The BoCA carries out its activities along five lines:

Commission and Production of Artistic Projects
Programming of the Biennial of Contemporary Arts
National and International Dissemination
Educational Program
Regular Program

BoCA develops its activity regular mainly in the municipality of Lisbon, involving dozens of cultural institutions in its programming. With a focus on the national and international circulation of the artists and works it commissions and programs in each arts biennial, since 2015 BoCA has been extending its programming, on a one-off basis or in cycles, to other cities and countries.

In Lisbon, partnerships with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Centro Cultural de Belém, Culturgest, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Museu da Água, Cinemateca Portuguesa, Cinema São Jorge, Galerias Municipais EGEAC or Panteão Nacional stand out.

Internationally, partnerships have been established with deSingel (BE), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (BE), Festival d’Automne à Paris (FR), Museo Nacional del Prado (ES), Wiener Festwochen (AT), Somerset House (UK), Théâtre National de Toulouse (FR), Kunsthalle Baden Baden (DE) or Teatre Lliure (ES).