A Database (with Gallery Section) was created in 2006 by the A Foundation to initiate the digitising and archiving of contemporary art to the highest standards.

AD is the logical extension of A Foundation, which was created in 1998 to support the development and exhibition of contemporary art in Liverpool. A Foundation (Registered UK Charity Number: 1098692) was the vehicle through which its founder James Moores initiated the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art in 1999. This is now the UK’s largest contemporary visual arts festival. In 2008, it will be at the forefront of the events surrounding Liverpool’s year as European City of Culture.