Abstract
While finite type Artin groups and right-angled Artin groups are well understood, little is known about more general Artin groups. In this paper we use the action of an infinite type Artin group A(Gamma) on a CAT(0) cube complex to prove that A(Gamma) has trivial center providing Gamma is not the star of a single vertex, and is acylindrically hyperbolic providing Gamma is not a join.