Beverly Semmes

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American | 1958

Beverly Semmes is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1958.

How much does a Beverly Semmes cost?

Beverly Semmes's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 60 USD to 5,760 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Beverly Semmes's most expensive photography?

Since 2006 the record price for this artist at auction is 5,760 USD for Starcraft, sold at Christie's New York in 2006.

Where can I see Beverly Semmes's works?

Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Locks Gallery have featured Beverly Semmes's work in the past.

Beverly Semmes in the news

Beverly Semmes has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in October 2025.

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Notable Lots

Pink Pot #2 ,2000

By Beverly Semmes

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Hole; Pot; Dot: The complete set of three multi-part lithographs in colors - Beverly Semmes

Hole; Pot; Dot: The complete set of three multi-part lithographs in colors ,2005

By Beverly Semmes

Untitled from Sculpture Center Portfolio - Beverly Semmes

Untitled from Sculpture Center Portfolio ,1995

By Beverly Semmes

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Recent Auction Results

Free-form earthenware sculpture, milky white

By Beverly Semmes

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Sculpture Center ,1995

By Beverly Semmes

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Gold Brick ,1998

By Beverly Semmes

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Current Exhibitions

Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversations

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Brooklyn | New York | USA

10 Oct, 2025 - 05 Jul, 2026

Beverly Semmes: Boulders / Flag / Flip / Kick

Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford

Medford | Massachusetts | USA

29 Jul, 2025 - 23 Nov, 2025

Beverly Semmes: The Dresses

Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland

Cleveland | Ohio | USA

27 Jun, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

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Articles

The Brooklyn Museum presents Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversations

ArtDaily 10 Oct, 2025

This fall, the Brooklyn Museum will open Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversations in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.

Beverly Semmes鈥檚 Feminist Palimpsests

Hyperallergic 14 Sep, 2025

Women鈥檚 bodies are a locus for corrosive stereotypes and ebullient individuality in the artist鈥檚 sculpture, painting, fashion, and more.

Tufts University Art Galleries Opens an Exhibition of Works by Beverly Semmes

ArtDaily 30 Jul, 2025

Tufts/SMFA alumna Beverly Semmes (BA/BFA 鈥�82) has built an extensive practice in sculpture, painting, film, performance, and fashion that probes the paradoxes and complexities of the body and its representation.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Semmes became known for her large-scale dress sculptures in the early 1990s... 鈥�
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Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington

鈥� .. Since the late 1980s when Semmes completed her studies, the artist has devoted her practice to a highly tactile sculpture, working primarily in fabric and clay... 鈥�
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Susan Inglett

鈥� ..Through her tactile explorations in ceramics Semmes challenges traditional concerns, subverting the valuation of the analytic in favor of the raw and intuitive... 鈥�
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Susan Inglett

鈥� .. The presence of this photograph showing the 鈥渂ack side鈥� of the dress hanging on the wall reveals Semmes鈥� multifaceted skill-set as an artist... 鈥�
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Shoshana Wayne Gallery

鈥� ..Semmes鈥檚 rendition of one of Loran鈥檚 diagrams appears to reorient Cezanne鈥檚 composition of a tabletop still life to a floating room-scale analysis of the uncanny... 鈥�
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Susan Inglett