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A "behind the scenes" look at a decade of collaboration between the acclaimed art critic John C. Welchman and the beloved Belgian art institution HISK The essays, conversations, emails and occasional text messages collected here sample a decade or more of work by noted art historian and critical theorist John C. Welchman. The excerpts are taken from his studio visits, lectures, workshops and other collaborations with HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts Advanced Studies & Practice-based Research in Visual Arts) until its defunding in 2022. Artists include: Femmy Otten, Chloé Op de Beeck, Lisa Wilkens, Ariane Loze, buren, Vesna Faassen, Lukas Verdijk, Adja Yunkers, Indrikis Gelzis, Katya Ev. John C. Welchman (born 1958) is an artist and a professor of modern and contemporary art at the University of California San Diego. He has edited and authored numerous books including Royal Book Lodge (Hatje Cantz, 2023) and Stopgap Measures: Writings on Mike Kelley (Hatje Cantz, forthcoming).