Betty Tompkins

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American | 1945

Betty Tompkins is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1945.

How much does a Betty Tompkins cost?

Betty Tompkins's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 125 USD to 28,750 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Betty Tompkins's most expensive painting?

Since 2014 the record price for this artist at auction is 28,750 USD for KISS PAINTING #5, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2014.

Where can I see Betty Tompkins's works?

Numerous key galleries and museums such as National Academy of Design have featured Betty Tompkins's work in the past.

Betty Tompkins in the news

Betty Tompkins has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in August 2025.

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Notable Lots

Schmutz #3, 2013 ,2013

By Betty Tompkins

+69%

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Pussy Painting #29 ,2017

By Betty Tompkins

-39%

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Double Breast Drip

By Betty Tompkins

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Recent Auction Results

Betty Tompkins Oil on Canvas Portrait of Egizio - Betty Tompkins

Betty Tompkins Oil on Canvas Portrait of Egizio ,2000

By Betty Tompkins

-50%

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"The Opposite Sex #2" ,2016

By Betty Tompkins

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Illuminations ,1986

By Betty Tompkins

-24%

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Past Exhibitions

On Education

Amant

Brooklyn | New York | USA

20 Mar, 2025 - 17 Aug, 2025

I have become my own worst fear

PPOW (392 Broadway)

New York | USA

16 Jul, 2025 - 15 Aug, 2025

Past as Prologue: A Historical Acknowledgment, Part II

National Academy of Design

New York | USA

06 Feb, 2025 - 26 Apr, 2025

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Articles

The Woman question: 1550-2025 opens at Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw this november

ArtDaily 19 Aug, 2025

In November 2025 the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw will open The Woman Question: 1550鈥� 2025, prepared by the distinguished curator and art historian Alison M. Gingeras.

Erotic City

The Brooklyn Rail 13 May, 2025

There鈥檚 more to聽Erotic City than just cheap thrills.

鈥淥n Education鈥� at Amant, Brooklyn

MOUSSE Magazine 11 Apr, 2025

鈥淥n Education鈥� brings together works by 35 international artists that engage with the subject of education from unconventional perspectives.

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Coverage

鈥� ..A pioneering, feminist artist, Tompkins is best known for her direct depiction of the female body, sexuality, and sexual desire... 鈥�
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P.P.O.W. Pilkington-Olsoff Fine Arts, Inc.

鈥� ..Tompkins is a pioneering feminist artist, best known for her direct depiction of the female body, sexuality, and desire through paintings, drawings, photographs, and video works... 鈥�
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P.P.O.W. Pilkington-Olsoff Fine Arts, Inc.

鈥� ..Tompkins鈥檚 oeuvre has never demurred from provocative subject matter; the artist鈥檚 ongoing Fuck Paintings (1969-1974; reprised in 2003) center on tightly cropped photorealistic images of sexual intercourse... 鈥�
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The FLAG Art Foundation

鈥� ..Taking as her starting point heterosexual pornography, Tompkins reclaims the medium, taking a genre typically conceived as a vehicle for subverting women, and uses it to create direct, powerful, and empowering... 鈥�
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Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles

鈥� ..Tompkins is a groundbreaking, feminist artist who has, over the course of her career, repeatedly bucked conventional norms, eschewing 鈥榮afe鈥� art in favor of creating difficult and impactful paintings,... 鈥�
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Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles