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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ondi Timoner’s biopic of the provocative photographer, whose work helped kick off the culture war, received terrible reviews but gets a stunning trailer. “I would’ve been a painter, but the camera was ...

During Robert Mapplethorpe's brief time in college, he kept a pet monkey named Scratch. But the famed photographer quickly lost interest in the creature, according to his biographer Patricia Morrisroe ...

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 ...

Aren’t biopics terrible? The sidewinding arcs, tangents and strings of unrelated events that comprise a lifetime’s experience are terribly suited for the compact storytelling demands of a conventional ...

A superb performance by former Doctor Who Matt Smith is the only reason to see Ondi Timoner’s biopic about controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. By Keith Uhlich Any movie about the ...