Marie de Brugerolle is an art historian, author and curator. Since 1994, she has been working on the development of the history of
performance, from the '60s to its dematerialization or absorption into the society of the spectacle in the 21st century, with exhibitions such as Hors Limites: l'art et la vie, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1994; Bruce Nauman, MoMA, New York, 1995;
Not to Play with Dead Things,
Villa Arson, Nice, 2008; Yvonne De Carlo, MUSAC, León, 2011; and she develops the concept of
Post-Performance Future. She contributes to raising awareness of the
Californian scene and its hidden history:
Allen Ruppersberg, Magasin, Grenoble, 1996;
Guy de Cointet,
MAMCO, Geneva, 2004;
John Baldessari, 2005 and
Larry Bell, 2011, Carré d'art, Nîmes. Editor of
Guy de Cointet's first monograph,
JRP|Ringier, 2011, she is also the author of a large number of texts published in catalogs (
Mike Kelley, Tate Modern, 2025) and magazines: Art Press,
Flash Art,
Artforum. She curated the exhibition
Word is Round, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, 2025.
