When Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-89) died of AIDS, he had just achieved the fame and celebrity he had long yearned for. After his death he became a figure of enormous controversy. In the year of his ...
A documentary examining the life and work of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe debuted Monday night on HBO. Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures takes its title from anti-gay Republican ...
Art museums are known to show and uphold some artists whose work continually incites controversy, among them Robert Mapplethorpe and Chris Ofili. But when does art become too controversial for a ...