Vanessa Beecroft

(Italian, born 1969)

Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian performance artist, photographer, and painter known for her large-scale, conceptual performances, or “living paintings,” which are often performed by nude or semi-clothed women. She was born on April 25, 1969 in Genoa, Italy and first studied at the Civico Liceo Artistico Nicolò Barabino in Genoa. At the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, she staged one of her most famous performances, B61, Still Death! Darfur Still Deaf?, a response to the Darfur genocide. In this work, Sudanese women laid face down, simulating corpses. She has also staged performances at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1998, the Gagosian Gallery in London in 2000, and at the Gagosian Gallery in California. As an artist whose work is frequently compared to fashion events, Beecroft has worked with designers and celebrities. In 2010, she art directed Kanye West’s Runaway video, and since then she has frequently collaborated with the rapper on choreography for his tours and fashion shows. West and Beecroft collaborated on Nebuchadnezzar, an opera that premiered in 2019, and she has also photographed his wife, Kim Kardashian. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Vanessa Beecroft Artworks

Vanessa Beecroft (826 results)
VB28, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1997

Vanessa Beecroft

VB28, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1997

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

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VB34, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

VB34, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1998

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

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VB43.068.ali, 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

VB43.068.ali, 2000

Sale Date: July 1, 2015

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VB 43, 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 43, 2000

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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VB 55.52 VB, 2005

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 55.52 VB, 2005

Sale Date: June 6, 2015

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Senza titolo VB35, 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

Senza titolo VB35, 1999

Sale Date: May 10, 2015

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VB26.038, Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, 1997

Vanessa Beecroft

VB26.038, Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, 1997

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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VB48.008.DR, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2001

Vanessa Beecroft

VB48.008.DR, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2001

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Utan titel

Vanessa Beecroft

Utan titel

Sale Date: May 11, 2015

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Suzanne

Vanessa Beecroft

Suzanne

Sale Date: May 11, 2015

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Untitled, 2008

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled, 2008

Sale Date: May 15, 2015

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Performance Detail, Moderna Musset,..., 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Performance Detail, Moderna Musset,..., 2000

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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VB35, Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim..., 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

VB35, Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim..., 1998

Sale Date: April 13, 2015

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They come, 1995

Vanessa Beecroft

They come, 1995

Sale Date: May 8, 2015

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VB11, 1995

Vanessa Beecroft

VB11, 1995

Sale Date: May 8, 2015

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VB11, 1995

Vanessa Beecroft

VB11, 1995

Sale Date: May 8, 2015

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VB48 Performance, 2001

Vanessa Beecroft

VB48 Performance, 2001

Sale Date: March 22, 2015

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VB43.008TE (SMALL), 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

VB43.008TE (SMALL), 2000

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Intrepid Air Sea, Space Museum, Whitney..., 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Intrepid Air Sea, Space Museum, Whitney..., 2000

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Triptych 2, 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Triptych 2, 2000

Sale Date: March 10, 2015

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VB53.029.NT, 2004

Vanessa Beecroft

VB53.029.NT, 2004

Sale Date: March 4, 2015

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Manipolazione mediatica, 2006

Vanessa Beecroft

Manipolazione mediatica, 2006

Sale Date: November 30, 2014

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Senza titolo VB35, 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

Senza titolo VB35, 1999

Sale Date: November 30, 2014

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Senza titolo, 1994

Vanessa Beecroft

Senza titolo, 1994

Sale Date: November 30, 2014

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