Bernard Blistène

Bernard Blistène (born 1955) is a French art curator who served as the director of the Musée national d'Art moderne from 2013 to 2021.

Career
Blistène was a member of the jury for the inaugural Sigg Prize which selected as winner Samson Young in 2020. He also chaired several juries for the Marcel Duchamp Prize, choosing Melik Ohanian (2015), Kader Attia (2016), Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (2017), Clément Cogitore (2018), Éric Baudelaire (2019) and Kapwani Kiwanga (2020).

In 2021, KANAL - Centre Pompidou appointed Blistène as one of two artistic directors, alongside Kasia Redzisz.

Recognition
Together with and Christine Macel, ArtReview ranked him the 21st in their annual ranking of the most influential people in art of 2020, the Power 100.