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Born in 1941, in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France.

Lives and works in Le Muy, France.



  Presentation


In the late 1960s, Bernar Venet was one of the few French artists to settle in the United States of America. His 40 years in New York were to prove decisive in his career, as he worked with major figures of the minimal and conceptual art in USA and Europe, including Donald Judd, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Smithson and Frank Stella.


Inspired by mathematics and physics, Bernar Venet focused his work in the 1980s on the concept of line. Combining science and art, he developed his monumental sculptures in corten steel.


Bernar Venet has established his home in Le Muy, in Var, France. He created the Venet Foundation, a residential and professional space where the artist exhibits his works and collection.



  Awards and Honors


2022   The Artist of the Year Award from the AFMI

           (American Friends of Museums in Israel), New York

2019   Prix François Morellet for his poetry, specifically the publication

           Poetic? Poétique ? Anthology 1967-2017

2017   Awarded the 26th Prix de la Culture from the Montblanc Cultural Foundation

2016   Lifetime Achievement Award

2014   Inauguration of the Bernar Venet Foundation in Le Muy, France

2013   The Post of the French Republic issued stamp of Bernar Venet works exhibited in    

           Versailles, in 2011

2010   Inauguration of monumental installations by the French President

           Nicolas Sarkozy, Bordeaux

2008   Sotheby's organized for the first time a solo show of an artist, including 25

           monumental pieces of Venet

2006   Sculpture Award Robert Jacobsen, Würth Foundation

2007   Inauguration of the roof of the gallery of Palais Cambon by the French President

           Jacques Chirac

2005   Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur

1997   Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, Austia

1996   Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

1989   Grand Prix of Arts of the city of Paris

Selected Artworks
Grib
Grib
2015
104.0 x 155.0 cm / 40.9 x 61.0 in
Saturation 1
Saturation 1
2002
200.0 x 200.0 cm / 78.7 x 78.7 in
Copper painting with
Copper painting with
2011
186.5 x 186.5 cm / 73.4 x 73.4 in
Two Gold Ovals with
Two Gold Ovals with
2014
243.0 x 438.0 cm / 95.7 x 172.4 in
Gold Triptych with Two Saturations
Gold Triptych with Two Saturations
2009
247.0 x 592.5 cm / 97.2 x 233.3 in
Effondrement : 217.5° Arc x 11
Effondrement : 217.5° Arc x 11
2009
500.0 x 500.0 cm / 196.9 x 196.9 in
Grib 4
Grib 4
2011
250.0 x 398.0 x 3.5 cm / 98.4 x 156.7 x 1.4 in
Grib 2
Grib 2
2015
235.0 x 470.0 x 3.5 cm / 92.5 x 185.0 x 1.4 in
Grib 4
Grib 4
2012
252.0 x 211.0 x 3.5 cm / 99.2 x 83.1 x 1.4 in
Grib 2
Grib 2
2015
240.0 x 252.0 x 3.5 cm / 94.5 x 99.2 x 1.4 in
Grib 2
Grib 2
2015
235.0 x 360.0 x 3.5 cm / 92.5 x 141.7 x 1.4 in
Grib 2
Grib 2
2015
240.0 x 275.0 x 3.5 cm / 94.5 x 108.3 x 1.4 in
Grib 1
Grib 1
2012
262.0 x 160.0 x 3.5 cm / 103.1 x 63.0 x 1.4 in
Saturation
Saturation
2009
100.0 x 100.0 cm / 39.4 x 39.4 in
GRIB
GRIB
2014
77.0 x 106.0 cm / 30.3 x 41.7 in
Two Indeterminate Lines
Two Indeterminate Lines
2012
265.0 x 322.0 x 305.0 cm / 104.3 x 126.8 x 120.1 in
Straight Lines
Straight Lines
2016
220.0 x 153.0 cm / 86.6 x 60.2 in
Effondrement: 24 Angles
Effondrement: 24 Angles
2015
38.1 x 130.5 x 116.8 cm / 43.3 x 55.1 x 46.0 in
Courbe continue
Courbe continue
2019
119.0 x 149.0 cm / 40.5 x 52.8 in
9 Acute Unequal Angles
9 Acute Unequal Angles
2015
153.0 x 101.5 cm / 60.2 x 40.0 in
9 acute unequal angles
9 acute unequal angles
2015
143.0 x 37.0 x 23.5 cm / 56.3 x 14.6 x 9.3 in
Indeterminate Line
Indeterminate Line
1985
412.0 x 150.0 x 270.0 cm / 118.1 x 118.1 x 106.3 in
Combinaison aléatoire de lignes indéterminées
Combinaison aléatoire de lignes indéterminées
1995
214.0 x 214.0 cm / 84.3 x 84.3 in
Indeterminate surface
Indeterminate surface
1998
248.0 x 295.0 x 3.5 cm / 97.6 x 116.1 x 1.4 in
Acute Unequal Angles
Acute Unequal Angles
2016
220.0 x 153.0 cm / 86.6 x 60.2 in
Acute Angles - Disorder, #5/40
Acute Angles - Disorder, #5/40
2021
98.0 x 115.0 cm / 38.6 x 45.3 in
Videos
Sculptures, Matters, Materials, Textures... Foetz, Luxembourg
Sculptures, Matters, Materials, Textures... Foetz, Luxembourg
Bernar Venet
Bernar Venet
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Exhibitions In Our Galleries
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Solo shows (selection)


2025

Beyond Concept and MatterMusée du Guangdong, Canton, Chine

Venet à Panéry, Ceysson & Bénétière, Domaine de Panéry, Pouzilhac, France


2024

Macadam 1963, Bigaignon, Paris, France


2023 

Bernar Venet: Difféomorphisme et Discontinuité, Paris, France

Gravity, Ceysson & Bénétière, Wandhaff, Luxembourg


2022

Bernar Venet: Gravity, Kasmin, New York, USA

Bernar Venet: Hypotheses, Waddington Custot, London, UK

Bernar Venet, 1961-2021: 60 Years of Performance, Painting and Sculpture, Kunsthalle Berlin, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany


2021

L'hypothèse de la gravité, Musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens, France

Bernar Venet: Another Language for Painting, He Art Museum, Guangdong, China

Bernar Venet: Reliefs, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany

Bernar Venet: Anamorphosis, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium


2020

Elements of Furniture, Galerie Philippe Gravier, Paris, France

Trajectory, Von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland

Bernar Venet: Angles, Gallery 508, Seoul, South Korea


2019

Indeterminate Hypothesis, Kasmin, 509 West 27th Street, New York, USA

The Straight Line and the Pictorial Memory of the Gesture, Kasmin, 297 Tenth Avenue, New York, USA

Bernar Venet: Indeterminacy, Blain Southern, Berlin, Germany Bernar Venet: In Relation: Performance / Sculpture / Painting, De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Bernar Venet, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Wandhaff, Luxembourg Angles, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden


2018

L'Hypothèse du Point, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

L'Hypothèse de l'Angle, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Bernar Venet, Retrospective 2019-1959, Musée d’art contemporain (MAC), Lyon, France

Bernar Venet, The Conceptual Years, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France

Bernar Venet. D’encre et de papier. Estampes originales 1971-2017, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France


2017

RAW: Portraits of Artists, French Cultural Center, Boston, USA

Looking Forward: 1961-1984, Blain|Southern, Londres, UK

Bernar Venet at Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, UK

Arcs, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA

Angles, gravures et charbon, l'Orangerie, centre d'art contemporain, Bastogne, Belgium

RAW: Portraits of Artists, French Cultural Center, Boston, USA

Bernar Venet: Les origines 1961-1966 , L'Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France

Looking Forward: 1961-1984, Blain|Southern, London, UK

Bernar Venet at Cliveden, 10 sculptures at Cliveden National Trust, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, UK


2016

Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA. Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain

RAW: portraits d'artistes, Galerie rue Visconti, Paris, France

Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bernar Venet: Les origines 1961-1966, L'Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France


2015

Bernar Venet, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Wandhaff, Luxembourg

Bernar Venet: metametria, Vass Collection, Budapest, Hungary

Bernar Venet, Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, Venice, Italy

Il caos come principio sottovalutato dell'ordine (Chaos as an underestimated principle of order), Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy

Mathematica, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin, Germany


2014

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Bernar Venet, Sculptures and Drawings, Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong

Homage to Kurt Gödel. A tribute to abstract thinking, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany

Bernar Venet, Maquettes, Strandverket Art Museum, Marstrand, Sweden

Hypothèse du point, Espace Jacques Villeglé de Saint Gratien, Saint Gratien, France

Bernar Venet, L'hypothèse de l'arc, Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland

Bernar Venet, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South Korea


2013

84 Arcs/Désordre, Palais du Pharo, Marseille, France

Sculptures in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Bernar Venet: Paintings. Homage to Al-Khawarizmi, Abbazia di San Gregorio, Venice, Italy

Les origines, Musée Regards de Provence, Marseille, France

Ace Gallery, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California, United States


2012

Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Bernar Venet: Paintings: 1967 - 2010, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong

Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland. Art Plural Gallery, Singapore


2011

Bernar Venet à Versailles, Château de Versailles et dans le Domaine de Marly, sous le commissariat de Bernard Marcadé, Paris, France

Bernar Venet in Sugarland, Oyster Creek Park, Sugar Land, Texas, USA

Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany

Fondation Poppy & Pierre Salinger, le Thor, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, France

Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland


2010

Hermann Park, in collaboration with Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France

Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), curated by Barbara Rose, Valencia, Spain

Bernar Venet: Homage to Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Le monde de Bernar Venet, Venet in context, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France

Bernar Venet, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden


2009

Schinkel Pavillon, in collaboration with Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany

Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR), Brussels, Belgium

Arsenale Novissimo, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Heist, Belgium


2008

Isleworth Country Club, Sotheby's exhibition, Orlando, Florida, USA

Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, California, USA

Forsblom Galerie, Helsinki, Finland. Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Bernar Venet in San Diego, California, USA


2007

Retrospective 1961-2006, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South-Korea

Artcurial, Paris, France

Bernar Venet : Sculptures in Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Bernar Venet : Sculptures in Metz, Metz, France

Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany

Centre européen d'actions artistiques contemporaines, Strasbourg, France. L'Arsenal, Metz, France


2006

Museum, Kunsthalle Würth, Künzelsau, Germany

Gary Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

Sculptures in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA


2004

Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France

Galerie Haas Fuchs, Berlin, Germany

Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA

Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France


2003

Galerie La Cité, Luxembourg

Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain (MAMAC), Nice, France

Bernar Venet aux Tuileries, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France


2002

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France

Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA


2000

Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Centre d'Art Contemporain Georges Pompidou, Cajarc, France

Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain - Mamco, Geneva, Switzerland

Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil


1998

Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France

Galleria Karsten Greve, Milan, Italy

Galleria Persano, Torino, Italy


1997

Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, France

Galerie Karsten Greve, Milan, Italy

Musée du Québec, Québec, Canada

Hyundai Gallery, Seoul, South-Korea


1995

Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Kowloon, Hong Kong


1993

Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France

André Emmerich Gallery, New York, USA

Centre d'art contemporain de Châteauroux, Châteauroux, France

Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France


1991

Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, USA

Galerie Eric Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium

Galeria Oscar Ascanio, Caracas, Venezuela

Fred Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

Brent Sikkema Fine Arts, Black, New York, USA


1989

Noir/Noir 1963, Centre d'art contemporain, Troyes, France

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France Galerie Van de Velde, Anvers, Belgium

Ronald Greenberg Gallery, Saint-Louis, USA


1987

Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland

Quadrat Museum-Moderna Gallery, Bottrop, Germany


1982

The Bonlow Gallery, New York, USA

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Los Angeles, USA


1979

ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles, USA

Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, USA

Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, USA


1978

Special Project at PS1, Long Island City, New York, USA


1977

Musée d'Art et d'industie, Saint-Étienne, France

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

Sonja Hennie-Niels Onstad Foundation, Hovikodden, Norway


1976

La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, USA


1975

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United-Kingdom

Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

XIIIth Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil

Galerie Hetzler Keller, Stuttgart, Germany

Galleria Nuovi Strumenti Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy


1974

Galleria la Seconda Scala, Rome, Italy

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France


1972

Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy


1971

Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, Germany

X-One Gallery, Anvers, Belgium

Loeb Student Center, New York Univeristy, Peter Caws PhD. Lecture on: Structure as a necessary and sufficient condition of Intelligibility (performance), New York, USA

Retrospective, New York Cultural Center, NY, USA

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy


1970

Haus Lange Museum Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany

OK Harris Gallery, New York, USA

Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany

Studio Santandrea, Milan, Italy


1968

Relativity's Track, Judson Church Theater, New York, USA


1966

Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret, France

Galerie Jacques Matarasso, Nice, France


1964

Galerie Ursula Girardon, Paris, France


Group shows (selection)


2022

Art in Oisterwijk, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands

Esch2022, European Capital of Culture, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg


2021

Modern Masters, Gallery 508, Seoul, South Korea

Monumental Sculpture at Château Saint-Maur, Château Saint-Maur, Saint Tropez, France

Revenir vers le futur, Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France

From the Mundane World. Launch Exhibition of He Art Museum, He Art Museum, Shunde, Guangdong, China


2020

ASHK x HKAGA Sculpture Exhibition, Hong Kong Asia Society, Hong Kong

Light After Darkness, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria


2019

Gigantisme: Art et Industrie, in multiple locations in the city of Dunkirk, including: la friche industrielle de la halle AP2, le Fonds régional d’art contemporain Grand Large – Hauts-de-France (FRAC), le Lieu d’Art et Action Contemporaine – Musée de France (LAAC), Dunkirk, France

Donaugalerie 2019, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany

Elemental, Kasmin, 297 Tenth Avenue, New York, USA

Spring Break, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Friends, etc. La Collection Pierre Keller, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland

Le pressentiment de mon indiscipline, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France


2018

De Calder à Koons, Bijoux d’artistes: La collection idéale de Diane Venet, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France

Art & Jewelry, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E

Enchanté, Lieu d’Art et Action Contemporaine de Dunkerque (LAAC), Dunkirk, France

Wealth. Black is Gold, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

A propos de Nice : 1947 – 1977, in conjunction with “The French May”, Hong Kong

Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Art & Coal - Tribute to Jannis Kounellis, MKM Museum Küppersmühle of Modern Art, Duisburg, Germany


2017

Rites of Spring, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York, USA

A propos de Nice : 1947-1977, MAMAC, Nice, France

Black, White..., Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E

It is Just a Beginning, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy

Twenty Years at 23rd and 10th, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, USA

Nicolas Aubagnac | 20 ans, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France

Nice All Over, Galerie Helenbeck, Nice, France

Lettres Ouvertes, de la calligraphie au street art, Institut des cultures d'Islam, Paris, France

Estampes modernes & contemporaines - De Pablo Picasso à Bernar Venet, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France


2016

Sculptures, Matières, Matériaux, Textures..., Hors les murs, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg

The World Meets Here, Custot Gallery Dubai, Dubai, U.A.E

Focus on Sculpture in the Würth Collection, Würth Haus Rorschach, Rorschach, Switzerland

Art on Board, Mathematische Fachbibliothek der TU Berlin, Germany

Opening of the New Jakobshallen Exhibition Rooms, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany

Arte alle Corti, Palazzo Cisterna, Turin, Italy


1971

Art System, C.A.Y.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina

Collection de M. & Mme. B.,Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France

VIIth Paris Biennal, Parc Floral de Paris, Paris, France

Concept-Théorie, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

Arte Concettuale, Galerie Daniel Templon, Milan, Italy

Performance Lecture by Peter Caws, at Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York, USA


1970

Conceptual art and conceptual aspect, New York Cultural Center, NY, USA

Informations, MoMA, NY, USA

Conceptual Art / Land Art / Arte Povera, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy

Kunst nach Planen, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany

Artists and Photography, Multiple Gallery, New York, USA

Painting and Sculpture Today, Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Toledo, Ohio, USA

Recorded Activities, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Festival of Contemporary Art, Municipal Museum of Art, Yokohama and Sun Building Art Gallery, Morioka, Japan


1969

New York Art 1969, Miami University, Ohio, USA

Performance with Vito Acconci, John Perreault, and Arakawa, The Theater, New York, USA

Art by telephone, Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, USA

Moratorium, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, USA

Number 7, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA

New Acquisitions, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, USA

Conception-Konzeption, Leverkusen, Germany

Art selon plan, Kunsthalle, Berne, Switzerland

Texts

Bernar Venet ou la géométrie paradoxale



« Il attend qu’advienne l’âge des mathématiques ! »

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit

« - Non virtuel.

 - Sans illusion.

- Sans apparence.

- Ni métaphore.

Bibliography

Monographs


2022

Bernar Venet, 1961-2021, 60 Years of Sculpture, Painting and Performance, Éditions Dilecta, Paris, France


Photographies, Amao, Damarice, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Vincent Bonnet, Éditions Marval-rue Visconti, Paris, France


Bernar Venet. Toute une vie pour l’art, Catherine Francblin, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, France


2021

Fréchuret, Maurice, L’Hypothèse de la gravité, Éditions Skira, in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre-Lens, France

Sausset, Damien, Bernard Marcadé and Alexandre Devals, Venet Foundation, Bernard Chauveau Éditions, Paris, France

Martin, François-René, Bernar Venet – Dessins, Ceysson éditions d’Art, Bresson, France

Ceysson, Bernard, Bernar Venet – Le Tas de charbon, Ceysson éditions d’Art, Bresson, France


2020

Derieux, Florence, Clare Lilley, and Barry Schwabsky, Bernar Venet, "Contemporary Artists" series, Phaidon, Londres, Royaume-Uni


2019

Lang, Jack, and Olivier Schefer, Bernar Venet. Arc Majeur. In collaboration with the Fondation John Cockerill, Meta-Morphosis, Brussels, Belgium


2018

Bernar Venet, “Paroles d’artiste”, Fage Éditions, Lyon, France

Various authors, Sur Bernar Venet, une anthologie, co-edition with MAC Lyon, Éditions Dilecta, Paris, France


2017

Davila, Thierry and Erik Verhagen, Venet - Sculpture, Editions du Regard, Paris, France

Venet, Bernar, Poetic? Poétique ?, Jean Boîte Éditions, Paris, France


2014

Sausset, Damien, Robert Arnoux et Alexandre Devals, Venet Foundation, Couleurs Contemporaines / Bernard Chauveau Éditeur, Paris, France


2013

Davila, Thierry and Erik Verhagen, Bernar Venet - Sculpture, Editions du Regard, Paris, France


2012

Pégard, Catherine, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Bernar Venet, Bernard Teyyssèdre, Versailles 2011, Editions du Regard, Paris, France

Devals, Alexandre and Olivier Schefer, Bernar Venet. Paintings, Edizioni Charta, Milan, Italy


2011

Altieri, Gilles, Olivier Schefer, Bernar Venet, Peintures 2001-2011, Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France

Marcadé, Bernard, Brian O'Doherty, Venet - Versailles, Editions du Regard, Paris, France

Schefer, Olivier, Bernar Venet: Paintings 1961-2011: A Retrospective, Seoul, South Korea


2010

Davila, Thierry (ed.), La conversion du regard, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland


Laks, Déborah, L'hypothèse de la ligne droite, Editions de la Différence, Paris, France


Rose, Barbara, La paradoja de la coherencia / The paradox of coherence, La imprenta & Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain


2009

Arnoux, Robert, Bernar Venet: L'expérience du Muy, Somogy, Paris, France


Marcelis, Bernard, Bernar Venet: Oeuvre sculpté, Somogy, Paris, France.
van der Marck, Jan, Bernar Venet: Sculpture in Urban Landscapes, Sotheby's, New York


2008

Peynot, Jean-Philippe, Bernar Venet: 1 pour 1, Archibooks éditeur - Collection Voix, France


2007

Lenain, Thierry, preface by Thomas McEvilley, Bernar Venet. Flammarion, Paris, France


Moreau, Roland and Jean-Louis Schefer, Bernar Venet, Hommage à l'acier. Assouline, Paris, France


2006

Goldberg, RoseLee, Enrico Pedrini and Damien Sausset, Bernar Venet: Performances, etc. 1961-2006, Charta, Milan, Italy


2005

Bata, Philippe, L'hypothèse de l'Arc, Editions Un, Deux, Quatre / Centre d'Art contemporain intercommunal d'Istres


2004

Venet Bernar, Art: A Matter of Context. Bernar Venet: Writings 1975-2003. Hard Press Editions, Lenox, Massachussetts


2003

Kuspit, Donald, Bernar Venet. The Sublime in Mathematics, (French and English editions) L'Yeuse, Paris, France


Lenain, Thierry, Bernar Venet: 1961-1963: l'immanence mise en chantier, Les Presses du Réel, Paris, France


McEvilley, Thomas, Bernar Venet (English edition). Benteli Verlag, Switzerland; Artha, Paris, France


2002

McEvilley, Thomas, Bernar Venet (French and German editions). Benteli Verlag, Switzerland; Artha, Paris, France


2001

Lorent, Claude, Bernar Venet: Furniture. Assouline, Paris, France


2000

Besson, Christian and Bernar Venet, La Conversion du regard, Textes entretiens, 1975-2000, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland.

Pierre, Arnauld, Bernar Venet "Le discours et la méthode". Prearo Editore, Milan, Italy


Venet, Bernar, SURSATURATION. Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Carjarc, France

van der Marck, Jan , Bernar Venet, Global Diagonals. e-speed, New York


1999

Morgan, Robert, Bernar Venet 1961-1970. Editions des Cahiers Intempestifs, St. Etienne, France

Venet, Bernar, Apoétiques 1967-1998. Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland


1993

Ratcliff, Carter, Bernar VENET. Cercle d'Art, Paris, France; Abbeville Press, New York


1991

Schefer, Jean-Louis, Noir, noir et noir, photographs 1963-1990. Éditions Marval, Paris, France.
Venet, Bernar, Combinaisons aléatoires de lignes indéterminées. Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France


1990

Kuspit, Donald, Bernar Venet. Art Random, Kyoto Shoin International Company, Ltd., Kyoto, Japan


1988

van der Marck, Jan, VENET. Éditions de la Différence, Paris, France


1975

d'Amore, Bruno, Thierry Kuntzel, and Filiberto Menna, Textes Théoriques sur Bernar Venet. Edizioni Nuovi Strumenti, Brescia, Italy


Kuntzel, Thierry, Logique du Neutre. Arthur Hubschmid, Paris, France


1974

Millet, Catherine, Bernar Venet. Éditions du Chêne, Paris, France


Exhibition catalogs


2021

Bernar Venet: Anamorphosis, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Fréchuret, Maurice, L’Hypothèse de la gravité, Skira Éditions, in collaboration with le Musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens, France


2020

Bernar Venet: Elements of Furniture, Galerie Philippe Gravier, Paris, France

Bernar Venet in Relief. Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany


2019

Bernar Venet. The Line and its Trace, Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA


2016

Schefer, Olivier et Bernar Venet, RAW – Portraits d’artistes, Editions Marval, Paris, France

Paul Kasmin Gallery, Bernar Venet – Angles, Project New York, New York, USA


Grasser-Fulchéri, Fabienne, BL'origine 1961-1966, L’Espace de l'Art Concret, Bernard Chauveau Éditeur, Paris, France


2014

Schefer, Olivier and Bernar Venet, Bernar Venet – L’Hypothèse du point, Bernard Chauveau Éditeur, Paris, France


2013

Various authors with an introduction by Paul Nyzam, Bernar Venet - Carpiagne 1961-1966, Fondation Regards de Provence, Marseille, France

Becherer, Joseph Antenucci, Bernar Venet - Maquettes, Fondation Regards de Provence, Marseille, France

Laks, Déborah and Jack Lang, Bernar Venet - Peintures, Fondation Regards de Provence, Marseille, France


2012

de Sarthe Gallery, Bernar Venet Hong Kong, Print Shop, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Art Plural Gallery, Bernar Venet, Dominie Press Pte Ltd, Singapore


2011

Bauwens, Malika, Françoise-Aline Blain, Thomas Jean, and Judicaël Lavrador, Bernar Venet à Versailles, Beaux Arts Magazine, hors série, Paris, France


2010

Davila, Thierry, Alain Mousseigne, and Jérôme Sans, Le monde de Bernar Venet: Venet in context, les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France


2009

Charlier, Jacques, La Courbure de l'Art, BOZAR Books, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium


Marcadé, Bernard, Vivre l'Art: La Collection Venet, Somogy, Paris / Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France


2008

Rose, Barbara, Bernar Venet. Sotheby's at Isleworth, Sotheby's, New York


2007

Arnaudet, Didier, Thomas Bernard, Michel Duchène, Adrien Goetz, Florence Guionneau-Joie, Ann Hindry, Alain Juppé, Jean-Jacques Lescourgues, Jan van der Marck, and Philippe Raoux, "Bernar Venet à Bordeaux," Beaux Arts (special issue). Paris, France


Bouruet-Aubertot Veronique, "Bernar Venet, portrait of a sculptor", Bernar Venet, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden


Kim, Jeeyoung, Thomas McEvilley and Nanjie Yun, Bernar Venet: Line, Trace, Concept. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.


Kleine, Susanne and Walter Smerling, Bernar Venet: System und Zufall [Order and Chance]. Wienand Verlag & Medien GmbH, Köln, in association with Stiftung für Kunst une Kultur e.V., Bonn, Germany

Nanjie, Yun, Bernar Venet: Drawing with steel. Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea

Sausset, Damien, "Les ateliers de Bernar Venet", Connaissance des Arts, H.S. n°322, Paris, France

2006

Joch, Peter, Formeln des Irregulären / Formulae of the Irregular. Edition und Galerie Scheffel GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany

Murray, Peter, Bernar Venet: Robert-Jacobsen-Preis der Stiftung Würth 2005/2006, Stiftung Würth / Swiridoff Verlag, Künzelsau, Germany

Païni, Dominique, Le noir est une couleur, ARTE-Maeght Editeur, Paris, France


2005

Barré, François, Bernar Venet à Cergy-Pontoise, Editions Jean-Michel Place, Paris, France


Bata, Philippe, Bernar Venet: L'hypothèse de l'arc, Editions Un Deux Quatre / Centre d'Art contemporain intercommunal d'Istres, France

Place, Jean-Michel, Bernar Venet à Cergy-Pontoise, Base de Loisirs de Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, France


Tansini, Laura, Bernar Venet: Sculpture, Galerie Guy Pieters, Belgium


2004

Ceysson, Bernard, Bernar Venet: L'hypothè de l'arc, Somogy Editeur, Paris / Musé Sainte Croix de Poitiers, France


Venet, Bernar, Bernar Venet: L'espace de la perturbation. Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France


2003

Lenain, Thierry, Bernar Venet: 1961-1963: l'immanence mise en chantier, (catalogue for exhibition at the Hôtel des Arts in Toulon). Les Presses du Réel, Paris, France


Pedrini Enrico, Raphael Cuir, Bernar Venet, (exhibition catalogue from MAMAC)


Barré Francois, Bernar Venet à Luxembourg, Le Centre Culturel Français de Luxembourg, Luxembourg


2002

Greenburger, Francis, Bernar Venet. The Fields Sculpture Park at Art OMI International Arts Center. Arte 21, Brazil

Hindry, Ann, Donald Kuspit, Catherine Millet, Arnauld Pierre and Bernar Venet, Bernar Venet. Galerie Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria


2000

Hindry, Ann, with an introduction by Lygia Saboia, Bernar Venet: Brasil. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro; Museu Brasileiro da Escultura - MuBE/SP, Arte 21/Conexão, Brazil


1999

Espartaco, Carlos Klitenik, Pierre Restany and Catherine Millet, Bernar Venet. Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina


1997

Hindry, Ann, L'Equation Majeure, (Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, France; Nouveau Musée/Institut de Villeurbanne, Lyon, France; Musée d'Art Moderne de St. Etienne, St. Etienne; Flammarion / New York, Paris, France


Maubant, Jean Louis, Pascal Pique, Bernar Venet 1961-1979, (exhibition pamphlet), Nouveau Musée/Institut de Villeurbanne, Lyon, France


Ratcliff, Carter; John R. Porter and Michel Martin, Bernar Venet-Lignes. Musée du Québec, Québec, Canada

Bernar Venet. Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea


1996

Ratcliff, Carter, Jean-Michel Foray, Bernar Venet - Droites et Accidents. Espace Fortant de France, Sète, France


1995

Descendre, Nadine, Bernar Venet-Indeterminate Lines. Hong Kong Museum of Art, Galerie Enrico Navarra

Descendre, Nadine, Bernar Venet-Indeterminate Lines. Shanghai Museum of Art, Galerie Enrico Navarra


1994

Descendre, Nadine, Bernar Venet, Lignes Indéterminées, (Champs de Mars exhibition catalogue). Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France


Descendre, Nadine, "La Mairie de Paris invite Bernar Venet au Champ de Mars," Beaux-Arts Magazine. Paris, France.

Eaton, Timothy, Venet. Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida


Perlein, Gilbert, Bernar Venet-1963-1993. Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Galeria Ressle; Galeria Tovar y Tovar, Bogotá, Colombia

Perlein, Gilbert, Bernar Venet. Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea


1993

Catoir, Barbara; Perlein, Gilbert. Bernar Venet. Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, Nice, France; Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Perlein, Gilbert, Conversation with Bernar Venet. André Emmerich Gallery, New York


1992

Martinoty, Jean-Louis; Louppe, Laurence. Graduation, Carte Blanche à... Bernar Venet, Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Paris, France


1991

Devolder, Eddy, Bernar Venet. Galerie Oscar Ascanio, Caracas, Venezuela

Lorent, Claude, Sit on Steel. Galerie Eric Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium


Venet, Bernar, Combinaisons aléatoires de lignes indéterminées. Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France


1990

Bure, de Gilles; Bernar Venet, Bernar Venet; Mobilier 1970-1990. Galerie Mostra, Paris, France; Galerie Eric Van de Weghe, Brussels, Belgium


Kuspit, Donald, Bernar Venet. Art Random, Kyoto Shoin International Company, Ltd., Kyoto, Japan

Morgan, Robert, Venet's Indeterminacy. Person's Weekend Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Serraller, Francisco Calvo, Bernar Venet. Galeria Theospacio, Madrid, Spain


1989

Daval, Jean-Luc, Bernar Venet - Dessins - Drawings, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France; Editions Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, France

Ragon, Michel, Bernar Venet, (catalogue inaugural des "Deux Arcs de 201.5°). Belley, France

Ratcliff, Carter, Bernar Venet-The Question of Purpose-La Question de la Finalité. Galerie Elisabeth Franck, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium.
Schefer, Jean-Louis, Bernar Venet-Ligne à Vif. Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France


1988

Henric, Jacques, Laurence Louppe, Graduation. Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Paris, France


Schaub, Johannes, Arc Majeur de 185.4°, (project catalogue). France


1987

Castle, Frederick Ted, Bernar Venet unregal mässige Spiralen. Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany


Millet, Catherine, Lignes sans Concession: Bernar Venet Sculptures, Berlin, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Paris, France


1986

Higginbotham, David, Bernar Venet. Galerie Elisabeth Franck, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium


1985

Kwinter, Sanford, Pragmatique des Turbulences: Les Nouvelles Lignes de Bernar Venet. Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France


1984

Francblin, Catherine, Bernar Venet, Dessins 1963-1983. Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France


1978

de Haas, Patrick, Dominique Pascalini, Bernar Venet. Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Castello di Portofino, Italy


1977

Ceysson, Bernard, Bernar Venet. Musée d'art et d'industrie, Saint-Étienne, France


1976

Alloway, Lawrence, Thierry Kuntzel, Bernar Venet. La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California


1974

Menna, Filiberto, Venet o del Significato (dell'arte). Galerie Seconda Scala, Rome Italy


1971

Karshan, Donald, The Five Years of Bernar Venet, (catalogue raisonné). The New York Cultural Center, New York


1970

Wember, Paul, Bernar Venet. Musée Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany

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