BASE is a non-profit cultural association established in the spring of 1998 by a group of artists in Florence.

The association’s events will be held in the spaces of BASE, situated in Via San Niccolò 18r, Florence, and sometimes in other premises. The exhibition program will start September 9th, 1998 with a new wall painting by Sol Lewitt conceived especially for the space.

The primary idea of BASE is to provide a space which is open to the most significant of contemporary Italian and international Art practice, to present the works of artists in a dialectic of sign and language which seek to maintain an open dialogue of ideas concerning contemporary culture. BASE was initially set-up and supported by an open group of artists, but in the longer term it aims to involve a wider circle of arts-related individuals; scholars, critics, collectors and friends by way of participation and support for the association’s activities. BASE will thus be perceived as an essential point of exchange of information and experience, part of a collective cultural inheritance available to all.

BASE will present exhibitions, projects, debates and dialogues, providing a variety of interpretations and perspectives on the more interesting issues occurring in contemporary Art and culture.