Robert Mapplethorpe: Self Portrait, 1988. © 2010 Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, used by permission DUSSELDORF.- Robert Mapplethorpe, who was born in 1946 and passed away in 1989, is one of the few artists who truly deserve to be known far beyond the...

Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Marie, 1987, gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 in. © 1987 Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. FLORENCE.- “The most beautiful Mapplethorpe show I’ve ever seen,” exclaimed Patti Smith at the grand opening (May 25) for “ Robert Mapplethorpe....