This publication is the result of the exhibition Without artists no art, which took place from November 21, 2019 to February 9, 2020 in the Nick Lodgers space on the sixth floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA). Before the publication, all artists participating in the exhibition were again invited to contribute. A selection from the sixty contributions was enlarged to poster size and displayed for the preview presentation in BOTANICC as well as in the public space. In addition, a curated selection from the NICC archive was presented, as well as the video of all the performances, lectures, debates and actions that took place during the exhibition.\nArtists: AARS, Chantal Akerman, Constant Aline, ASTRID collective, Selin Aydinol, Martha Balthazar, Fred Bervoets, Maria Blondeel, BRUiTAL, Adriana Bustos, Christine Clinckx, CMMC, Leo Copers, Anne Daems, Hanna-Lee Daled, Bart De Baere, Goele De Bruyn, Pieter De Clercq, Gilles Dedecker, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Edith Dekyndt, Luc Deleu / T.O.P. office, Daniël Dewaele, Ian De Weerdt, DOLLY BING BING, Ecole Mondiale, Hanane El Farissi, Dodi Espinosa, Katya EV, Peter Fengler, Helen Anna Flanagan, Pascal Gielen and Marlies De Munck, Milan Gillard, Carina Gosselé & Michael Laird, Justine Grillet, Che-Yu Hsu, Jenny Holzer, HUGO, Paul Joostens, Nikolay Karabinovych, Sanam Khatibi, Frank Koolen, José Koppies, John Körmeling, Diego Lama, Willia Menzel, Ludo Mich, Mink & Luuk, Peter Morrens, Ria Pacquée, Lieven Paelinck, patrieswicherspoeticaction, Toon Saerens, Self Luminous Society, Boy & Erik Stappaerts, State of the Arts, STRIPPER ANGEL, Mark Swysen, Oussama Tabti, Koen Theys, Walter Vaes, Thé Van Bergen, Michael Van den Abeele, Luca Vanello, Wouter Van Loo, Wout Vercammen, Leen Voet and Z V E Z D O L I K I