The artist, a master of black and white long accused of obscenity and perversion, also known for his relationship with Patti ...
Works by Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, and Robert Mapplethorpe are just a few of the pieces heading to Christie's.
How soon we forget! Just over a quarter-century ago, an American Catholic-raised schoolboy, visual artist Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-89), sent shock waves through political and artistic circles. In his ...
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California (solo) Robert Mapplethorpe, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (solo) Robert Mapplethorpe, ...
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California (solo) Robert Mapplethorpe, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (solo) Robert Mapplethorpe, ...
Re: Trying to paint over art's work, April 13, by Janice Martin regarding the Mapplethorpe art exhibit. In the article, Janice Martin sided with Mapplethorpe, and those who exhibit his works, under ...
A documentary examining the life and work of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe debuted Monday night on HBO. Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures takes its title from anti-gay Republican ...
NEW YORK — Thirty years after Robert Mapplethorpe’s death, the legend still obscures the photographs. His demise at 42 from AIDS, during the height of the American epidemic, gave a tabloid stamp to ...
Punk poet Patti Smith once wrote, “We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another,” in reference to her relationship with the late artist Robert Mapplethorpe, the photographer ...