Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A renegade Catholic boy raised by conservative parents in Queens, New York, Robert Mapplethorpe transformed some of the most ...

WHAT'S IN A NAME? Serena Altschul, now, with a tale of two brothers... When you hear the name Mapplethorpe, it's this man who comes to mind: Robert Mapplethorpe, a photographer whose pictures of ...

“I would’ve been a painter, but the camera was invented,” Matt Smith says in a stunning Long Island accent as Robert Mapplethorpe in the first trailer for Ondi Timoner’s upcoming biopic about the ...

There are two things that make the flawed “Mapplethorpe” worth a watch: Matt Smith’s dedicated performance, and a reverent inclusion of so much of the artist’s work. Despite a slightly shaky Queens ...

First Mapplethorpe-only exhibit for North America %27The Coral Sea%27 runs through November Mapplethorpe%27s confidence in her %27really changed my life.%27 CINCINNATI -- In Just Kids, Patti Smith's ...

In a small, dimly lit room on the second floor of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Ahmanson Building, deceptive pieces of art entrance viewers. Though at first glance the displayed photographs ...

Hand-picked portraits of curiosity, alarm, and self-possession take form in photographs of infants in Edward Mapplethorpe’s new book, “One: Sons & Daughters”—including that of the photographer’s own ...

With a title that echoes the scalding indignation of the late Sen. Jesse Helms, HBO’s thorough documentary “Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures” does just that — it looks intently at the range of ...

As the Maastricht fair continues to update its outlook, an emphasis on photography is bringing together “the whole range of what culture can be.” By Jillian Rayfield This month offers St. Patrick’s ...

A new exhibition at the Guggenheim museum in New York and a forthcoming film explore Robert Mapplethorpe, the photographer behind some of the 20th century’s most brazen and beautiful images. By Laurie ...

In his life and especially in the stories told of his life, Robert Mapplethorpe has represented a multitude of identities and meanings. He created elegant photographs of flowers and celebrities and ...