Books
Divine Dialogues: Picasso and Antiquity, Line and Clay, edited with Nicholas Chr. Stampolidis. Athens: Museum of Cycladic Art, 2019.
Pablo Picasso: Between Cubism and Classicism, 1915–1925, edited volume. Milan: Skira, 2018.
Paul Klee: The Bauhaus Years, Works from 1918-1931, edited volume. New York: Dickinson, 2013.
Playing with Form: Neoconcrete Art from Brazil, edited volume. New York: Dickinson, 2011.
The Writing of Art. London: Pushkin Press, 2011.
Jean-Michel Basquiat. Fantasmi da sacciare [Jean Michel-Basquiat: To Repel Ghosts], edited volume. Milan: Skira, 2008.
Seven Line Drawings by Picasso, edited volume. New York: Venetia Kapernekas, 2008.
Picasso and the Theater / Picasso und das Theater, edited with Max Hollein. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2007.
Sristi: Sharmila Desai, Dance and Performance, edited volume. London: Trolley, 2006.
Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Masterpieces from the Late Years, edited with Max Hollein. Munich: Prestel, 2006.
Yves Klein, edited with Max Hollein and Ingrid Pfeiffer. Bilbao: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2004.
Book Chapters & Exhibition Catalogue Entries
“What Classical Music Can Learn from the Plastic Arts.” In Classical Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges, edited by Michael Beckerman and Paul Boghossian, 183–190. Cambridge: OpenBook, 2021.
“Heinz Berggruen: A German Refugee in San Francisco during the War.” In Berggruen Gallery: 50 Years, 1970–2020, edited by Morgann Trumbull, 13–23. San Francisco: Berggruen Gallery, 2020.
“Picasso et Norman Granz : une complicité tardive, placée sous le signe du jazz et de la peinture.” In Les musiques de Picasso, edited by Cécile Godefroy, 184– . Paris: Gallimard / Musée de la musique Philharmonie de Paris, 2020.
“Antiquity Reinvented.” In Divine Dialogues: Picasso and Antiquity, Line and Clay, edited by Olivier Berggruen and Nicholas Chr. Stampolidis, 59–71. Athens: Museum of Cycladic Art, 2019.
“Apollon : vers un nouvel Éden.” In Une vie avec Matisse, Picasso, Le Corbusier, Christo. . . Teto Ahrenberg et ses collections, edited by Monte Packham, 95–99. Paris: Flammarion, 2019.
Published in English as Living with Matisse, Picasso, and Christo: Theodor Ahrenberg and His Collections London / New York : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
“Painting as Drama: Picasso’s Late Paintings.” In Picasso: The Late Work From the Collection of Jacqueline Picasso, edited by Ortrud Westheider and Michael Philipp, 28–35. Munich: Prestel, 2019.
“Fragmentation and Unity in Picasso’s Cubist Sculptures.” In Picasso: The Sculpture, edited by Anna Coliva and Diana Widmaier-Picasso, 46–51. Rome: Galleria Borghese / Officina Libraria, 2018.
“Picasso, Braque and Duchamp: Painting in Movement.” In The Cubist Cosmos: From Picasso to Léger, edited by Brigitte Léal, Christian Briend, and Ariane Coulondre, 278–283. Basel / Munich: Kunstmuseum Basel / Hirmer, 2018.
“Picasso and Metamorphosis.” In Pablo Picasso, edited by Georg Frei, n. p. Zurich: Thomas Ammann, 2018.
“Stravinsky and Picasso: Elective Affinities.” In Pablo Picasso: Between Cubism and Classicism, 1915–1925, edited by Olivier Berggruen, 61–71. Milan: Skira, 2018.
“The Dream of the Other.” In Endless Enigma: Eight Centuries of Fantastic Art, 31–41. New York: David Zwirner, 2018.
“The Silent Camera.” In Always Start with an Encounter: Wols–Eileen Quinlan, edited by Helena Papadopoulos, 180–182. New York / Cambridge, Mass.: Sequence / MIT Press.
“The Fragmented Self.” In Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s the Time, edited by Dieter Buchhart, 197–202. Ontario / Munich: Art Gallery of Ontario / Prestel, 2015.
“Adriana Varejão.” In Imagine Brazil, edited by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Thierry Raspail, 150–153. Oslo / Lyon: Astrup Fearnley Museet / Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, 2013.
“Transparent Images.” In Paul Klee: The Bauhaus Years, Works from 1918-1931, 10–13. New York: Dickinson, 2013.
“Picasso Monochrome.” In Picasso: Black and White, edited by Carmen Giménez, 67–75. New York / Munich: Guggenheim Museum / Delmonico-Prestel, 2012.
“The Realm of Pure Sensations.” In Playing with Form: Neoconcrete Art from Brazil, 19–27. New York: Dickinson, 2011.
“Einige Notizen zu Paul Klee und Heinz Berggruen.” In Das Universum Klee, edited by Dieter Scholz and Christina Thomson, 81–83. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Hatje Cantz, 2008.
“The Landscape of the Mind.” In Agnes Martin, edited by Georg Frei, n. p. Zurich: Thomas Ammann, 2008.
“The Lost World / Un mondo perduto.” In Jean-Michel Basquiat. Fantasmi da sacciare [Jean Michel-Basquiat: To Repel Ghosts], edited by Olivier Berggruen, 20–21; 134. Milan: Skira, 2008.
“The Sacred Dance of Sharmila Desai.” In Sristi: Sharmila Desai, Dance and Performance, edited by Olivier Berggruen, xlvi–xlx. London: Trolley, 2008.
“The Drama of the Line.” In Seven Line Drawings by Picasso, edited by Olivier Berggruen, 1–11. New York: Venetia Kapernekas, 2008.
“Resonance and Depth in Matisse’s Cutouts.” In Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Masterpieces from the Late Years, edited by Olivier Berggruen and Max Hollein. Munich: Prestel, 2006.
“Yves Klein’s Fire Ritual.” In Yves Klein: Fire Paintings, n.p. New York: Michael Werner, 2006.
“The Summons to Living Things to Return Home.” In Cy Twombly: Bacchus, Psilax, Mainomenos. New York: Gagosian, 2005.
“L’architecture du désir.” In Matta 1936–1944: Début d’un nouveau monde, 13–19. Paris: Malingue, 2004.
“La disolución del ritual en el vacío.” In Yves Klein, edited by Olivier Berggruen, Max Hollein, and Ingrid Pfeiffer, 109–115. Bilbao: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2004.
“Efflorescence & Evanescence.” In Karin Waisman: The Garden of Eden, 3–7. New York: Haim Chanin Fine Arts, 2004.
“Picasso and Line Drawing: The Essential Gesture.” In Picasso: The Berggruen Album, 81–88. New York / San Francisco: Mitchell-Innes & Nash / Berggruen Gallery, 2004.
“Ed Ruscha: Ribbon of Words.” In Ed Ruscha: The Drawn Word, i–xviii. Vero Beach, FL: Windsor Press, 2003.
“Picasso & Bacon: Painting the Other Self.” In Francis Bacon and the Tradition of Art, edited by Wilfried Seipel, Barbara Steffen, and Christoph Vitali, 71–83. Milan: Skira, 2003.
“Bacon, Picasso and Surrealism.” In ibid., 163–167.
“The Representative Portrait.” In ibid., 233–236.
“Yves Tanguy, Peintre de l’illusion métaphysique.” In Yves Tanguy, 9–13. Paris: Malingue, 2002.
Afterword to Andreas, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 185–189. London: Pushkin Press, 2001.
“Das Reich des Optischen: Cézanne’s Aquarelle.” In Cézanne in Berlin, 9–15. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preußischer Kulturbesitz Nationalgalerie, 2000.
“The Future of Painting.” In Portraits Lost in Space: George Condo, 30–34. New York: Pace Wildenstein, 1999.
“Klee und Picasso.” In Klee aus New York: Hauptwerke der Sammlung Berggruen im Metropolitan Museum of Art, edited by Sabine Rewald, 41–54. Berlin: Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin / Ars Nicolai, 1998.
Articles and Book Reviews
“The Fluid Gaze: Wittgenstein, Western Dominance, and Cultural Porosity”. by Olivier Berggruen. Aesthetics for Birds, August 2021
“Fluid Selves: Legacy Russell’s Glitch Feminism.” Review of Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto, by Legacy Russell. The Brooklyn Rail, March 2021.
“Editor’s Message: State of Affairs.” The Brooklyn Rail, July / August 2020, 56–58.
“In Conversation – Diana Vishneva and Anna Yudina with Olivier Berggruen: Dance in the Making.” Ibid., 67–68.
“In Conversation – Anicka Yi with Olivier Berggruen.” Ibid., 73–75.
“Derek Parfit: Das Auge des Geistes.” Co-authored with Samuel Sokolsky-Tifft. Blau: Ein Kunstmagazin 26, March 2018, 46–53.
“Passages: Anita Brookner (1928–2016).” Artforum International, May 25, 2016.
“The Oddly Bewitching Novels of Patrick Modiano.” HuffPost, October 15, 2014.
“Collecting Art: Philanthropy or Self-Glorification?” HuffPost, June 16, 2014.
“The Prints of Jean-Michel Basquiat.” Print Quarterly 26, no. 1 (March 2009): 28–38.