Utrecht's Top Cutting-Edge Contemporary Art Galleries — theculturetrip.com

The Utrechtian, acronymic collective BAK stands for, ‘basis voor actuele kunst’, or foundation for contemporary art. The foundation characterises itself as an interlocutor, dwelling in the abstracted space between the disciplines of art, critical thinking, and advocacy. The BAK team are committed to supporting artists in their endeavours to examine the changing role of art in ‘our crisis-ridden times’. The BAK’s website is work in progress and potential visitors should look at their former website to get a sense of what the group have done in the past. An ongoing project of the BAK’s, is the FORMER WEST undertaking, ‘a long-term research, education, exhibition, and publication project aimed at a critical reinterpretation of post-1989, post-Cold War histories.’ Keep an eye on BAK’s website for where they take this invigorating frontier of contemporary art.

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