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.

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Vanessa Beecroft (826 results)

Vb48 725 dr, performance Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2001

Vanessa Beecroft

Vb48 725 dr, performance Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2001

Sale Date: May 13, 2010

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VB 08-36, 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 08-36, 2000

Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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VB46 - Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills 2001, 2001

Vanessa Beecroft

VB46 - Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills 2001, 2001

Sale Date: May 3, 2010

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VB48 performance, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, 2001

Vanessa Beecroft

VB48 performance, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, 2001

Sale Date: April 13, 2010

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Top 20: ICA Boston, Massachusetts, 1997–2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Top 20: ICA Boston, Massachusetts, 1997–2000

Sale Date: March 19, 2010

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Untitled (on 8 sheets), 1994

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled (on 8 sheets), 1994

Sale Date: March 11, 2010

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VB-08-36, 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

VB-08-36, 2000

Sale Date: February 24, 2010

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Top 20: ICA Boston, Massachusetts, 1997–2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Top 20: ICA Boston, Massachusetts, 1997–2000

Sale Date: December 21, 2009

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Top 20: galerie fur zeitgenossische..., 1998–2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Top 20: galerie fur zeitgenossische..., 1998–2000

Sale Date: December 21, 2009

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Senza titolo, 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

Senza titolo, 1999

Sale Date: December 5, 2009

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Sans titre, 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

Sans titre, 1999

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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Untitled (5 works), 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled (5 works), 1999

Sale Date: December 10, 2009

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VB08/VB16/VB35/VB39/VB39 (5 works), 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

VB08/VB16/VB35/VB39/VB39 (5 works), 1999

Sale Date: December 9, 2009

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

Vanessa Beecroft

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

Sale Date: November 12, 2009

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Performances, 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Performances, 2000

Sale Date: October 28, 2009

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Sans titre (5 works), 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

Sans titre (5 works), 1999

Sale Date: October 26, 2009

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VB27, Galleria Analix, Ginevra, 1997

Vanessa Beecroft

VB27, Galleria Analix, Ginevra, 1997

Sale Date: October 27, 2009

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Untitled - Performance, detail, Solomon R...., 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled - Performance, detail, Solomon R...., 1998

Sale Date: October 17, 2009

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Untitled - Performance, detail, Solomon R...., 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled - Performance, detail, Solomon R...., 1998

Sale Date: October 17, 2009

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VB08 (+ 4 others; 5 works), 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

VB08 (+ 4 others; 5 works), 1999

Sale Date: October 17, 2009

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Vb48, 2002

Vanessa Beecroft

Sale Date: October 16, 2009

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VB 35: 1998, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,..., 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 35: 1998, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,..., 1998

Sale Date: October 17, 2009

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Untitled-Performance detail - VB 17 The..., 1996

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled-Performance detail - VB 17 The..., 1996

Sale Date: October 9, 2009

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Top 20: Museum of Contemporary Art,..., 1999–2000

Vanessa Beecroft

Top 20: Museum of Contemporary Art,..., 1999–2000

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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