Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1969, Vanessa Beecroft lives in Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been shown internationally since 1993, and since then has shaped performance art, the representation of the female body, and sociopolitical discussions of art. Beecroft’s performances (titled VB, followed by a sequential number), which have been an ongoing practice for over twenty-five years, have been presented in many of the world’s preeminent museums and major contemporary venues. The performances often highlight the tensions between naked and clothed body, rules and compulsion, the universal and the particular, and human endurance and submission.
Vanessa Beecroft was one of the first artists to collaborate with fashion brands, starting in the 1990s, and since 2008 has collaborated extensively with Ye West. A force of the contemporary-art canon that has had an exceptional influence on popular culture, her work manifests a deep dialogue with art history, philosophy, and politics. Her ephemeral performance works extend to a collection of drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and videos as one language.
The female body and persona is Beecroft's single subject, a pretext to analyze and intervene in the present as she brings Renaissance influences together with modern forms of representation. Her art is a passionate field of experimentation, rooted in history, evolving according to its own rules, and expanding into the world where it takes on existential tones.
According to gallerist Jeffrey Deitch, “Vanessa Beecroft is one of the rare artists who invented a new way to make a work of art. Ninety-nine percent of artists are treading ground that’s already well established, they are making small innovations, and then there are very rare artists who come up with a whole new concept of how to make a work of art and expand our sense of what a work of art can be. Vanessa Beecroft has done that.”
Performances
2024
VB96, Performance. SKIMS NYC Flagship, New York City.
2023
VB95: Vanessa Beecroft; Rules of Non-Engagement, Performance and solo exhibition. Jeffrey Deitch
Gallery, Los Angeles.
2022
VB94, Performance and solo exhibition. Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo.
VB93, Performance. Studio 5, Cinecittà, Rome.
2021
VB92, Performance and film (Moncler). Punta Indren, Monte Rosa, Italy.
2020
VB91, Performance. Pico Studio, Los Angeles.
VB90, Performance. Pico Studio, Los Angeles.
VB89, Performance (SKIMS). Nordstrom, New York City.
2019
Mary, Kanye West opera, directed by Vanessa Beecroft. David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City;
Lasky Mesa, CA; and Art Basel Miami Beach.
Nebuchadnezzar, Kanye West opera, directed by Vanessa Beecroft. Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles.
VB88, Performance (Kappa). Lot 11 Skatepark, Miami.
VB87, Performance (Moncler). Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan.
2017
VB86, Performance. Comunità San Patrignano, Coriano, Italy.
VB84, Performance in the exhibition Il Respiro delle Statue: 10th Firenze Suona Contemporanea. The
Gallerie degli Uffizi.
VB83, Performance and concert with music by Julius Eastman (The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc). Palazzo
Strozzi, Florence.
VB82, Performance. Certosa di Padula, Italy.
2016
VB81, Performance (Valentino). Élysée Montmartre, Paris.
Yeezy Season 4: VB80, Performance. Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, Roosevelt Island,
New York City.
Vanessa Beecroft x Valentino: VB79, Performance (Valentino). New York Academy of Art, New York City.
VB78: Handmade, Performance (TOD’S). Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan.
Yeezy Season 3: VB77, Performance. Madison Square Garden, New York City.
2015
Yeezy Season 2: VB76, Performance. Skylight Modern, New York City.
Yeezy Season 1: VB75, Performance. Skylight Clarkson Square, New York City.
2014
VB74, Performance in the group exhibition Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945–1968. Museo nazionale
delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI), Rome.
2013
VB73, Performance in White Glove Gone Wild Gala. Colony Club, New York City.
VB72, Performance in Art Basel Miami Beach.
2011
VB71, Performance (Van Cleef & Arpels). Miami–Opa Locka Executive Airport.
VB70, Performance and VB MARMI solo exhibition. Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan.
2010
VB69, Performance in the group exhibition Nude as Muse. The Standard, Miami.
VB68, Performance in the group exhibition Not in Fashion: Fashion and Photography in the 90s. Museum
für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt.
VB67, Performance in the exhibition Postmonument: 14th Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara.
Studio Nicoli, Carrara, Italy.
VB66, Performance. Mercato Ittico, Naples.
2009
VB65, Performance and solo exhibition. Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan.
VB64, Performance and solo exhibition. Deitch Projects, New York City.
2008
VB63, Performance, Kanye West listening party (808s & Heartbreak). Ace Gallery, Los Angeles.
VB62, Performance. Complesso di Santa Maria dello Spasimo, Palermo.
2007
VB61: Still Death! Still Deaf? Darfur, Performance. Pescheria di Rialto, Venice.
VB60, Performance. Shinsegae, Seoul.
2006
VB59, Performance. The National Gallery, London.
2005
VB58, Performance in Art Basel Miami Beach. The Push Button House, Collins Park, Miami Beach.
VB57, Performance (Louis Vuitton). Petit Palais, Paris.
VB56, Performance (Louis Vuitton). Louis Vuitton Maison Champs-Élysées, Paris.
VB55, Performance. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
2004
VB54, Performance. Terminal 5, JFK International Airport, Queens, New York City.
VB53, Performance. Tepidarium of the Giardino dell’Orticoltura, Florence.
2003
VB52, Performance and retrospective exhibition. Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy.
2002
VB51, Performance in the group exhibition Rauminszenierungen. Garten_Landschaft OstwestfalenLippe,
Schloss Vinsebeck, Steinheim, Germany.
VB50, Performance in the exhibition Iconografias Metropolitanas: 25th Bienal de São Paulo. Ciccillo
Matarazzo Pavilion, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo.
2001
VB48, Performance. Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa.
VB47, Performance. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
VB46, Performance. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.
VB45, Performance. Kunsthalle Wien.
2000
VB43, Performance. Gagosian Gallery, London.
VB42: The Silent Service, Performance in the exhibition Whitney Biennial. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space
Museum, New York City.
1999
VB41, Performance. New York Times, New York City.
VB40, Performance. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
VB39|Base. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, CA.
VB39: US Navy, Performance. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD).
VB38, Performance. Galerie Analix, Geneva.
VB37, Performance in the group exhibition The 3rd Art Life 21 – Spiral TV. Spiral (Wacoal Art Center), Tokyo.
1998
VB36, Performance in the group exhibition ONTOM. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK), Leipzig.
VB35: Show, Performance. Guggenheim Museum, New York City.
VB34, Performance in the group exhibition Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in
Contemporary Art. Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
1997
VB33, Performance in the group exhibition Made in Italy. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London.
VB32, Performance in the group exhibition Niederrheinisches Herbstfest. Städtisches Museum Abteiberg,
Mönchengladbach, Germany.
VB31, Performance in the group exhibition Enterprise: Venture and Process in Contemporary Art. Institute
of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston.
VB30, Performance in the exhibition TRUCE: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions; 2nd SITE
Santa Fe Biennial. Santa Fe, NM.
VB29: Jesse, Performance in the group exhibition Identité. Institut d’art Contemporain, Nouveau Musée,
Villeurbanne, France.
VB28, Performance in the exhibition Future, Present, Past: 47th Biennale di Venezia. Corderie dell’Arsenale,
Venice.
VB27, Performance. Galerie Analix, Geneva.
VB26, Performance. Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples
1996
VB25, Performance in the group exhibition ID: An International Survey on the Notion of Identity in
Contemporary Art. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
VB24, Performance. Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris.
VB23, Performance in the group exhibition Museumsfest. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Museum Ludwig,
Cologne.
VB22, Performance in the group exhibition Shopping. Miu Miu, SoHo, New York City.
VB21, Performance. Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan.
VB20, Performance in the group exhibition You Talkin’ To Me?. Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA),
Philadelphia.
VB19, Performance in the group exhibition Persona. The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago.
VB18, Performance in the group exhibition Traffic: Space-Times of the Exchange. Capc Musée d’art
contemporain de Bordeaux.
VB17, Performance in the group exhibition Everything That’s Interesting Is New: Works from the Dakis
Joannou Collection. DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Factory, Athens School of Fine Arts.
VB16: Piano Americano-Beige, Performance and solo exhibition. Deitch Projects, New York City.
1995
VB15, Performance in the group exhibition Show Must Go On. Les Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier
pour l’art contemporain, Paris.
VB14, Performance in the group exhibition Inizio di Partita. Castelvetro di Modena, Italy.
VB13: Play/Replica, Performance in Art Basel.
VB12, Performance in the exhibition Fuori Uso 1995: Caravanserraglio Arte Contemporanea. Ex
Liquorificio Aurum, Associazione Culturale Arte Nova, Pescara, Italy.
VB11: Play, Performance. Galerie Analix, Geneva.
1994
VB10, Performance. Palazzina Liberty, Milan.
VB09: Ein blonder Traum, Performance and solo exhibition. Schipper & Krome, Cologne.
VB08: Lotte; Im Kampf mit den Bergen, Performance in the group exhibition The Winter of Love (L’Hiver de
l’Amour). P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York City.
VB07: Lotte, Performance in the group exhibition Wolfgang Tillmans. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City.
VB06: R. und Auch P., Performance in the group exhibition SoggettoSoggetto: Una nuova relazione
nell'arte di oggi. Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy.
VB05, Performance in the exhibition Grancia d’Argento: 13th Premio Internazionale d’Arte
Contemporanea. Serre di Rapolano, Italy.
VB04: Nicht versöhnt, Performance in the group exhibition Prima Linea: La Nuova Arte Italiana. Trevi Flash
Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Italy.
VB03: Mädchen in Uniform, Performance. Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan.
VB02: Jane bleibt Jane, Performance and solo exhibition. Galleria Fac-Simile, Milan.
1993
VB01, Performance and film in the group exhibition Salon I ’93: 110 Allievi di Brera Espongono in 23
Gallerie di Milano. Galleria Luciano Inga-Pin, Milan.
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Two Shadows, Gustave Rudman in concert, invited by Vanessa Beecroft. Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los
Angeles.
VB95: Vanessa Beecroft; Rules of Non-Engagement, Performance and solo exhibition. Jeffrey Deitch
Gallery, Los Angeles.
2022
VB94, Performance and solo exhibition. Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo.
2019
Vanessa Beecroft Oil Paintings, solo exhibition. Pio Pico, Los Angeles.
2017
Vanessa Beecroft, solo exhibition. Pio Pico, Los Angeles.
Vanessa Beecroft, solo exhibition. Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia.
2016
Vanessa Beecroft Polaroids 1993–2016, solo exhibition in PhotoVogue Festival. Palazzo Reale, Milan.
2011
VB70, Performance and VB MARMI solo exhibition. Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan.
VB66–67, solo exhibition. Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples.
2009
VB65, Performance and solo exhibition. Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan.
VB64, Performance and solo exhibition. Deitch Projects, New York City.
2008
VB62, Performance and solo exhibition. Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna al Complesso di Sant’Anna,
Palermo.
2007
Vanessa Beecroft: Drawings and Paintings, solo exhibition. Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
(GAMeC), Bergamo.
2006
VB South Sudan, solo exhibition. Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan.
2005
VB52, solo exhibition. Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples.
2004
Vanessa Beecroft: Photographs, Films, Drawings, solo exhibition. Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany.
2003
VB51: Vanessa Beecroft, solo exhibition. Cosmic Galerie, Paris.
2002
Vanessa Beecroft: VB46 Photographs, solo exhibition. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Vanessa Beecroft, solo exhibition. Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan.
Vanessa Beecroft: Ponti Sister, solo exhibition. Lawing Gallery, Houston.
VB45/VB48, solo exhibition. Deitch Projects, New York City.
2001
VB39/VB42, solo exhibition. Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris.
Vanessa Beecroft: VB46, solo exhibition. Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo.
2000
VBGDW, solo exhibition. Deitch Projects, New York City.
Vanessa Beecroft: VB43 Photographs, solo exhibition. Gagosian Gallery, London.
VB39/VB42: US Navy, solo exhibition. Deitch Projects, New York City.
1999
Vanessa Beecroft: Paintings and Drawings, solo exhibition. Galerie Deux, Tokyo.
Vanessa Beecroft, solo exhibition. Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia.
1998
Vanessa Beecroft: Drawings, solo exhibition. Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm.
1996
Vanessa Beecroft, Julia Scher, solo exhibition. FRI-ART, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Fribourg.
Vanessa Beecroft: Perfect Day. Galleri TRE, Stockholm.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese. “Un Altro Sguardo, Opere dalla Collezione Gemma De Angelis
Testa”, April 11-November 16, 2025.
Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood. “Henzel Studio: 1st Decade”, Curated by Verter Turroni,
February 20-April 15, 2025.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. “The Face Magazine: Culture Shift”, Curated by Sabina
Jaskot-Gill, February 20 — May 18, 2025.
2024
Villa d’Este, Tivoli. “The Milky Way: Variations of white in the 20th century”, Curated by Andrea
Bruciati, November 27 — March 16, 2024.
Stedelijk Museum Breda. “Soulmates: Private Collection Henri Swagemakers”, September 14 —
March 9, 2025.
Musée Rath, Geneva. “L’image Revenante: featuring works from the Contemporary Art Collection”,
Curated by Carlos Martin, December 12 — April 13, 2025.
Brooklyn Museum. “In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs
Haukohl Collection”, March 8 — July 7.
In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography
Collection, March 8–July 7, 2024, curated by Drew Sawyer, Britt Salvesen, and Eve Schillo. Brooklyn
Museum, New York City.
2023
Third Skin: Works from Sammlung Hoffmann and Schenkung Sammlung Hoffman, September 17, 2023–
January 14, 2024, curated by Dorothée Brill and Luise Richter. OP ENHEIM, Wrocław, Poland.
ΔEKA: 10 Years of Contemporary Art in Lesvos, July 21–30, 2023, curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis. K-Gold
Temporary Gallery, Lesbos.
2022
BodyLand, November 4–December 23, 2022, curated by Lauren Taschen. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin.
MARMOR, March 4–August 21, 2022, curated by Caroline Nymark Zachariassen. Kunsten Museum of
Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark.
Luncheon on the Grass, February 19–May 7, 2022, curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los
Angeles.
2021
The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance, May 15–August 8, 2021, curated by Vincenzo de
Bellis, Jadine Collingwood, and William Hernández Luege. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
2020
Extraordinaire!, February 26–August 30, 2020, curated by Amélie Bannwart, Marco Costantini, Claire
Favre Maxwell, Carole Guinard, Susanne Hilpert-Stuber, and Chantal Prod’Hom. Musée de design et
d’arts appliqués contemporains (mudac), Lausanne.
2019
Body Performance, November 30, 2019–September 20, 2020, curated by Matthias Harder. Museum für
Fotografie, Berlin.
Giorgio de Chirico: Back to the Future; Neometaphysics and Contemporary Art, April 19–August 25, 2019,
curated by Lorenzo Canova and Riccardo Passoni. Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
(GAM), Turin.
Kriege und Feste: Werke aus der Schenkung Sammlung Hoffmann, April 17–November 3, 2019, curated by
Pirkko Rathgeber and Erika Hoffmann-Koenige. Schloss Hartenfels, Torgau, Germany.
People, February 9–April 6, 2019, curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles.
2018
New Acquisitions 2017–2018, December 4, 2018–January 20, 2019. National Museum of Contemporary Art
Athens (EMST).
Eco e Narciso: Portraiture and Self-Portraiture in the MAXXI and Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini
Collections, May 18–October 28, 2018, curated by Flaminia Gennari Santori and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi.
Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica – Palazzo Barberini and Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
(MAXXI), Rome.
A Luta Continua: The Sylvio Perlstein Collection, April 26–July 27, 2018, curated by David Rosenberg.
Hauser & Wirth, New York City.
2017
Extra Bodies: The Use of the “Other Body” in Contemporary Art, November 18, 2017–February 4, 2018.
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich.
I Am a Problem, September 23, 2017–February 18, 2018, staged by Ersan Mondtag. Museum für Moderne
Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt.
2016
The Force of Photography: Works from the Museion Collection, November 25, 2016–September 17, 2017,
curated by Letizia Ragaglia. Museion, Bolzano, Italy.
Curated by (?), June 30–October 16, 2016, curated by Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Fondazione
Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin.
Queensize: Female Artists from the Olbricht Collection, February 13–May 16, 2016, curated by Nicola Graef
and Wolfgang Schoppmann. Museum Arnhem, the Netherlands.
2015
Gradi di libertà: Dove e come nasce la nostra possibilità di essere liberi, September 18–November 22,
2015, curated by Giovanni Carrada and Cristiana Perrella. Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo).
Gender in Art, May 15–September 27, 2015, curated by Delfina Jałowik, Monika Kozioł, and Maria Anna
Potocka. Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK).
All the World’s Futures: 56th Biennale di Venezia, May 9–November 22, 2015, curated by Okwui Enwezor.
Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice.
2014
Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945–1968, December 2, 2014–May 3, 2015, curated by Maria Luisa
Frisa, Anna Mattirolo, and Stefano Tonchi. Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI), Rome.
Disturbing Innocence, October 25, 2014–January 31, 2015, curated by Eric Fischl. The FLAG Art
Foundation, New York City.
Boom She Boom: Works from the Collection, October 19, 2014–June 14, 2015, curated by Susanne
Gaensheimer and Peter Gorschlüter. Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt.
Sigmund Freud and the Play on the Burden of Representation, September 19, 2014–January 11, 2015,
curated by Luisa Ziaja, Mario Codognato, and Joseph Kosuth. 21er Haus, Vienna.
2013
The System of Objects, May 15–November 30, 2013, curated by Andreas Angelidakis and Maria Cristina
Didero. DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens.
Un’idea di Bellezza, March 29–July 28, 2013, curated by Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Marc Bormand.
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
2012
Going Around the Corner: Percorsi dalle collezioni Berlingieri, March 16–June 10, 2012. Museo d’Arte
Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO).
Inside a Book a House of Gold: Artists’ Editions for Parkett, February 26–April 8, 2012. UCCA Center for
Contemporary Art, Beijing.
2011
Wax: Sensation in Contemporary Sculpture, May 28–September 11, 2011. Kunsten Museum of Modern
Art, Aalborg, Denmark.
2010
Not in Fashion: Fashion and Photography in the 90s, September 25, 2010–January 9, 2011, curated by
Sophie von Olfers. Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt.
Goddesses, July 1, 2010–January 1, 2011, curated by Andrea Kroksnes and Randi Godø. The Museum of
Contemporary Art, Oslo.
Postmonument: 14th Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, June 26–October 31, 2010, curated by
Fabio Cavallucci. Piazza Cesare Battisti, Carrara, Italy.
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, March 3–June 6, 2010, curated by Jeff Koons.
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City.
2009
40 Years: Kaldor Public Art Projects 1969–2009, October 2, 2009–February 14, 2010. Art Gallery of New
South Wales, Sydney.
2008
Italics: Italian Art Between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008, September 27, 2008–March 22, 2009,
curated by Francesco Bonami. Palazzo Grassi, Venice; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA).
Soltanto un quadro al massimo: Vanessa Beecroft / Wolfgang Tillmans, September 17–November 17, 2008,
curated by Ludovico Pratesi. Villa Massimo, Rome.
15th Quadriennale d’arte di Roma, June 19–September 14, 2008, curated by Chiara Bertola, Lorenzo
Canova, Bruno Corà, Daniela Lancioni, and Claudio Spadoni. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome.
2007
Senso Unico: A Show of Eight Contemporary Italian Artists, October 21, 2007–January 7, 2008, curated by
Alanna Heiss. MoMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York City.
The Incomplete, September 15, 2007–January 12, 2008, curated by Manon Slome and Hubert Neumann.
Chelsea Art Museum, New York City.
60th Festival del film Locarno, August 1–11, 2007. Locarno, Switzerland.
2006
Idea: Disegno italiano degli anni novanta, December 15, 2006–January 26, 2007, curated by Laura
Cherubini and Giorgio Verzotti. Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome.
The Garden Party, March 9–May 20, 2006, curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Deitch Projects, New York City.
2004
Gegenwelten: Das 20. Jahrhundert in der Neuen Nationalgalerie, December 18, 2004–May 22, 2005. Neue
Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Hors d’Oeuvre: Ordre et désordres de la nourriture, October 8–February 13, 2004. Capc Musée d’art
contemporain de Bordeaux.
Território Livre: 26th Bienal de São Paulo, September 25–December 19, 2004, curated by Alfons Hug.
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo.
57th Festival del film Locarno, August 4–14, 2004. Locarno, Switzerland.
Monument to Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection, June 22, 2004–March 6, 2005, curated by Dan
Cameron, Alison M. Gingeras, Massimiliano Gioni, Nancy Spector, Jeffrey Deitch, and Marina Fokidis.
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens.
Il nudo fra ideale e realtà: Dal Neoclassicismo ad oggi, January 22–May 9, 2004, curated by Peter
Weiermair. Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM), Bologna.
2003
Self-Portraits: A Vogue Portfolio, November 21–December 20, 2003, curated by Dodie Kazanjian. Deitch
Projects, New York City.
Cold Play: Set 1 from the Collection of the Fotomuseum Winterthur, November 15, 2003–June 13, 2004,
curated by Thomas Seelig and Urs Stahel. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland.
La Madonna nell’Arte Contemporanea, October 14–November 20 2003, curated by Monsignor Renzo
Giuliano, Lorenzo Zichichi, and Gloria Porcella. The Pantheon, Rome.
56th Festival del film Locarno, August 6–16, 2003. Locarno, Switzerland.
Lincoln Center Film Festival, July 8–27, 2003. Lincoln Center, New York City.
Journey to Now: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, April 18–July 6, 2003, curated by Adam Free. Art
Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
2002
Iconos Metropolitanos, June 29–August 1, 2002, curated by Julián Zugazagoitia. Fundación Proa, Buenos
Aires.
Photographier, June–December 2002. Collection Lambert, Avignon, France.
2001
Shortcuts: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, November 28, 2001–March 31, 2002, curated by
Katerina Gregos. Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus.
Form Follows Fiction, October 17, 2001–January 27, 2002, curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Castello di Rivoli
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy.
Monet’s Legacy: Series – Order and Obsession, September 28, 2001–January 20, 2002. Hamburger
Kunsthalle.
Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990s, September 16, 2001–January 13, 2002. Museum of Contemporary Art
San Diego (MCASD).
Beautiful Productions: Art to Play, Art to Wear, Art to Own, July 5–August 19, 2001. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
Metamorphosis and Cloning, June 28–September 2, 2001. Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
Plateau of Humankind: 49th Biennale di Venezia, June 10–November 4, 2001, curated by Harald
Szeemann. Giardini della Biennale and Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice.
Bodily Acts, May 13–27, 2001, curated by Jennifer L. Gray. Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now, April 5–June 5, 2001, curated by Deborah Wye. The Museum of
Modern Art (MoMA), New York City.
Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, March 31–June 17, 2001, curated by Sean
Ulmer. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art, March 10–April 29, 2001, curated by Paola Morsiani.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
2000
Veronica’s Revenge, from Man Ray to Matthew Barney, November 2000–March 4, 2001. Lambert Art
Collection, Prague City Gallery, Prague.
Performing Bodies, October 2–23, 2000. Tate Modern, London.
12th Biennial of Sydney, May 26–September 30, 2000, curated by Fumio Nanjo, Louise Neri, Hetti Perkins,
Sir Nicholas Serota, Robert Storr, Harald Szeemann, and Nick Waterlow. Museum of Contemporary Art,
Sydney.
One Film for One Screen, 2000. Institut d’art Contemporain Collection FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne,
France.
1999
Moving Images: Film – Reflexion in der Kunst, August 22–October 17, 1999, curated by Jan Winkelmann
and Dirk Luckow. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK), Leipzig.
Heaven, July 30–October 17, 1999, curated by Doreet LeVitté Harten. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; and Tate
Gallery, London.
Examining Pictures: Exhibiting Paintings, May 7–June 27, 1999, curated by Francesco Bonami and Judith
Nesbitt. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
Unheimlich (Uncanny), March 27–May 24, 1999, curated by Urs Stahel. Fotomuseum Winterthur,
Switzerland.
The 3rd Art Life 21 – Spiral TV, 1999, curated by Fumio Nanjo and Akiko Miki. Spiral (Wacoal Art Center),
Tokyo.
Collection: Rhône-Alpes 1998–1999, 1999. Institut d’art Contemporain Collection, FRAC Rhône-Alpes,
Villeurbanne, France.
1998
Kritische Elegantie (Critical Elegance), September 20–November 8, 1998, curated by Filip Luyckx. Museum
Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium.
Then and Now, July 18–September 12, 1998, curated by Nicholas Logsdail, Barry Barker, and Matthew
Higgs. Lisson Gallery, London.
Photography as Concept (Photographie als Handlung): 4th Internationale Foto-Triennale, June 28–
September 6, 1998, curated by Renate Wiehager. Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Germany.
Spazio Aperto: Vanessa Beecroft, Shirin Neshat, May 20–August 30, 1998. Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM),
Bologna.
ONTOM, May 17–June 28, 1998, curated by Jan Winkelmann. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK),
Leipzig.
Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art, February 14–April 19, 1998, curated
by David Elliott and Pier Luigi Tazzi. Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Helmut Newton, Vanessa Beecroft, Alix Lambert, 1998. L’espace Lausannois d’Art Contemporain (L’Elac),
Switzerland.
1997
Heaven: Public View, Private View, October 29, 1997–February 1, 1998, curated by Joshua Decter, Alanna
Heiss, and Jean-Michel Ribettes. P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York City.
Enterprise: Venture and Process in Contemporary Art, July 23–September 28, 1997, curated by Christoph
Grunenberg. Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston.
TRUCE: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions; 2nd SITE Santa Fe Biennial, July 17–October 11,
1997, curated by Francesco Bonami. Santa Fe, NM.
Future, Present, Past: 47th Biennale di Venezia, June 15–November 9, 1997, curated by Germano Celant.
Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice.
Fatto in Italia: Contemporary Art from Italy, May 24–October 5, 1997, curated by Paolo Colombo. Centre
d’Art Contemporain Genève; and Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London.
Partito Preso Internazionale, May 6–June 1, 1997, curated by Anna Mattirolo. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte
Moderna, Rome.
Ein Stück vom Himmel (Some Kind of Heaven), February 20–April 13, 1997, curated by Sadie Coles and
Eva Meyer-Hermann. Kunsthalle Nürnberg; and South London Gallery.
Young and Restless, January 26–April 29, 1997. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City.
Vanessa Beecroft, Diana Thater, Tracey Moffatt, 1997. Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach,
Germany.
Identité, 1997, curated by Marente Bloemheuvel, Jaap Guldemond, and Jean-Louis Maubant. Institut d’art
Contemporain, Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, France.
1996
ID: An International Survey on the Notion of Identity in Contemporary Art, December 8, 1996–February 9,
1997, curated by Marente Bloemheuvel and Jaap Guldemond. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the
Netherlands.
The Scream: Borealis 8; Nordic Fine Arts 1995–96, November 16, 1996–January 5, 1997. ARKEN Museum
of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark.
Shopping, September 5–21, 1996, curated by Jérôme Sans. Deitch Projects, New York City.
Autoreverse 2, June 23–September 8, 1996, curated by Stéphanie Moisdon Trembley. Le Magasin, Centre
National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble.
You Talkin’ to Me?, May 15–July 14, 1996, curated by Paolo Colombo and Patrick Murphy. Institute of
Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia.
Persona, March 10–April 21, 1996, curated by Diana Thater. The Renaissance Society at the University of
Chicago; and Kunsthalle Basel.
Traffic: Space-Times of the Exchange, February–March 1996, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud. Capc Musée
d’art contemporain de Bordeaux.
Everything That’s Interesting Is New: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, January 20–April 20, 1996,
curated by Jeffrey Deitch. DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Factory, Athens School of Fine
Arts.
Push-Ups, 1996, curated by Emily Tsingou. The Factory, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens.
Museumsfest, 1996. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
1995
Fuori Uso 1995: Caravanserraglio Arte Contemporanea, June 11–July 11, 1995, curated by Giacinto Di
Pietrantonio. Ex-Aurum, Pescara, Italy.
Campo 95, June 7–July 31, 1995, curated by Francesco Bonami, 47th Biennale di Venezia. Corderie
dell’Arsenale, Venice.
Anni ’90 arte a Milano: Artisti e artisti designer nella città, March–May 1995, curated by Rolando Bellini.
Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan.
Vidéos et Films d’Artistes, 1995. Ateliers d’Artistes de la Ville de Marseille.
Show Must Go On, 1995, curated by Serge Laurent. Les Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier pour l’art
contemporain, Paris.
1994
The Winter of Love (L’Hiver de l’Amour), October 9, 1994–January 8, 1995, curated by Olivier Zahm and
Elein Fleiss. P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York City.
SoggettoSoggetto: Una nuova relazione nell’arte di oggi, June 24–August 28, 1994, curated by Francesca
Pasini and Giorgio Verzotti. Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy.
1993
Salon I ’93: 110 Allievi di Brera Espongono in 23 Gallerie di Milano, June 1993, curated by Elisabetta
Longari, Tommaso Trini, and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio. Various venues, Milan.
Nuova ingegneria per l’osservazione e lampi di genio, June 1993, curated by Sergio Risaliti. Villa
Montalvo, Campi Bisenzio, Italy.
== Books and Catalogs ==
Jane Bleibt Jane / Vanessa Beecroft 1993-2023. With foreword by Chris Kraus and contributions by Chris Kraus, Miltos Manetas, Jeffrey Deitch, Donatien Grau, Hamza Walker, Stacey McKenzie, Vanessa Place. Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Köln, September 2025.
VBSP / Vanessa Beecroft’s Selected Polaroids 1993–2016. Experimental Jetset, 2016. Published
in conjunction with the exhibition Vanessa Beecroft Polaroids 1993–2016, organized by the PhotoVogue Festival and presented at Palazzo Reale, Milan, November 22–29, 2016.
VB65 PAC Milano. With contributions by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Koffi Michel Fadonougbo. Electa, 2009. Published in conjunction with a performance of the same title, organized by and presented at Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan, March 16, 2009.
VB62 / Spasimo Palermo. Electa and Fondazione GOCA, 2008. Published in conjunction with a performance at Complesso di Santa Maria dello Spasimo (July 12, 2008) and exhibition of the same title, organized by Fondazione GOCA and presented at Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna (GAM), Palermo, July 17– November 30, 2008.
Vanessa Beecroft: Drawings and Paintings 1993–2007. With a contribution by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio. Electa, 2007. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title, organized by and presented at Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC), Bergamo, May 9-July 29, 2007.
Vanessa Beecroft Retrospective. Gana Art Center, 2007. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title, organized by and presented at Gana Art Center, Seoul, February 28–March 25, 2007.
VB53. With an introduction by Lapo Cianchi and contributions by Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa, and Line Rosenvinge. Charta, 2005. Published in conjunction with a performance of the same title, organized by Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery and presented at the Tepidarium of the Giardino dell’Orticoltura, Florence, June 23, 2004.
Vanessa Beecroft: Photographs, Films, Drawings. Edited by Thomas Kellein. Hatje Cantz, 2004. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title, organized by and presented at Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, May 9–August 22, 2004.
Vanessa Beecroft: Performances 1993–2003. With a foreword by Andrea Comba, an introduction by Ida Gianelli, and contributions by Marcella Beccaria, Germano Celant, Jeffrey Deitch, Greg Durkin, and Thomas Kellein.
Skira, 2003. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title, including the performance VB52 (October 6, 2003), organized by and presented at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy, October 8, 2003–January 25, 2004; and the exhibition Vanessa Beecroft: Photographs, Films, Drawings, organized by and presented at Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, May 9–August 22, 2004.
VB 08–36: Vanessa Beecroft Performances. With an introduction by Dave Hickey. Hatje Cantz, 2000.