ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE AT THE GRAND PALAIS
Open to the public from today, and running in parallel to the Bill Viola show at the Grand Palais, is this major retrospective dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe. Produced in collaboration with the Mapplethorpe Foundation, it is one of the largest retrospectives for this artist ever held in a museum. It covers Mapplethorpe’s entire career as a photographer, from the Polaroids of the early 1970s to the portraits from the late 1980s, touching on his sculptural nudes and still lifes, and sadomasochism via over 250 works. (Note that a parallel exhibition is currently on at the Musée Rodin, putting Mapplethorpe photographs in dialogue with Rodin sculptures).
>Until 13 July. >10am-10pm (8pm Sun, Mon). Closed Tue. >13€ / 9€ >Grand Palais, Clemenceau entrance, Avenue Winston Churchill, 8th. www.grandpalais.fr/
Robert Mapplethorpe, Thomas, 1987 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
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[…] Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition opens in Paris An exhibition on the late American photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe, opens at the Grand Palais in Paris on Wednesday and runs until 13 July. The major retrospective is one of the largest ever to be held on the artist, covering his entire career. Read more: gogoparis.com […]