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Robert Mapplethorpe

1946–1989

Robert Mapplethorpe

Andy Warhol
1983
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A genteel iconoclasm: Robert Rauschenberg

Vincent Katz

Robert Rauschenberg was fascinated by Willem de Kooning, and in 1953 asked the artist if he could erase one of …

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A fearless embrace of our common existential situation as frail, short-sighted creatures lost in space in a temporarily lucky planet: Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty

Kenneth Baker

Robert Smithson’s vast earthwork Spiral Jetty 1970 became an instant icon of land art, partly thanks to iconic photography by …

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Vaporous fantasies: Document: Robert Rauschenberg's photograms

Nicholas Cullinan

Before he became famous for his protean work, Robert Rauschenberg was making little-known but beautiful cameraless photograms with his then …

The Great American Adventure: Collaborative Research on Robert Ryman

Lise Steyn, University of Amsterdam, on researching Robert Ryman | Update on Cleaning Modern Oil Paints collaborative European research project
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Robert Gober: Free entry

Robert Gober past exhibition at Tate Liverpool 1993

Robert Gober

born 1954
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Set and Reset by Trisha Brown: with Rambert

Watch Rambert perform Trisha Brown’s Set and Reset

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ARTIST ROOMS: Robert Mapplethorpe

The Atkinson will show the work of renowned American photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe in their first partnership with ARTIST ROOMS

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Family colours: Robert Bevan and the Camden Town Group

Patrick Baty

Tate's online research project, The Camden Town Group in Context, brings together much new material on the artists in this …

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Details, Details: Robert Mapplethorpe’s Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter 1979

Lucy Beech & Edward Thomasson

Power and role play in Mapplethorpe’s double portrait

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A terrible beauty: Roger Fenton

Simon Grant1

In 1855 Roger Fenton took a photograph that became an iconic image of the Crimean War. The story of its …

 
 
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The Photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe

From portraits of iconic figures in the art and music world to powerful and moving self-portraits

Tate Modern
Display

Set and Reset by Trisha Brown: With Laurie Anderson, Beverly Emmons, and Robert Rauschenberg

1 February – 4 September 2022

Explore Trisha Brown’s unique choreography and her collaborations with artists

Wonder Toy: Robert the Robot

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
1971
Interview
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Resistor: Surrealist Roberto Matta interviewed before his death

Hans Ulrich Obrist

Just before his death last year at the age of 91, the artist, architect and progressive thinker Roberto Matta gave …

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Art galleries should be more like newspapers: A lecture by Bob and Roberta Smith

Join Bob and Roberta Smith for his John Hamilton Lecture 'Art galleries should be more like newspapers'. In conversation with …

Self Portrait

Robert Mapplethorpe
1988
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