AC institute is a nonprofit art think tank fostering experimentation and critical discussion through Events, Exhibitions, and publishing.


New Release:

Creative Ecosystems & Funds Supporting Black People:

A CONTINUALLY UPDATING LIST OF CREATIVE ECOSYSTEMS AND FUNDS AIMED TO SUPPORT BLACK QUEER, TRANS AND NON-BINARY FOLK, AND BLACK WOMEN

List inspired by @annika.izora IG (they/she)

Current exhibition:

Check out Sebastian Mahaluf’s “Desplome”

Sebastian Mahaluf’s installation “Desplome” at Patricia Ready Gallery in Santiago Chile March - April 2020

Our most Recent performance: “Living Organism”

Watch as these two artists weave a web both sonically and visually, to create a sticky ecosystem to trap our viewers. Like flies caught in web, we will all watch as Cecilia & Aimée meander through the space, as an immersive experience is created before our eyes.


Open Calls:

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Our Most Recent Exhibitions:

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AC Books

We design and publish unique, object-like books concerning contemporary art history and criticism.

 
 

No Philosopher King

Classicist professor records a year of critical thinking and the ensuing conversations, examining our everyday lives under the Trump administration, so that we may responsibly affect the future.


7 Days

Each chapter presents a personal account of the contributor’s intimacy with art—and the disillusionment, poignancy and success that comes with it during a week.

Essaying essays

This anthology provides unique insights into major movements of the 1970’s with essays by over one hundred now legendary artists including Duchamp, Baldessari, Kostelanetz, Cage, Reinhardt, Serra, Oldenberg, Nauman, and many others.