Mapplethorpe Unbound: Rediscovered S&M Images Surface in New York City The portfolio of Robert Mapplethorpe outtakes, held privately for decades, is being shown for the first time by the Kinsey ...

The work and personal style of photographer Robert Mapplethrope have been a repeated source of inspiration for fashion designers.

Robert Mapplethorpe, dir. Nigel Finch, Arena, BBC, 1988. Footage of the visitor reactions at the Contemporary Arts Center on April 8, 1990 was filmed by Bart Everson and Michael Northam.

If only Robert had shot him in black and white, those photographs might still be shocking and titillating gallery goers and providing stimulation in the many books of Mapplethorpe photography.

Timoner, a renowned queer director, first learned of Mapplethorpe’s work when she was 12, with a calendar of his flower photography. While her milieu is usually documentary film, this fictionalized ...

What’s missing is an organic fluidity–scenes feel overly scripted and rehearsed in a soap opera sense, which is a shame given the loose cannon nature of Robert’s life. If you’re looking for more ...

This review occupies a somewhat awkward space: my colleague Nick Allen reviewed the original “Mapplethorpe,” a 2018 film released in 2019, and two years later, here’s a review of “Mapplethorpe: The ...

The Aptly-Named: Hysterical Speaking of hilarity, this new documentary examines the lives and careers of women in stand-up comedy and the unbelievable sexism they face in their workplace.

Campus News New book by arts professor takes fresh look at controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe UCSC history of art and visual culture professor Derek Conrad Murray offers the first ...

The conversation has changed, but many of the questions Robert Mapplethorpe's work provoked still resonate today: issues of consent, sexuality, liberation, and control.

What’s on TV Saturday: A Motown Documentary and ‘Mapplethorpe’ Berry Gordy revisits his label’s influence, and Matt Smith portrays the iconic American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.