Dana Farouki

2023 Service To The Arts Honoree

Dana Farouki is a curator and patron, specializing in Middle East contemporary art and will be the recipient of the 2023 Service to the Arts Award at the Recognition Dinner on July 13, 2023. As an advocate of Middle East artists and cultural initiatives, she oversaw the largest commissioning-based prize for MENASA in collaboration with Art Dubai until 2018. Dana serves on the Board of Trustees for Creative Time, Bidoun Projects and MoMA PS1. She is the founding Chair of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s Middle East Circle and is also a member of Brown University’s Middle East Advisory Council and the National Arts Advisory Committee for the Middle East Institute.