Barbara T. Smith

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American | 1931

Barbara T. Smith is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1931.

How much does a Barbara T. Smith cost?

Barbara T. Smith's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 32 USD to 1,260 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Barbara T. Smith's most expensive photography?

Since 2022 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,260 USD for My Legacy, sold at Rago Arts and Auction Center in 2024.

Where can I see Barbara T. Smith's works?

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kunsthalle Wien, Museumsquartier have featured Barbara T. Smith's work in the past.

Barbara T. Smith in the news

Barbara T. Smith has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Art in America in August 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Barbara Turner Smith

At Auction

Notable Lots

Barbara Turner - "Creek Ships Cove" - Acrylic On Canvas

By Barbara T. Smith

My Legacy

By Barbara T. Smith

-28%

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Barbara Smith, Nude, linocut, and Relationships, etching

By Barbara T. Smith

-62%

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Recent Auction Results

My Legacy

By Barbara T. Smith

-28%

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Barbara Smith, Nude, linocut, and Relationships, etching

By Barbara T. Smith

-62%

below mid-estimate

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Barbara Turner - "Creek Ships Cove" - Acrylic On Canvas

By Barbara T. Smith

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Past Exhibitions

鈥eronauts Aimed for Altitude, Even鈥�

Foreign & Domestic

New York | USA

05 Sep, 2025 - 05 Oct, 2025

Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists鈥� Books

Center for Book Arts

Midtown | New York | USA

13 Jan, 2023 - 25 Mar, 2023

Barbara T. Smith: Holy Squash

Andrew Kreps Gallery

New York | USA

25 Mar, 2022 - 07 May, 2022

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Articles

The Defining Artistic Movements of the 21st Century

Art in America 25 Aug, 2025

Gone for the most part are the -isms that defined artistic movements in the 20th century: Cubism, Surrealism, Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism.

Barbara T. Smith鈥檚 Experiments in Xerox

Hyperallergic 24 Jun, 2025

Years before her feminist performance art, she channeled her feelings through a copy machine.

Los Angeles dealer Ariel Pittman launching new gallery in Macarthur Park

The Art Newspaper 29 May, 2025

A veteran of Vielmetter and Various Small Fires, Pittman is pursuing an adaptive business model for her own gallery, Official Welcome.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Smith's transgressive artwork Birthdaze , produced in 1980 and later performed on the occasion of the artist's 50th Birthday... 鈥�
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UCI Art Gallery

鈥� ..Smith, then a housewife in Pasedena, leased a Xerox 914, a new technology that was revolutionising the copying industry, and installed it in her dining room for eight months... 鈥�
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Cell Project Space

鈥� ..For Smith, this work was an endeavor to attain a global consciousness while maintaining the connection between Biosphere 1 (the earth) and Biosphere 2... 鈥�
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The Box

鈥� ..Combining elements of Catholic hagiography with Eastern Tantric ritual, the performance symbolized Smith's journey away from 50s society life towards 60s feminism, avant-garde culture and beyond... 鈥�
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UCI Art Gallery

鈥� ..Throughout Smith鈥檚 entire career, we realized, 鈥榣anguage鈥� has continued to be a focus of her work all along... 鈥�
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The Box