Works by Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, and Robert Mapplethorpe are just a few of the pieces heading to Christie's.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. March 9 is the 20th anniversary of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s ...

“Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry and Light,” is the latest exhibition at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Curated by Dr. Carol Ockman, Selby’s curator-at-large, this show explores ...

These five 7.6 x 7.6 inch prints are mounted on black mounts that measure 13.25 x 12.75 inches like all the rest in the X Portfolio. The titles for these 5 images are: Robert Mapplethorpe's 1978 'X' ...

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 ...

In the 1970s, Robert Mapplethorpe used Polaroids to capture spontaneous moments on film, contrasting his highly stylized scenes staged in his studio. His polaroid photographs of himself, his friends, ...

Art Whirled is a new series of weekly cartoons on Artnet News that poke fun at the extremely ripe target of the art world and art market. The mind behind the cartoons, Guy Richards Smit, is an artist ...

He designed some of the most visually exciting magazines of the 1970s and ’80s. But his real love, and eventually his focus, was photography. By Penelope Green She won the first Women’s World Pro ...