Contemporary Art Institute(CAI) was established in April 2009 in Daegu in Korea. Our purpose of establishing CAI is to make a field where art theory and art activities are harmonized by organizing art exhibitions and critiques featuring with contemporary art both at home and abroad. Through various discourses, we could narrow the gap between art theory and reality, and realize how to share art one another.
For the better vision of communicating through art, we develop various programs, such as academic seminars, art critiques, art exhibitions and publication, so that we can make a field where artists’ activities and the viewers’ appreciation come into bud.

Art Space Purl was established in September 9th, 2009 to practice the vision of the Contemporary Art Institute. ‘Purl’ in Korean means ‘a wide and flat zone where the land meets the sea’. As we fish for pearls in a mud flat, what ‘Purl’ symbolizes is that we discover artists who are like those precious pearls. Thus, ‘Art space Purl’ should be a cultural place where artists who are passionate for their work of art and the viewers communicate well with each other.

Recently, in 2023, the Institute of Contemporary Art launched an art criticism journal, “Art Review CAI”. And we are preparing a new complex cultural space in Ok-dong, Ulsan.