Established from an artists initiative in 1989, BAK (basis voor actuele kunst) is nowadays an eminent avenue for contemporary art production, an open platform for creating, presenting and analyzing significant art projects. BAK initiates cooperative projects with artists and other professionals to explore the possibilities and potential of the contemporary arts. BAK stimulates experimentation, the study of contemporary culture, art education and the search for new audiences in order to make the art of our own time, and its developments towards tomorrow, accessible.

In an effort to stimulate discourse on contemporary art, BAK devotes a significant part of its work to the area of intellectual analysis related to its projects, as well as to developments in art and society in general. Various public and semi-public encounters in form of lectures, conversations, symposia, or workshops are being organized, for which BAK attracts a large number of respective practitioners on national and international levels.

* The activities of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst have been made possible by financial support from: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, City Council of Utrecht, and Province Utrecht.