Bernar Venet

Born in France in 1941，French contemporary conceptual artist and prominent figure in global public art. He has participated in major international art events such as the São Paulo Biennale, Documenta in Kassel, and the Venice Biennale, and has held large-scale retrospectives at institutions including the Cultural Center of New York and the Busan Museum of Modern Art in South Korea. His works are collected by over 70 renowned institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Venet has also been commissioned to create monumental sculptures in cities across the globe. Notably, in 2019, he created Arc Majeur, a nearly 60-meter-high sculpture along the highway between Belgium and Luxembourg, making it one of the largest public art installations in Europe.