Hugo Bausch Belbachir is an art historian and writer. He holds an MA in Art History from the National Institute of Art History – Université La Sorbonne, Paris, where he specialized in the Department of Post-Colonial and Cultural Studies, and worked on two theses on the lives and works of Alvin Baltrop (1948–2004) and Mark Morrisroe (1959–1989). He is the founder and director of The Poem, an exhibition programme based in New York City, set to open in 2026. From 2023 to 2026, he directed Judy’s Death, a nonprofit organization located in Paris, where he organized exhibitions with and on artists including Moyra Davey, Adrian Piper, Tony Cokes, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Kim Gordon, Julius Eastman, and Chris Kraus. Hugo Bausch Belbachir has contributed interviews and essays to publications including Flash Art, Frieze, Texte zur Kunst, Cura., Spike, 032C, and Frog, and has collaborated with institutions such as the Anthology Film Archives, New York; Museum für Moderne Kunst – MMK, Frankfurt; Progetto, Lecce; Callies, Berlin; and Kunstverein Overgaden, Copenhagen, on exhibition catalogues and public programmes.
