID-induced hiatus, inviting two former participants of the private institution’s main focus – the residency programme – to make shows. That the LA-based Iranian Gelare Khoshgozaran and Brooklyn- and Abu Dhabi-based Farah Al Qasimi are both established names internationally is a testament to the career-boosting open calls and invitations made by Cezar that bring artists and curators from across the globe to live in a London townhouse that boasts Buckingham Palace as its neighbour. While currently undertaking fundraising to secure Delfina’s building and expand operations, Cezar remains a consummate networker on behalf of his guests, with stays sponsored by myriad embassies, private foundations and individual patrons. Cezar hosts regular ‘family meals’ to introduce residents to artworld insiders, as well as a public programme of events (whether a talk on textiles and resistance by Argentinian curator-in residence Andrei Fernández, or an installation concerning Romantic landscape painting by Lima- and Madrid-based artist Daniel de la Barra).
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