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.

[1][2] Blistène was a member of the jury for the inaugural Sigg Prize which selected as winner Samson Young in 2020.

[3][4] 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),[5] Éric Baudelaire (2019)[6] and Kapwani Kiwanga (2020).

[7][8] In 2021, KANAL - Centre Pompidou appointed Blistène as one of two artistic directors, alongside Kasia Redzisz.

[9] Together with Serge Lasvignes [fr] and Christine Macel, ArtReview ranked him the 21st in their annual ranking of the most influential people in art of 2020, the Power 100.