Vanessa Beecroft: Jane Bleibt Jane

In extensive interviews with collaborators and artists, Beecroft discusses the motivations behind (and audience reactions to) her provocative performances

Performance artist Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969) is best known for her large-scale, regimentally choreographed performances and tableaux vivants involving naked or nearly naked women. In the 2010s she was a frequent collaborator with Kanye West, serving as creative lead for his "Runaway" music video and designing the first four presentation...