09 September–08 December 2023-Ongoing
Program
BAK programming combines the artistic, experiential, theoretical, and political so as to imagine and enact transformative ways, with and through art, of being together otherwise. BAK’s current research trajectory Propositions for Non-Fascist Living (2017–ongoing) is prompted by the dramatic resurfacing and normalization of fascisms, historical and contemporary. BAK organizes exhibitions, lectures, publications, workshops, and composite performative conferences with exhibitionary, discursive, and performative elements.
Calendar
Current & Upcoming
Crowdfunding Campaign
Exhibition
22 September–08 December 2023-Ongoing
Suggestions from the archive
23 September 2014–01 May 2016
Future Collections
A long-term collaboration between BAK and Centraal Museum exploring various collaborative possibilities to rethink the mission of the art institution in today’s rapidly changing global condition.
7-10 November 2019
Le Guess Who? at BAK
This year, BAK is one of the festival locations of Le Guess Who?: a festival dedicated to showcasing boundary-crossing music from all over the world, questioning the existing and embraces the unknown. Le Guess Who? 2019 takes place from 7-10 November in Utrecht, The Netherlands. During four days, Le Guess Who? takes over the entire […]
Parade Compartment
16 October–11 November 2022
If Another Storm Comes, We Will Be Ready (Sint Maarten Parade)
Community Portal presents...
A series of hands-on puppet making, storytelling, and protest chant workshops, building towards a collective performance for the Sint Maarten parade in Utrecht.
Education Program
8 February, 18.30–8 March, 21.00 2022
Course: Art as Politics – February/March 2022
An online course that was prompted by the urgency to engage in collective thinking through, learning about, and imagining critical, politically-informed artistic practices that grasp—and intervene into—the present. Taught by Maria Hlavajova, BAK’s general & artistic director. Accepting applications until 23 January 2022.

