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)
Vb48, 2002

Vanessa Beecroft

Vb48, 2002

Sale Date: April 13, 2016

Auction Closed

VB48, PALAZZO DUCALE, GENOA, ITALY, 2001

Vanessa Beecroft

VB48, PALAZZO DUCALE, GENOA, ITALY, 2001

Sale Date: April 3, 2016

Auction Closed

VB45, KUNSTHALLE WIEN, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 2001

Vanessa Beecroft

VB45, KUNSTHALLE WIEN, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 2001

Sale Date: April 3, 2016

Auction Closed

Jesse (vb29), 1997

Vanessa Beecroft

Jesse (vb29), 1997

Sale Date: March 14, 2016

Auction Closed

VB 34.227.vb, 1999

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 34.227.vb, 1999

Sale Date: February 13, 2016

Auction Closed

VB53.018.NT, TEPIDARIUM OF THE GIARDINO..., 2004

Vanessa Beecroft

VB53.018.NT, TEPIDARIUM OF THE GIARDINO..., 2004

Sale Date: February 18, 2016

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Untitled, 1993

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled, 1993

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Watercolor Collage, 1993

Vanessa Beecroft

Watercolor Collage, 1993

Sale Date: December 3, 2015

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VB11, 1995

Vanessa Beecroft

VB11, 1995

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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They come, 1995

Vanessa Beecroft

They come, 1995

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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VB11, 1995

Vanessa Beecroft

VB11, 1995

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

Auction Closed

VB 55.52.vb, 2005

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 55.52.vb, 2005

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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Untitled, 1993

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled, 1993

Sale Date: November 12, 2015

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VB 35: SHOW Performance, 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 35: SHOW Performance, 1998

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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TOP 20: SITE SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, 1997–2000

Vanessa Beecroft

TOP 20: SITE SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, 1997–2000

Sale Date: November 12, 2015

Auction Closed

VB34, MODERNA MUSEET, STOCKHOLM, 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

VB34, MODERNA MUSEET, STOCKHOLM, 1998

Sale Date: October 7, 2015

Auction Closed

VB28, LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, VENICE, 1997

Vanessa Beecroft

VB28, LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, VENICE, 1997

Sale Date: October 7, 2015

Auction Closed

VB 18 / Performance 1996 / VB18.004.VB / CAPC, 1996

Vanessa Beecroft

VB 18 / Performance 1996 / VB18.004.VB / CAPC, 1996

Sale Date: October 6, 2015

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VB43.038.ali, 2000

Vanessa Beecroft

VB43.038.ali, 2000

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

Auction Closed

vb35.377 Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim..., 1998

Vanessa Beecroft

vb35.377 Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim..., 1998

Sale Date: September 17, 2015

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Senza titolo, 1994

Vanessa Beecroft

Senza titolo, 1994

Sale Date: July 25, 2015

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Untitled, 1994

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled, 1994

Sale Date: July 25, 2015

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VB11, 1995

Vanessa Beecroft

VB11, 1995

Sale Date: July 25, 2015

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Untitled (head), 2010

Vanessa Beecroft

Untitled (head), 2010

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

Auction Closed