Dalia Reyes Barrios
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| Born | September 22, 1957 |
| Other names | Dalia Cordero Casal |
| Known for | architecture, socialite |
Dalia Reyes Barrios (born 22 September 1957), also known as Dalia Cordero Casal, is a Venezuelan architect, art collector, philanthropist and socialite.[1] Dalia is co-founder of two art institutions: the Acarigua Araure Art Museum (1987) and the Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA) in New York (1990).[2] Between 1980 and 1994, she was also president of Fundación Juvenil Venezolana. Dalia has been photographed by Edward Mapplehtorpe, Andy Warhol, Arnold Newman, Margarita Scannone and Memo Vogeler, among others.[3][4][5][non-primary source needed]
She was married to businessman Ali Cordero Casal; the couple had three daughters during their marriage. She and her ex-husband, Cordero Casal, have been included in Art & Auction magazine's most important art collectors.[6]
