Discursive
7 October 2017, 12.30-13.00
Photo: Tom Janssen
Opening comments for Propositions #1: What We Mean, by Maria Hlavajova and Matteo Luchetti.
Summer School
22-26 July 2019
BAK Summer School: Art as Politics brings together those involved in arts, academia, and social action to collectively think through, learn about, and imagine critical, politically-informed artistic practices that grasp and influence our dramatically changing times.
Lecture
7 March 2019
Keynote lecture by Maria Hlavajova, General and Artistic Director of BAK, during the GRACE Conference 2019, titled Gender and Cultures of In/Equality in Europe: visions, poetics, strategies.
Education Program
11 March–15 April 2019
The basic course of the BAK School for Art and Politics is organized from 11 March until 15 April 2019. In six weekly sessions, the participants learn about how contemporary art relates to the political in an accessible way. The course is taught by Maria Hlavajova, BAK’s general and artistic director.
Exhibition
17 March 2018–31 August 2019
The Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven opens a space inspired by The People’s Parliament of Rojava, a project of the Democratic Self-Administration in Rojava, Northern-Syria, designed in collaboration with artist Jonas Staal and his New World Summit team. This project would not have been possible without the work of the New World Academy (2013–2016), co-founded by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, and Staal.
Exhibition
13 January 2019, 10.00-20.00
On Sunday 13 January 2019, a new Cultural Sunday will take place: the well-known Nieuwjaarsduik. On this day, the exhibition Forensic Justice can be visited free of charge from 10.00 until 20.00 hrs.
Discursive
4-26 January 2019
Close reading and walk through the exhibition Forensic Justice with Maria Hlavajova, BAK’s general and artistic director.
Lecture
25 November 2006
Lectures by Clémentine Deliss, Vincent Meessen, and Simon Sheikh.
Lecture
2 December 2006
Lectures by Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan, Mariana Castillo Deball, Bruno Latour, and Anne van der Zwaag.
Lecture
9 December 2006
Lectures by Sven Lütticken, Eva Meyer & Eran Schaerf and artworks by Claire Harvey and Ivana Müller.
Lecture
16 December 2006
Lectures by Thierry de Duve, Georg Schöllhammer, Seçil Yersel and Trinh T. Minh-ha.
Lecture, Conversation
29 May 2007
RIR-presentation by artist Sopawan Boonnimitra in conversation with art theorist Sarat Maharaj.
Learning
11 September–30 November 2007
A master course in collaboration with Utrecht University.
Lecture
25 October 2007
Introductory lecture with Aernout Mik and Maria Hlavajova.
Conversation
26 October 2007
Discussion with BAVO (Gideon Boie & Matthias Pauwels), Thomas Hirschhorn, and Marcus Steinweg.
Lecture
1 November 2007
Lecture by Rosi Braidotti.
