Vanessa Beecroft
Piano Americano

Piano Americano
Piano Americano
Piano Americano
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Piano Americano
Date1996
Made inNew York, New York, United States
MediumSingle-channel video, edition 7/8
Dimensions30 minutes
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number97.208
Non exposé

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Provenance[Deitch Projects, New York]; [Lawing Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.

Exhibition History“Piano Americano,” Deitch Projects, New York, January 1996.

“Vanessa Beecroft, Julia Scher,” Fri-Art, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Fribourg, August 8–October 20, 1996. [edition unknown].

“The 13th WRO Media Art Biennale,” Wroclaw, Poland, April 30–May 4, 1997. [edition unknown].

“Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions,” SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 18–October 12, 1997. [edition unknown].

"New to Houston, Recent Additions to Houston Collections," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
June 21–August 30, 1998. [No catalogue].

“Positioning: Subversive Sublime,” Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, New York, February 7–12, 1999. [edition unknown].

“Makeshift: Gillian Wearing Vanessa Beecroft and Carlos Amorales,” Art Pace, San Antonio, January 14–April 2, 2000. [edition unknown].

"Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, March 3–April 29, 2001, cat. no. 4. (LN:2001.21).

"Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2001–February 3, 2002. [No catalogue].

“Vanessa Beecroft Performances 1993–2003,” Castello Di Rivoli Museo D’Arts Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino, October 8, 2003–January 25, 2004; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, May 9–August 29, 2004. [edition unknown].

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