Sotheby's GEN ART program returns this Spring with EVENT, the debut digital art collection from visionary French conceptual artist Bernar Venet.

EVENT is a long-form generative art collection of 500 algorithmic artworks that explore the interplay of chance and unpredictability in the digital realm.

The collection builds on his six-decade exploration of chance and entropy across diverse mediums such as sculpture, painting, drawing, poetry, sound, design, and photography.

EVENT blends sculpture, science, and math, inspired by Dada, Fluxus, and Minimalism. The result: unique generative compositions, providing fresh perspectives on his signature 'collapses.'

Venet's practice embraces the unexpected since the '60s. In EVENT, inspired by works like Pile of Coal ('63) and Accident ('96), where metal bars topple, sculpture merges with algorithms, creating a parallel in the randomness of acts and mathematical generative output.

“Algorithmic systems are a great tool that open up a vast field of experiments and innovation for artists to generate compositions and configurations which are surprising for their originality and that only chance can create" - Bernar Venet

Stay informed about Bernar Venet's EVENT collection and exclusive pre-sale opportunities ahead of the public sale in April.

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@Sothebys While the artistic merit of the collection is subjective, it could signify a growing acceptance of digital art within the traditional art world.