Marie-Laure Bernadac has worked as a curator at the Musée Picasso (Paris), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the CAPC – Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, and was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Louvre from 2003 to 2013. She has curated a number of exhibitions including several dedicated to Picasso, such as Le dernier Picasso (1987), Picasso: toros y toreros (1993), and Picasso et les maîtres (2008, with Anne Baldassari).

She has also written several books on the artist, including Picasso: le sage et le fou (1986), Picasso Poète (1989) and Picasso: propos sur l’art (2000).