The WaraQ Art Foundation is a non-profit local organization. Founded by the Libyan artist Takwa Abu Barnosa in Tripoli in 2015, its first aim was to help face the difficulties of producing art in a country characterized by civil war, political unrest and forced migration.
WaraQ endeavours to preserve Libyan art both by promoting cultural and artistic activities – such as exhibitions, workshops, public talks and art-Labs – and by supporting the artworks of artists living both in Libya and abroad, as indeed many artists fled the country after the Civil War (2014-2020).
WaraQ Art Foundation is especially determined on protecting the freedom of expression of emerging Libyan artists, and on facing all current forms of oppression, persecution and censorship.