MCASD doffs hat to Davies in exhibit Oct 6, 2008
K.C. ALFRED / Union-Tribune Vanessa Beecroft staged a performance with Navy SEALs at the MCASD and director Hugh Davies stands with the 1999 image of them on view. They are some of Henri Matisse's most famous words. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Black-lash Over Nudie Art May 23, 2008
May 23, 2008 -- VANESSA Beecroft, the artist who usually uses groups of nude models in her installations, is taking some heat over her latest works using unclothed Africans. At the Venice Biennale last year, she hired a group of African immigrants to lie down naked while she splattered them with red paint as some sort of statement on the situation in Darfur. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Avoid the 'A' word Feb 2, 2008
Her documentary, "The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins," which debuted last week at the Sundance Film Festival, follows artist Vanessa Beecroft in her quest to adopt two babies from war-torn Sudan. "The celebrity adoptions' (seen in the news) don't show how hard mentally and physically adoption is, and the impact it has on both families," Brettkelly says. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
GET THE PICTURE Dec 11, 2007
The snaps are well displayed at this white cube-style space - classics by the likes of Eudora Welty and Walker Evans sit alongside modern work, like the foxy snaps of Vanessa Beecroft. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Rich Cribs: Natalie Portman's Sea Cliff home for sale Jun 2, 2007
Among the artists represented are photographer Peter Beard, whose estate is on the market for $20 million, and the late Andy Warhol, who famously co-owned a Montauk estate that recently sold for $27 million, as well as Hamptonite Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Indiana and Vanessa Beecroft. Incidentally, Bridgehampton architect Preston T. Phillips is in the process of adding 1,700 square feet to Bullock's home, which will be listed for sale at $50 million this fall, according to her publicist. (Newsday -- Business)
