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Gerard Byrne: A country road. A tree. Evening.

exhibition 13.02.—21.03.2004

Art Institutions: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Working with Contemporary Art

exhibition and seminar 03.12.—05.01.2004

Becoming Oneself

a series of conversations and publication 2002—2003

exhibition and publication 13.04.—31.12.2001

Ene-Liis Semper: Oasis

exhibition 15.02.—25.03.2001

Josef Dabernig: Fade in

exhibition 18.05.—29.06.2003

film programs 08. 2003

Lives and Works in Utrecht

project by Serkan Özkaya 30.09.—31.01.2002

filmed studio visits and conversation 09.2003

Test Department #0

exhibition 21.05.—30. 05 2004

Now What? Dreaming a better world in six parts

multi-faceted project 01.11.—14.12.2003

Gerrit Dekker: About no below, no above, no sides

exhibition 23.01.—20.03.2005

Now What? Artists Write!

publication 2004 (part six of Now What?...)

Super-Utrecht: In Search of a Neighbor
Nathan Coley, Jens Haaning, HOTEL,
Daniël van der Veld

Ann-Sofi Sidén: Warte Mal!

exhibition 15.08.—10.10.2004

Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats

solo exhibition 01.10. - 24.12.2006
opening 30.09.2006 at 17.00 hrs

Concerning War: A Critical Reader

book launch 10.09.2006

Maria Pask: Starhawk! the musical

exhibition 11.04.—17.05.2004

Cordially Invited, episode 3, Who if not we...? 7 episodes on (ex)changing Europe

multi-faceted project 31.10.—31.12.2004

Haven't we had enough?

newsletter 2004 #3 (a new essay by Igor Zabel )

Denisa Lehocká and Boris Ondreička: Landscape

exhibition 17.04.—26.06.2005

conversation with Jeanne van Heeswijk

MAHKU Platform 22.03.2005 at 20.00 hrs

Allegoric Postcard Union

Test Department #1

A graduate exhibition and a series of conversations 04.09.—16.10.2005

A multi-faceted project on the issue of how war is reflected upon in contemporary artistic practice.

Concerning War – Soft Target. War as a Daily, First-Hand Reality

exhibition 06.11.—18.12.2005

Concerning War – Undercurrents

a series of weekly lectures and conversations 12.11.—17.12.2006

Report (Not Announcement)

Transitionary report on the state of mobility at the beginning of the 21st century

solo exhibition 05.02.—02.04.2006

Haegue Yang: Unevenly

solo exhibition 23.04.—18.06.2006
opening 22.04.2006 at 20.00 hrs

World Question Center (Reloaded)

book launch 08.01.2006

Report (Not Announcement)

book launch 25.06.2006

The Moment of the Artist and the Warrior

essay by Michael Zeeman

Concerning “Knowledge Production” (Practices in Contemporary Art)

25.11.2006, 02.12.2006, 09.12.2006, 16.12.2006

Althea Thauberger: Alone Again (In the Likeness of Life)

solo exhibition 14.01.2007 - 25.02.2007
opening 13.01.2007 at 20.00 hrs

Roman Ondák: The Day After Yesterday

solo exhibition 10.03.2007–27.05.2007
opening 10.03.2007 at 20.00 hrs

CO-OPS Inter-territorial Explorations in Art and Science

2nd CO-OPs Public Event: Practices and Debates 28, 29, 30 June 2007

Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise

solo exhibition 02.09.2007-16.12.2007
opening 01.09.2007 at 17.00 hrs

'Experimental Curating in the Age of Mobility' as part of Citizens and Subjects: Practices and Debat

A (Pilot) Master Course in collaboration with Utrecht University

Calender - Citizens and Subjects: Practices and Debates, National (Re)presentation, Be[com]ing Dutch

Citizens and Subjects: Practices and Debates

Citizens and Subjects in the media

RIR in Public: Ashley Hunt and Taisha Paggett

Two-part workshop by artists Ashley Hunt and Taisha Paggett: On movement, thought and politics

Research-in-Residence

Concerning the Post-Secular 2007–2008

Lecture series on the "Post-Secular" in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University

Series of debates and presentations on gender issues in an inter-cultural context

Presentation AICA Award and lecture Irit Rogoff

BAK, basis voor actuele kunst and AICA the Netherlands (International Association of Art Critics) have the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture by Irit Rogoff, Professor of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London, entitled "Taking Part" on Sunday 3 February 2008 at 15.00 hrs at BAK, Lange Nieuwstraat 4, Utrecht on the occasion of the presentation of the AICA Award 2004–2006 to BAK.

RIR in Public: Sopawan Boonnimitra

RIR-presentation by artist Sopawan Boonnimitra in conversation with art theorist Sarat Maharaj

Artur Żmijewski: The Social Studio

solo exhibition 28.09.–16.11.2008
opening 27.09.2008 at 20.00 hrs

Once is Nothing

A joint contribution by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven to the Brussels Biennial 1.
19.10.2008–04.01.2009

The Return of Religion and Other Myths

30.11.2008—01.03.2009
opening 29.11.2008

Experimental Repetitions: The Art of Re-enactment

Thursday 13 November 20.00–23.00 hrs

The Return of Religion...–The Art of Iconoclasm

Exhibition 30.11.2008—01.03.2009
opening 29.11.2008

The Return of Religion...–On Post-Secularism

Discourse Program
11.01., 01.02., 15.02., 01.03.2009

Curating (Beyond) Exhibitions: Critical Curatorial Practices and Contemporary Society

Master course organized by BAK and University Utrecht
10.02.2009–31.03.2009

International Research, Publishing, and Exhibition Project 2009–2013

Sanja Iveković Urgent Matters

solo exhibition 18.04.–02.08.2009
opening 18.04.2009, 14.00 hrs at the Van Abbemuseum and 19.00 hrs at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst

Symposium: When is Feminism in Art? The Case of Sanja Iveković

28.05.2009, 11.00–18.00 hrs
A symposium organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven on the occasion of Sanja Ivekovic’s solo exhibition

Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Surplus Value

opening 05.09.2009, 16.00–19.00 hrs
exhibition 06.09.–09.11.2009
finissage 08.11.2009, 16.00–19.00 hrs

1st Former West Congress

5–7 November 2009
Organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Venue: Ottone, Kromme Nieuwegracht 62, Utrecht, the Netherlands

The Return of Religion and Other Myths: A Critical Reader in Contemporary Art

BAK Critical Reader Series

Lawrence Weiner: Dicht Bij

conversation 23.01.2010 at 16.00 hrs
opening 23.01.2010 at 18.00 hrs
solo exhibition 24.01.–28.03.2010

Postsecularism Lecture Series 2008–2009

A collaboration with the Centre for the Humanities, Utrecht University.

Hosted by BAK: Master Humphrey’s Clock

18.05.2008, 16.00 hrs
Artist’s talk by Michael Stevenson

Musée de la danse, expo zéro

closed session 12.–15.04.2010
public days 16.–17.04.2010, 12.00–18.00 hrs

Artists Beyond - Artist Talk with Mark Boulos

27.04.2010
19.30–21.00 hrs.
doors open at 19.00hrs.

Rabih Mroué: I, the Undersigned

opening 20.05.2010 at 20.00 hrs
solo exhibition 21.05.-01.08.2010
lecture-performance 17.06.2010

Institutional Attitudes

Research conference organized by the Comité van Roosendaal
24.–25.04.2010

Lecture-performance Rabih Mroué

17.06.2010, 17.00–20.00 hrs
Lecture Simon Critchley
Lecture-performance Rabih Mroué

Vectors of the Possible

opening 11.09.2010 at 18.00 hrs
group exhibition 12.09.–28.11.2010

2nd Former West congress

4–6 November 2010
Istanbul