Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert Mapplethorpe

«La Metafisica è stata uno dei capitoli più controversi delle avanguardie europee: si è imposta come fondamento teorico e visivo di una parte decisiva dell'immaginario moderno: un linguaggio che apriva le porte al mistero, creava atmosfere oniriche, dava voce al silenzio»: così Renata Cristina Mazzantini, direttrice della Galleria Nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Roma, città dove giungerà – con un diverso percorso espositivo - la grande mostra Metafisica- Metafisiche, ora visibile a Palazzo Reale a Milano. Un progetto espositivo che ambisce a ricostruire grazie a una ricerca sul campo la genealogia di questa stagione artistica e delle sue molteplici diramazioni. Quella “scuola metafisica” nata a Ferrara come una rivelazione nell'ospedale psichiatrico di Villa Del Seminario nel 1917 dove De Chirico si ritrova insieme con il fratello Alberto Savinio, Carlo Carrà e Filippo de Pisis, avrà un impatto di vasta portata anche su altre regioni delle arti del XX e del XXI secolo. Dei pittori metafisici non verranno riprese soltanto le iconografie, ma anche la loro visione del mondo, che attraversa l'architettura, la fotografia, il teatro, il cinema, ma anche la moda, il design e il fumetto. Una storia eterodossa raccontata nella mostra Metafisica-Metafisiche ideata e curata da Vincenzo Trione che sarà ospite di “Voci dipinte”. Una rilettura dell'opera di Robert Mapplethorpe, incentrata sulla ricerca estetica del grande fotografo americano, è l'intenzione dell'ampia mostra in corso in queste settimane negli spazi di Palazzo Reale di Milano: oltre duecento le opere esposte, dai primi sorprendenti collage alle celebri serie dei nudi e dei fiori, dagli autoritratti ai ritratti dedicati alle sue muse, Patti Smith e Lisa Lyon. “Voci dipinte” ve la racconta in compagnia del curatore, Denis Curti.

A Milano sono attesi oltre 2 milioni di turisti da tutto il mondo per assistere alle Olimpiadi invernali, ma oltre a correre a vedere le gare, potranno sbizzarrissi per la città perché le proposte culturali sono veramente tante. In questa puntata ci concentriamo su Palazzo Reale che offre ben 4 esposizioni, molto diverse tra di loro, ma tutte di altissima qualità. Se la cover è dedicata alla mostra fotografica di Robert Mapplethorpe, non mancano approfondimenti sull’esposizioni storiche quella che ruota intorno ai Macchiaioli di metà Ottocento e quella sulla Metafisica. Ospite in studio GABRIELLA BELLI la curatrice della più attesa installazione dell’anno nella sala delle Cariatidi dove Anselm Kiefer, per qualcuno il più grande artista vivente, ha fatto resuscitare ben 38 alchimiste. Infine, andiamo in giro per la città dove un giovane artista Greg Goya propone un’operazione d’ispirazione sempre olimpionicaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Denis Curti"Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del desiderio"Palazzo Reale, Milanofino al 17 maggio 2026A Palazzo Reale di Milano, la mostra Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del desiderio: un'ampia selezione delle opere più iconiche, potenti, anticonformiste del fotografo statunitense, arricchita da una raccolta di scatti inediti, per offrire ai visitatori di Milano, anche durante il periodo olimpico e paralimpico, la grande opportunità di incontrare l'opera di uno tra i più originali, raffinati e controversi artisti del XX secolo. Promossa da Comune di Milano-Cultura e prodotta da Palazzo Reale e Marsilio Arte in collaborazione con la Fondazione Robert Mapplethorpe di New York, l'esposizione è inserita nell'ambito dell'Olimpiade Culturale di Milano Cortina 2026, il programma multidisciplinare, plurale e diffuso che animerà l'Italia per promuovere i valori Olimpici attraverso la cultura, il patrimonio e lo sport, in vista dei Giochi Olimpici e Paralimpici Invernali che l'Italia ospiterà rispettivamente dal 6 al 22 febbraio e dal 6 al 15 marzo 2026. Curata da Denis Curti, è allestita nelle sale di Palazzo Reale fino al 17 maggio 2026. Nato a New York nel 1946 e morto a Boston a soli 42 anni, Mapplethorpe è uno degli interpreti della controcultura tra gli anni Sessanta e Ottanta, quando la creatività si fa gesto politico e le arti si fondono in nuovi linguaggi di libertà e identità. “Tutto cambia quando l'amica regista Sandy Daley regala a Mapplethorpe una polaroid  - racconta Denis Curti curatore della mostra - e con questa tra le mani, tra il 1970 e il 1971, Robert inizia un percorso legato allo studio del suo autoritratto, concentrato sulla rappresentazione del sesso omoerotico e partendo da se stesso. Nello stesso momento incontra Tom of Finland (pseudonimo di Touko Laaksonen): il primo a dare vita all'estetica omosessuale. Tra di loro nasce una grande amicizia che cambia per sempre la visione di Mapplethorpe. Entrambi esplorano il tema del feticismo, della pelle e della bellezza classica applicata al corpo maschile. Mentre Tom lo faceva con l'esagerazione del disegno, Mapplethorpe lo faceva con la precisione quasi marmorea della fotografia, ma entrambi hanno contribuito a rendere "arte" ciò che prima era considerato solo un materiale sotterraneo”. A Milano protagonista è la sua ricerca estetica, i suoi nudi sensuali che si distinguono per la perfezione formale, una mimesi greca olimpica, in cui risaltano muscolatura e tensione fisica: il corpo, scolpito dall'uso sapiente della luce e dei contrasti, è il mezzo per la sublimazione della sua indagine artistica. “Autodidatta, - continua Denis Curti - Sam Wagstaff (suo mentore e compagno) gli regala nel 1975 la prima Hasselblad, la macchina a medio formato che gli permette di ottenere quella precisione scultorea e quei bianchi e neri perfetti per cui è oggi universalmente conosciuto. L'obiettivo di questa mostra è proprio quello di ricollocare Robert Mapplethorpe nella dimensione della fotografia più alta, tra i più importanti fotografi del XX secolo, oltre la provocazione e oltre la censura”. La costruzione di un percorso espositivo così completo è stata possibile grazie alla generosa collaborazione con la Fondazione Mapplethorpe di New York, creata dallo stesso fotografo nel 1988 pochi mesi prima della sua morte, non solo a tutela del suo lavoro ma anche per finanziare la ricerca medica e i progetti legati alla lotta contro il virus e alla cura dell'HIV.La mostra si snoda infatti attraverso diverse sezioni tematiche con oltre 200 opere che ripercorrono l'intera evoluzione del linguaggio di Mapplethorpe, dagli esordi sperimentali alla maturità stilistica. I primi collage. Il percorso si apre con gli assemblaggi realizzati sul finire degli anni Sessanta. In queste opere, molto rare e poco esposte, in cui Mapplethorpe combina ritagli di riviste, disegni e feticci religiosi, indumenti e oggetti, si riflettono la ricerca sull'identità e il piacere dell'artificio, sperimentati dall'artista con l'obiettivo di creare una relazione con l'altro. Patti Smith e Lisa Lyon. Ampio spazio è dedicato in due sezioni alle muse fondamentali dell'artista. Se i ritratti di Patti Smith immortalano un legame simbiotico e vulnerabile che attraversa decenni, una vera e propria ode indelebile all'amata amica, quelli della campionessa mondiale di bodybuilding Lisa Lyon esplorano una bellezza androgina che trascende le convenzioni di genere, celebrando la potenza fisica attraverso parametri estetici neoclassici. Autoritratti e identità. La sezione degli autoritratti rivela un'introspezione dolorosa e fluida. Mapplethorpe usa la macchina fotografica come uno specchio dell'anima, documentando la propria esistenza dalle pose dandy degli anni Settanta fino alle immagini finali scavate dalla malattia.  Il ritratto. In mostra i volti di celebrità come Andy Warhol, Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono, Isabella Rossellini. Per Mapplethorpe il ritratto in studio è un incontro tra due anime: un "altare visivo" dove la corporeità viene trasfigurata in leggenda grazie a una cura maniacale per l'equilibrio e la luce. Nudi e fiori. Nudi maschili e femminili celebrano la perfezione classica, sfidando al contempo gli schemi sociali tradizionali. Particolarmente iconiche sono le fotografie dei fiori (calle, orchidee, tulipani), ritratti come apparizioni passionali e "muscoli pulsanti", in bilico tra la sacralità della forma e allusioni delicatamente erotiche. In dialogo con l'Antico. La mostra chiude con una sezione che evidenzia il legame tra la fotografia contemporanea e la statuaria classica. Mapplethorpe usa la sua Hasselblad 500C per "sciogliere" le membra marmoree delle sculture antiche, infondendo loro una scintilla di vita e rendendo la pietra morbida come carne viva.https://marsilioarte.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c47da75d8834873eb7150a10f&id=81ea925391&e=0696917494La retrospettiva Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del desidero è il secondo atto di una più ampia trilogia, che ha avuto inizio a Venezia nelle Stanze della Fotografia e proseguirà poi a Roma, al Museo dell'Ara Pacis, dal 29 maggio al 4 ottobre 2026. Ogni evento esplora un percorso di studio e ricerca volto ad approfondire un differente aspetto della figura di Mapplethorpe.  “In Marsilio Arte - afferma Luca De Michelis, amministratore delegato di Marsilio Editori e Marsilio Arte - crediamo che la fotografia sia il linguaggio universale del contemporaneo. Il nostro impegno si concretizza in una visione che unisce la tradizione editoriale di Marsilio alla creazione di grandi progetti espositivi: dalla valorizzazione dei patrimoni di grandi fotografi alla gestione di spazi d'eccellenza come Le Stanze della Fotografia a Venezia. Attraverso una rete culturale che connette città come Venezia, Milano e Roma, vogliamo trasformare l'esperienza di una mostra in un dialogo vivo, dove la qualità del catalogo e il rigore del progetto espositivo si fondono per restituire al pubblico la forza straordinaria dell'immagine”. Accompagnano e approfondiscono la mostra il podcast - disponibile su Spotify, Apple Music e sulle principali piattaforme - Mapplethorpe Unframed, scritto e condotto da Nicolas Ballario, e un catalogo pubblicato da Marsilio Arte, che indaga la vasta produzione e l'evoluzione del linguaggio di Mapplethorpe attraverso 257 opere.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Over the past decade, the Center for Christian Virtue has emerged as one of the most influential nonprofit advocacy organizations in the state of Ohio, notching legislative victories on school choice and building coalitions with state government leaders. Much of this has happened under the leadership of Aaron Baer.rnrnBaer joined CCV as President in November 2016 after a number of years in policy and advocacy in Arizona. Known at the time as Citizens for Community Values, the organization traces its roots to religiously driven anti-obscenity organizing in Cincinnati in the early 1980s. In 1990, CCV famously opposed and filed criminal charges against the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati over the museum's exhibition of photos by Robert Mapplethorpe.rnrnUnder Baer's leadership, the organization moved to a statehouse adjacent location in Columbus, changed its name, exponentially grew the budget and headcount, and now hosts a well-attended annual summit focused on Christian faith and policy, which features many elected leaders. The organization is not without controversy, however. In 2015 and again in 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center designated CCV as a hate group because of its stance and rhetoric toward members of the LGBT community. Meanwhile, CCV has been praised for its efforts by the Heritage Foundation, whose president recently noted, "So much of our nation's societal decay stems from our education system, and institutions like CCV are spearheading the effort to save our children and restore morality and sanity in our schools."

Christoph Radl"Mise en scène"Ettore SottsassDario Cimorelli Editorewww.dariocimorellieditore.itMostraEttore SottsassMise en scèneFino al 15 febbraio 2026Triennale, MilanoApriamo un nuovo capitolo della ricerca sulla figura di Ettore Sottsass, insieme a Studio Sottsass. La mostra riunisce circa 1.200 fotografie in bianco e nero e a colori scattate tra il 1976 e il 2007, periodo che intercorre tra l'anno dell'incontro tra Barbara Radice ed Ettore Sottsass e l'anno della scomparsa di quest'ultimo.
Si tratta di un variegato paesaggio della loro vita privata e pubblica a casa e in giro per il mondo, per lavoro e per visite, con poche distinzioni. La vita tra i due ha sempre fatto poche differenze tra il pubblico e il privato.
Il titolo della mostra si riferisce all'idea di Sottsass che la vita, un poco come per la Commedia dell'Arte, assomigli appunto, alla “messa in scena”, abbastanza improvvisata di un vago canovaccio.A cura di Christoph Radl, Stefano Boeri, Micaela Sessa, Barbara Radice.Il volume apre un nuovo capitolo nella ricerca dedicata a Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007), presentando oltre mille fotografie in bianco e nero e a colori realizzate tra il 1976 e il 2007, scattate quasi sempre con la sua inseparabile Leica con obiettivo 21 mm, anni che segnano l'incontro con Barbara Radice e l'avvio di una vita condivisa, senza confini tra pubblico e privato. Le immagini raccontano un'esistenza nomade e intensa, da Milano all'India, dalla Tunisia all'Arizona, dall'Egitto alla Siria e al Qatar, passando per Gerusalemme, l'Iran, l'Algeria, il Messico, l'America, la Polinesia francese e la Nuova Guinea, fino alla Sicilia e a Filicudi, in un continuo attraversamento di paesaggi, interni, corpi e gesti quotidiani che trasformano la vita in una vera mise en scène.Il racconto visivo si intreccia con una costellazione di incontri e relazioni: i fotografi da Helmut Newton a Robert Mapplethorpe, insieme a Alfa Castaldi, Giovanni Gastel e Oliviero Toscani, i designer e gli architetti da Andrea Branzi a Michele De Lucchi, da Vittorio Gregotti a Carlo Scarpa, da Shiro Kuramata a Alessandro Mendini e Achille Castiglioni, fino ai collezionisti e protagonisti del sistema dell'arte e della musica come Jean Pigozzi, Max Palevsky, Carla Sozzani, Anish Kapoor e Mick Jagger. Le immagini mostrano una passione tradotta in rituale quotidiano, anticipando l'esposizione mediatica dei social della nostra epoca e restituendo un mondo osservato senza filtri.Christoph Radl è un designer e artista multidisciplinare internazionale la cui carriera abbraccia il graphic design, la direzione editoriale e le arti visive contemporanee. È nato in Svizzera negli anni '50 (San Gallo, spesso dicono nel 1954) ed è cresciuto in Austria. Arrivato a Milano negli anni Settanta per frequentare la Scuola Politecnica di Design, inizia a lavorare con l'architetto e designer Ettore Sottsass e il Gruppo Memphis. Nel 1984 fonda l'agenzia di comunicazione creativa con Sottsass Associati e nel 1993 apre il suo studio R.A.D.L.&, specializzato in progetti editoriali di comunicazione e graphic design per moda, design, editoria e arti visive. Ha collaborato con Armani, Ferragamo, Pucci, Trussardi, Alessi, Cassina, Sony, il museo Guggenheim di Bilbao in Spagna, il Museum of Contemporary Art a Chicago, tra i molti. Ha collaborato come Art Director di una rivista di culto come TERRAZZO e di INTERNI per diversi anni ed è attualmente Art Director e co-fondatore di CABANA Magazine.  Radl ha esposto in diverse mostre collettive e personali. Tra i progetti più recenti: “FAT BOY” alla Galleria Antonia Jannone di Milano (2025), una serie di acquerelli su un bizzarro personaggio ispirato alla civiltà precolombiana dei Mimbres, che viaggia attraverso la storia dell'arte dall'arte antica fino ai maestri contemporanei, da Baselitz a Mantegna, da Kounellis a Picasso.  Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Episode: 3244 Bias and Diversity in Photography and Face Recognition Software.  Today, bodies, in beautiful black and white.

We're playing our favorite Stephen-hosted podcasts from 2025 all week long to ring in the New Year! In today's Intro Rewind, hear the moment that went viral when Stephen described Patti Smith's mid-conversation interruption. And later in the extended interview, Patti Smith offers advice to young artists and shares stories from her decades-long career like being photographed by the legendary Robert Mapplethorpe for the cover of her seminal 1975 album, “Horses.” Her new memoir, “Bread of Angels,” is available everywhere now. For a performance by Patti Smith, head to YouTube.com/ColbertLateShow! This podcast was originally released on November 24th, 2025. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stephen's gracing the podcast airwaves this week to kick off "Rock & Roll Thanksgiving" with Hall of Famer member Patti Smith, who says her new memoir “Bread of Angels” was written to express gratitude to the people she's loved, some of whom have been lost along the way. In this extended interview, she offers advice to young artists and shares stories from her decades-long career like being photographed by the legendary Robert Mapplethorpe for the cover of her seminal 1975 album, “Horses.” “Bread of Angels” is available everywhere now. For a performance by Patti Smith, head to YouTube.com/ColbertLateShow! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patti Smith, “the Godmother of Punk,” has lived a wild life and accumulated so much wisdom in the process. In the 1960s and '70s, Smith was a fixture of the New York City creative scene — hanging out with the likes of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Allen Ginsberg and Robert Mapplethorpe. Merging her own poetry with an ace backing band, she became a global rock star. Then she gave it up, moved to Michigan, raised a family, and remade herself into a best-selling author. Her stunning memoir “Just Kids” won the National Book Award and is one of the books that I've kept returning to, again and again.There is clearly something unusual about Smith. People who know her have described her as “shamanistic.” But even for those of us who will never become rock stars, there's something inspiring — and oddly relatable — in how she thinks about life. So I was excited to have the opportunity to sit down with her and learn more.Smith is out with a new memoir, “Bread of Angels,” and is on tour for the 50th anniversary of her breakthrough album, “Horses.” We talk about that book and that album and so much more: the boundless curiosity that drives her; the books that shaped her; her childhood communion with a snapping turtle; what Andy Warhol was like; what color she thinks the soul is; and a lot more that's hard even to describe.This episode contains strong language.Mentioned:“Pan's Labyrinth” by Guillermo del ToroGrimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm GrimmBread of Angels by Patti SmithJust Kids by Patti Smith“The Dark Blot” by Gérard de Nerval“Genie” by Arthur Rimbaud“Guernica” by Pablo Picasso“The Last Supper” by Andy WarholBook Recommendations:The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo CollodiFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyThe Poetry of Sylvia Plath Edited by Claire Brennan2666 by Roberto BolañoThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Annie Galvin. Fact-checking by Annika Robbins. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Isaac Jones. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick, Michelle Harris, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Caryn Rose and Annika Robbins. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

This week we're excited to present a special conversation with Peter Hujar's Day director Ira Sachs. An NYFF63 Main Slate selection, Peter Hujar's Day is now playing daily at FLC. Get tickets at filmlinc.org/hujar FLC and Janus Films recently presented a deep-dive discussion into the inspiration behind the film and the connection between Peter Hujar and his deeply felt legacy in New York City. Held in the Amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, this free talk with writer/director Ira Sachs was moderated by Antonio Monda, writer and Artistic Director of the international literary festival Le Conversazioni. The photographer Peter Hujar, whose images exist in an important lineage and dialogue with the work of groundbreaking gay artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe, forms the center of the latest movie by fearless independent American filmmaker Ira Sachs. Based on rediscovered transcripts from an unused 1974 interview by nonfiction writer Linda Rosenkrantz (played by Rebecca Hall), in which she asked Hujar (Ben Whishaw) to narrate the events of the previous day in minute detail, Peter Hujar's Day is a mesmerizing time warp, an illustration of the life of the creative mind, the quotidian and the imaginative at once, fully and lovingly inhabited by its two brilliant actors.

Patti Smith's album “Horses” came out fifty years ago, on November 10, 1975, launching her to stardom almost overnight. An anniversary reissue came out this year, to rapturous reviews. Yet being a rock star was never Smith's intention: she was a published poet before “Horses” came out, and had also written a play with Sam Shepard. Music was an afterthought, as she tells it, a way to make her poetry readings pop. “I didn't want to be boring,” she tells David Remnick. In recent years, it may finally be that more people know Smith as a writer than as a musician. Her memoir “Just Kids,” about her friendship with the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, won a National Book Award. “M Train” reflected on her withdrawal from music as she raised a family. In her newest memoir, “Bread of Angels,” Smith writes intimately about the loss of her husband, her brother, and close friends; she also shares a startling revelation about her family and past. It's a book that was challenging for her and took her years to write. “I write profusely—fiction, fairy tales, all kinds of things that aren't even published—without a care,” she says. “Writing a memoir, bringing other people into it, one has to really be prudent, and search themselves and make sure that they're presenting the right picture.” New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Join host David Remnick as he discusses the latest in politics, news, and current events in conversation with political leaders, newsmakers, innovators, New Yorker staff writers, authors, actors, and musicians.

Episode: 3244 Bias and Diversity in Photography and Face Recognition Software.  Today, bodies, in beautiful black and white.

Berated by the tabloids as exhibitionist pornography, Madonna's coffee table book, ‘Sex', quickly sold out upon its release on 21st October, 1992. Influenced by artists Robert Mapplethorpe and Cindy Sherman, the book included images of full-frontal nudity, simulated gay sex, mixed race couples, threesomes and trans imagery. Madonna vigorously defended it, in a series of interviews, as a portrayal of female sexuality. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly ask if Madonna was fighting an uphill battle to be taken seriously; debate whether the book was art, a smutty publicity stunt… or both; and consider whether a particularly sensational spread involving a canine companion was taken out of context...  Content Warning: discussion of erotic imagery, including abusive sexual fantasies Further Reading: • ‘How Madonna Turned Controversy Into a Best-Selling Book' (Entertainment Tonight, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILybauhbA00 • ‘25 Years Later, Madonna's 'Sex' Book Is Still Pop's Most Radical Moment' (HuffPost, 2017): https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/madonna-sex-book-25th-anniversary_n_59e9f8f1e4b0f9d35bca11e6 • ‘Madonna's 'Erotica,' 'Sex': Misunderstood Masterpieces' (Rolling Stone, 2017): https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/madonnas-erotica-sex-why-musical-masterpiece-defiant-book-still-matter-200685/ This episode first aired in 2021 This episode first premiered in 2024, for members of

V razstavišču Le stanze dela fotografia na beneškem otoku San Giorgio Maggiore je od aprila na ogled velika razstava ameriškega fotografa Roberta Mapplethorpa, enega najbolj ekstravagantnih in kontroverznih avtorjev 20. stoletja. Gre za prvo poglavje obsežne italijanske retrospektive, ki bo prihodnje leto predstavila njegova dela še v Milanu in Rimu. Beneški del z naslovom Oblike klasičnega prikazuje 200 del in postavlja v ospredje dialog med sodobno fotografijo in klasicizmom, pri tem pa povezuje plastičnost teles, ki jih je upodobil Mapplethorpe, z antičnimi kiparskimi deli. V sodelovanju z avtorjevo fundacijo iz New Yorka je razstavo zasnoval umetniški direktor galerije Denis Curti, ki je uredil tudi obsežen katalog. Z njim se je pogovarjala Neva Zajc. Foto: Neva Zajc.

Arrancamos temporada en Radio 3 con nuevo horario y la misma ilusión. Clásicos y novedades flotan en la primera marmita de esta nueva etapa. Suena el disco póstumo de los australianos The Saints, el regreso de la noruega Vibeke (The Twistaroos), una canción inédita de las sesiones del primer álbum de Patti Smith (foto) o lo próximo de Holly Golightly. La música sigue sonando.(Foto del podcast por Robert Mapplethorpe)Playlist;THE CYNICS “Here we are” (Here we are, 2007)JAVIER ESCOVEDO “The music keeps on playing” (City lights, 2012)THE FLAMIN’ GROOVIES “City lights” (Teenage head, 1971)THE NEW CHRISTS “The golden Street” (The burning of Rome)THE SAINTS “Empires (Sometimes we fall)” (Long march through the Jazz Age)THE PRIZE “From the night” (In the red)THE GNOMES “I’m not the one”THE VIBEKE SAUGESTAD BAND “Hey now sunshine” (The Sun Sessions EP)THE RUBINOOS “Gorilla” (1975)PATTI SMITH “Snowball” (inédito, grabado en 1975)HOLLY GOLIGHTLY “Miss fortune” (Look like trouble)NATURAL CHILD “Little magig” (Be my guest, 2023)GRATEFUL DEAD “The music never stopped” (Blues for Allah, 1975)Escuchar audio

Adeju Thompson, the founder and creative director behind the Nigerian fashion label Lagos Space Programme, attempts to establish the label on the global fashion scene. Lagos Space Programme blends Yoruba heritage (notably Adire dyeing) with queer and futurist aesthetics, taking inspiration from Lou Reed, traditional Ife sculptures, and the photography of Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Robert Mapplethorpe. Thompson talks about his dedication to slow fashion, gender-fluid creations, and detailed artisan craftsmanship, blending traditional techniques with contemporary designs. Tayo Popoola follows Thompson to Paris where he unveils his collection, based on the idea of "rock'n'roll consciousness". We then join him at his studio in Surulere, Lagos where he discusses his new designs for 25/26.

This is an encore presentation of a 2022 broadcast.  Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist who gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released numerous albums and books including her seminal record Horses, hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time; Just Kids, a beautifully crafted love letter to her lifelong friend, the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe; and M Train, a collection of essays about memory, loss, and the simple pleasures of everyday life. Her new book, A Book of Days, is an intimate view into Smith's life, particularly as it played out during the pandemic, and it features over 365 of her own photographs. The brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book features a year's worth of images and reflections that chart Smith's singular aesthetic—inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.  On November 28, 2022, Patti Smith came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco for an on-stage conversation with novelist Michael Chabon.

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right in the U.S. made a national spectacle out of feminist and queer art, blasting it as sacrilegious or pornographic--and sometimes both. On the bully pulpits of television and talk radio, as well as in the halls of Congress, conservatives denounced artists ranging from Robert Mapplethorpe and Judy Chicago to Marlon Riggs and David Wojnarowicz. Conservatives, alarmed by shifting sex and gender norms, collided with progressive artists who were confronting sexism, homophobia, and racism. In Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars (Oxford University Press, 2025), Anthony Petro offers a compelling new history of the culture wars that places competing moralities of gender and sexuality alongside competing visions of the sacred. The modern culture wars, he shows, are best understood not as contests pitting religious conservatives against secular activists, but as a series of ongoing historical struggles to define the relationship between the sacred and the political. Through captivating case studies of "subversive" artists, Provoking Religion illuminates the underside of the culture wars, revealing how progressive artists and activists rendered from those most apparently profane aspects of human life-the stuff of conservatives' worst nightmares--their own haunting visions of the sacred. Anthony M. Petro is Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies at University of Notre Dame (effective fall 2025). His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, was a finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's book award for nonfiction. An early chapter from this book also won the 2012 LGBTQ Religious History Award from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network. In 2019-2020, Petro was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Clayton Jarrard is a graduate student at NYU's XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/photography

https://notesonfilm1.com/2025/07/23/jose-arroyo-in-conversation-with-sam-shahid-director-of-hidden-masters-the-legacy-of-george-platt-lynes/ George Platt Lynes is arguably the most significant artist in a long and distinguished line of great 20th Century queer photographers of the male nude which includes George Hoyningen-Huene, Horst P. Horst, Clifford Coffin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Bruce Weber. All in some sense worked in the interstices of fashion, portraiture, art photography and the nude. Yet though Platt Lynes is at least their equal, he is arguably the least well known, a situation Sam Shahid aims to rectify in his gorgeous new film, HIDDEN MASTERS: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Sam Shahid is Creator Director, Principal and president of Shaid/Kraus & Company, a full branding, advertising and design agency founded inn 1993. Before that he was Creative Director of in-house advertising for Calvin Klein in the 1980s, did work for Abercrombie and Fitch in the 90s that still inspires today (some of the catalogues have become much sought-after collectors' items). In the aughts he worked as Creative Director of INTERVIEW magazine and he's since edited dozens of books of photographs by Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts. He knows about images, and he puts that knowledge to use in his first film, HIDDEN MASTERS: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES. In the accompanying podcast, we talk about how Platt Lynes was at the centre of practically every current of modernism in America and how Sam found the only existent film footage of the photographer. We ask why Platt Lynes is relatively so little-known today. Is it because his greatest work is of the male nude? Is there homophobia involved? Sam talks about how difficult it was to get a hold of the photographs, tensions between controllers of major holdings and the family; the reticence of institutions and individuals to make public such an incredible body of work that feels so contemporary. Isn't it time that a major museum undertake a retrospective of George Platt Lynes' work? What Sam doesn't say is what a ravishing film he's made, full of some of the most beautiful black and white images of men ever made. A film to see. It's currently on release from Picadillo Pics and available on demand from Amazon and other major digital outlets. José Arroyo

Christine Van Der Hurd is the founder of the iconic textile and rug studio Vanderhurd. After graduating from Winchester School of Art, she moved to New York in 1977 and quickly immersed herself in the city's creative underground—spending time with Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibovitz, and the Studio 54 crowd.She began her career designing prints for fashion houses like Yves Saint Laurent and Liberty of London. Her work soon caught the attention of design legends like Angelo Donghia and Jack Lenor Larsen, leading to large-scale commissions for custom rugs and textiles. Over the course of her 50-year career, Christine has collaborated with some of the most distinguished designers in the industry. In 2024, House & Garden honored her with its Lifetime Achievement Award.On this episode of the podcast she speaks with host Dennis Scully  about what it was really like arriving in New York in the late '70s; how she learned to speak up for her business interests while working alongside her husband; and why designers like Kit Kemp and Rita Konig bring her in—not just to source– but to help shape their most important projects.This episode is sponsored by LoloiLINKSVanderhurdDennis ScullyBusiness of Home

Patti Smith (1946-present) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, author, and visual artist. A pivotal figure in the New York City punk rock scene, her 1975 debut album “Horses” fused rock with poetic intensity. Patti Smith is also the author of the acclaimed memoir “Just Kids” about her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and her early years as an artist. For Further Reading: Life’s Work: An Interview with Patti Smith The Radical Hope of Patti Smith Patti Smith Looks Back On Life Before She Became The Godmother Of Punk Patti Smith Is Always Going to Be a Worker Patti Smith This month we're talking about Outsiders -- women who marched to the beat of their own drum and rejected stereotypes about what women "should" be. They are aesthetic pioneers, norm-benders, and often the only woman in their field. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Adrien Behn, Alyia Yates, Vanessa Handy, Melia Agudelo, and Joia Putnoi. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music by Brittany Martinez. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comPaul is a writer, an editor, and an old friend. He's a regular contributor to The New Yorker and a senior fellow in Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. He's the author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own and Reinventing Bach, and his new book is The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s.For two clips of our convo — on Martin Scorsese's extraordinary religious films, and the strikingly resilient Catholicism of Andy Warhol — head to our YouTube page.Other topics: Paul raised in upstate NY as a child of Vatican II; his great-uncle was the bishop of Burlington who attended the 2nd Council; Thomas Merton and Flannery O'Connor as formative influences; working in publishing with McPhee and Wolfe; Cullen Murphy on the historical Christ; Jesus as tetchy; Czesław Miłosz; Leonard Cohen making it cool to be religious; the row over The Last Temptation of Christ and Scorsese's response with Silence; Bill Donahue the South Park caricature; Bono and U2; The Smiths; The Velvet Underground; Madonna and her Catholic upbringing; “Like A Prayer” and “Papa Don't Preach”; her campaign for condom use; when I accidentally met her at a party; Camille Paglia; Warhol the iconographer; his near-death experience that led to churchgoing; Robert Mapplethorpe; S&M culture in NYC; Andres Serrano's “Piss Christ”; Jesse Helms' crusade against the NEA; Sinead O'Connor's refusal to get an abortion; tearing up the JP II photo on SNL; the sex-abuse crisis; Cardinal O'Connor; the AIDS crisis; ACT-UP's antics at St. Patrick's Cathedral; the AIDS quilt as a cathedral; and Paul's gobsmacking omission of the Pet Shop Boys.Coming up: Edward Luce on the war with Iran, Walter Isaacson on Ben Franklin, Tara Zahra on the revolt against globalization after WWI, Thomas Mallon on the AIDS crisis, and Johann Hari turning the tables to interview me. (NS Lyons indefinitely postponed a pod appearance — and his own substack — because he just accepted an appointment at the State Department; and the Arthur Brooks pod is postponed because of calendar conflicts.) Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

Descubre la vida y obra de Robert Mapplethorpe, uno de los fotógrafos más provocadores e influyentes del siglo XX. Conocido por sus retratos en blanco y negro de una intensidad cruda y una estética impecable, Mapplethorpe desafió los límites del arte, la sexualidad y la censura. Desde sus íntimos retratos de artistas y celebridades, hasta sus impactantes imágenes del cuerpo masculino y la subcultura BDSM, su trabajo sigue generando debates y admiración en todo el mundo. En este video exploramos su evolución artística, su relación con la poeta Patti Smith, su legado en el arte contemporáneo y la controversia que marcó su carrera hasta su muerte en 1989. Un viaje visual y reflexivo a través de la mirada de un artista que se atrevió a mostrar lo que muchos preferían ocultar.

How religious was the 80s creative scene? Very. At least according to Paul Elie, whose intriguing new cultural history, The Last Supper, charts the art, faith, sex and controversy of the 1980s. Elie argues that this was the age of what calls “crytpo-religious” art - a intensely creative decade in which religious imagery and motifs were often detached from conventional belief. Beginning in 1979 with with Dylan's “Christian” album Slow Train Coming and ending with Sinéad O'Connor's notorious SNL tearing up of a photo of the Pope, Elie presents the 80s as a "post-secular" era where religion remained culturally significant despite declining traditional belief. And he argues that artists as diverse as Leonard Cohen, Salman Rushdie, Andy Warhol, U2, Robert Mapplethorpe and Wim Wenders all translated their religious upbringings into books, movies, songs and artwork that shaped a momentously creative decade. Five Key Takeaways* "Crypto-religious" art uses religious imagery and themes from a perspective other than conventional belief, forcing audiences to question what the artist actually believes and examine their own faith.* The "post-secular" era began around 1979 when it became clear that progressive secularization wasn't happening—instead, religion remained a persistent cultural force requiring honest engagement rather than wishful dismissal.* America's religious transformation in the 1980s saw the country shift from predominantly Christian to multi-religious due to immigration, while also developing a strong secular contingent, creating unprecedented religious diversity.* Artists as "controverts" were divided against themselves, torn between progressive cultural experiences and traditional religious backgrounds, using art to work through these internal contradictions rather than simply choosing sides.* The Rushdie affair marked a turning point when violence entered religious-cultural debates, hardening previously permeable boundaries between belief and unbelief, leading to more polarized positions like the "New Atheism" movement.Paul Elie is the author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own (2003) and Reinventing Bach (2012), both National Book Critics Circle Award finalists. He is a senior fellow in Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker. He lives in Brooklyn.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting the daily KEEN ON show, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy interview series. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

I peccatori di Ryan Coogler è una storia di vampiri ambientata nel Delta del Mississippi nel 1932 che sfida le convenzioni del cinema di genere. La fumettista salernitana Zuzu torna in libreria con un nuovo graphic novel, Ragazzo, che esplora il tema della fragilità maschile. Nella Chiamata, la scrittrice argentina Leila Guerriero racconta la storia incredibile di Silvia Labayru, sopravvissuta alle violenze della dittatura di Videla. Una mostra alle Stanze della fotografia di Venezia rivela un lato inedito del fotografo statunitense Robert Mapplethorpe: il suo amore per la classicità.CONDjarah Khan, scrittriceZuzu, autrice di fumettiAnnalisa Camilli, giornalista di Internazionale Leonardo Merlini, giornalista di Aska news che collabora con InternazionaleSe ascolti questo podcast e ti piace, abbonati a Internazionale. È un modo concreto per sostenerci e per aiutarci a garantire ogni giorno un'informazione di qualità . Vai su internazionale.it/podcastScrivi a podcast@internazionale.it o manda un vocale a +39 3347063050Produzione di Claudio Balboni e Vincenzo De Simone.Musiche di Carlo Madaghiele, Raffaele Scogna, Jonathan Zenti e Giacomo Zorzi.Direzione creativa di Jonathan Zenti.I peccatori: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOoB6jjweUYRagazzo: https://www.coconinopress.it/prodotto/ragazzo/La chiamata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg3eftzR1yQ&t=274sRobert Mapplethorpe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0kKbfwPpI

On April 12, 2007, I had two phone calls with Patti Smith for a print piece about both her then-new album, Twelve, which features her interpretations of songs by other artists, and her life and work. We were originally only meant to speak once but, after a publicist cut us off after 25 minutes, Patti told me she found my questions thoughtful, asked for my phone number, and promised to call me later that night to talk further, after she was done the press junket she was on. Roughly four hours later, she called me back and we spoke for another 35 minutes. I still marvel at this kindness and respect she displayed to me, a young, green journalist she felt some connection with. We were both ailing with a stubborn, recurring cough and cold that day, which we commiserated over, but we also talked about Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, how Donald Trump and other real estate developers were ruining New York City, Robert Mapplethorpe's role in her work, gravitating to male musicians, losing her husband Fred “Sonic” Smith and balancing work and raising a family, what the future held, and more.To To hear this entire 60 minute conversation, subscribe to Kreative Kontrol on Patreon at the $6 tier or higher (a reminder that an annual subscription includes a discount compared to a monthly one).Related episodes/links:Ep. #900: Fugazi and Jem CohenEp. #739: Isla CraigEp. #455: FIDLAREp. #314: SaltlandEp. #264: Choir! Choir! Choir!Ep. #234: Michelle McAdoreyEp. #220: EsmerineEp. #131: Ronnie SpectorSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking!This episode, we look back at two hugely influential women artists – Patti Smith, whose 1975 “Horses” album inspired so many artists, and Marianne Faithfull, whose passing in January, 2025, is a huge loss.  “Horses”, with its confrontational approach - “Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine” - changed the landscape of rock music for the next few decades.  Produced by John Cale, of Velvet Underground fame, the album opened the door for so many women, including Blondie and so many English punk and new wave bands.  We talk about why we like this album, its influential impact, and how Patti Smith developed over later years. Marianne Faithfull has long been one of our favourites, and we talked about “Broken English” in Season 3. (If you haven't heard that episode, here's the link.) Tributes have come from every corner of the industry, all saying one thing – Marianne was inspirational to everyone she worked with, from The Rolling Stones to Metallica to Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. Banging our own drum for a moment, we've just been named as one of the top Australian Music Podcasts by monitoring service, Feedspot, which compiles the most comprehensive list of Australian Music Podcasts on the web. Great subjects.  Great episode.  Enjoy.  References:  Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith, Andrew Loog Oldham, Sister Morphine, Girl on a Motorcycle, Samuel Beckett, homelessness, Hipgnosis, Storm Thorgerson, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, “The Memory Remains”, Metallica, Lars Ulrich, Warren Ellis, She Walks in Beauty, Graham Coxon, Blur, TOTO, “Africa”, “Hold The Line”, "Rosanna”, Robert Dimery, 1001 Albums You Must Listen to Before You Die,  Jim Morrison, oil shortage – 70's, Robert Mapplethorpe, Allen Lanier, Blue Öyster Cult, Tom Verlaine, Television, "Break It Up",  John Cale, “Gloria”, Van Morrison, “Marquee Moon”, “Land (Horses)”, “Radio Ethiopia”, “Wave”, “Easter”, “Because the Night”, Siouxsie Sioux, Siouxsie & The Banshees, R.E.M.,  Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Morrissey, Johnny Marr,  Courtney Love, Hole, PJ Harvey Episode playlistHorsesBroken EnglishMarianne Faithfull - Series 3, Episode 14

Felix Hoffmann is an image and cultural scholar and the inaugural Artistic Director of the Center for Photography and Lens-Based Media FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and the Director of FOTO WIEN. From 2005 to 2022, he served as the Chief Curator of the exhibition space C/O Berlin, where he was responsible for exhibitions, programs, and strategy. He curated numerous international exhibitions, including Nan Goldin (2009), Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Lindbergh (2011), Gordon Parks (2014), Ren Hang and Elfie Semotan (2018), and William Eggleston (2023), as well as thematic exhibitions like Eerily Familiar: Images of Terror (2011), The Last Image: Photography and Death (2018), and Send me an Image: From Postcards to Social Media (2020).  - Follow Felix on Instagram here --> https://www.instagram.com/felix_hoffmann__/   FOTO ARSENAL WIEN is Austria's new center for photography and lens-based media. Since 2023 it has been responsible for the FOTO WIEN festival, and starting in 2025 it will be responsible for the Festival Vienna Digital Cultures with the Kunsthalle Wien. Initiated as a media literacy center by the city of Vienna in fall 2022, FOTO ARSENAL WIEN explores all facets of photography. As a hub for photography and lens-based media in Austria, the institution brings together historical and international topics at the interface between analog and digital worlds as well as between static and moving pictures. FOTO ARSENAL WIEN presents the full spectrum of the medium of photography in up to twelve exhibitions held annually in a one-thousand-square-meter exhibition space—a combination of young talents, still-to-be-discovered photographers, and internationally known artists. - https://www.fotoarsenalwien.at/en/ - https://www.instagram.com/foto_arsenal_wien/   FOTO WIEN is a member of the European Month of Photography (EMOP), a European collaborative project that currently includes photography festivals in Berlin, Brussels, Lisbon, and Luxemburg. Once an insider event for Vienna's lively photography scene, FOTO WIEN has become Austria's largest festival of photographic images in over twenty years of collective commitment. It offers programs for a broad audience that is interested in art and contemporary events as well as a professional audience. FOTO ARSENAL WIEN has been the organizer since 2023. - https://www.fotowien.at/en/ - https://www.instagram.com/foto_wien/   Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 7. March 2025 between Perth (AU) and Vienna (A).

Crescenzo Notarile and Paris Chong discuss his work shooting nudes, with Paris acknowledging the potential for perversity and intrigue associated with the genre. Crescenzo emphasizes that all great artists start with nudes to study form, beauty, lines, and geometry, citing Picasso, Rembrandt, and Caravaggio as examples. He shares his own influences in nude photography, including Bill Brandt, Joel Peter Witkin, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Irving Penn. Crescenzo highlights the challenge of evoking emotion and avoiding cliché or vulgarity in nude photography, and mentions his own nude book and his use of infrared film to create a unique aesthetic. He also acknowledges the common observation that male photographers often shoot more female nudes than male nudes, offering reasons such as the perceived difference in beauty between the male and female form, as well as the difficulty in finding male models willing to pose nude.Show Clip from The Paris Chong Show with Crescenzo Notarilehttps://youtu.be/_vFzSFYdQLohttps://www.theparischongshow.com

The Chelsea Hotel sits at 222 West 23rd Street in Manhattan…since it was completed in 1884, the place has been a hangout for some very colourful characters…most were New York eccentrics and bohemians who needed a place to live…but it also attracted some famous people. At one point or another, it was home to sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke who wrote a big chunk of “2001: A Space Odyssey” in his room…later, Stanley Kubrick, the producer of the movie version of the book would stay there… Other long-term guests included photographer Robert Mapplethorpe stayed there…so did included beat writer Jack Kerouac, playwrights Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Sam Shepherd, actors Dennis Hopper, Uma Thurman, Elliott Gould, and Jane Fonda…plus, for extra colour, poets William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg—not to mention Andy Warhol and some of his crew. The Chelsea was also a favourite haunt of musicians…Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, Jim Morrison, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper, the guys in Pink Floyd, and many, many others. But the most notorious floor was floor 1…it was designated the “junkie floor,” the place where guests with drug problems were placed so that staff could keep an eye on things… This was where ex-Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and his American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen checked in…they were given room 100. It was in that room Nancy died…it looks like she was murdered...but by whom? ...Sid was charged with killing her, but did he?. This is “Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry”…and this time, it's the wild story of the death of Nancy Spungen and the questions that still remain decades later…around whether Sid Vicious actually did it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I mean... if you're not pissing off somebody are you even doing it right? In a world where "don't yuck somebody's yum" is now a direct order, we have to remember to pay homage to those who pioneered acceptance of sexual liberation! Come join us as we talk about some of the first photographed DICK PICS to enter that high art world and how Robert Mapplethorpe gets them there!   Xoxo, The BB's

Episode: 3244 Bias and Diversity in Photography and Face Recognition Software.  Today, bodies, in beautiful black and white.

I met VernoVernon J. Thornsberry is a musician and artist who lives and works in Athens, Georgia. Thornsberry is originally from New Orleans, where he was mentored for many years by George Dureau, an artist who is said to have inspired the work of Robert Mapplethorpe. But there's more. Vernon is also a baker who started baking at the Grit, which unfortunately closed last year. He has continued baking at the new location for the Daily Groceries new location and still making delicious vegan treats. His music infuses the band Organically Programmed Orchestra, which plays the washboard, and he still has his own band that will show up in Athens when you least expect it.. I was invited to visit Vernon's home and experience where the magic happens. Listening to Vernon will just make you smile. Here is my conversation with Vernon Thornsberry. Show AthCastMusic (©): The Music of Athens Georgia, Now and Then.SEASON: 3 Episode 28Length :37.07PUBLISHED:Updated Weekly on ThursdayEngineer: Kayla DoverRecorded at Tweed Recording Audio Production Schoolhttps://tweedrecording.comContact for Vernon Thornsberry: Instagram: vernonthornsberryFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=vernon%20thornsberrywebsite: vernonthornsberry..comCONTACT FOR ATHCASTMUSIC:instagram: AthCastMusicFaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550294283019

Jessica Hische is a lettering artist and New York Times bestselling author based in Oakland, California. She specializes in typographical work for logos, film, books, and other commercial applications. Her clients include Wes Anderson, The United States Postal Service, Target, Hallmark, and Penguin Books, and her work has been featured in design and illustration annuals both in the U.S. and internationally. She's been named a Print Magazine New Visual Artist (20 under 30), one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Art and Design, an ADC Young Gun, a “Person to Watch” by GD USA, and an Adweek “Creative 100.” In our conversation, we discuss:• My new logo and brand!• Jessica's process for refreshing my logo/brand• Why most startups shouldn't worry about their logo/brand• The psychology behind different typography choices• Balancing creativity with business needs in logo design• Jessica's unique approach to pricing logo work• How AI is (and isn't) impacting the design world• Jessica's other creative pursuits, including children's books and art supply stores—Brought to you by:• The Enterprise Ready Conference — For B2B leaders building enterprise SaaS• OneSchema — Import CSV data 10x faster• Merge — A single API to add hundreds of integrations into your app—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/seeing-like-a-designer-jessica-hische—Where to find Jessica Hische:• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jessicahische• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicahische• Website: https://jessicahische.is—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Jessica's background(01:32) The logo refresh process(09:45) When to refresh your logo(11:45) High-level overview(18:04) Approaching Lenny's brand refresh(24:25) How to see like a designer(37:53) Lenny's new logo: where we landed(44:07) Brand's role in company success(50:04) Jessica's flexible pricing strategies and collaborative design process(57:14) Balancing multiple creative projects(01:01:48) Using AI in creative work(01:05:50) Upcoming projects and final thoughts(01:08:24) Lightning round—Referenced:• Jeni's: https://jenis.com• James Edmondson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestedmondson/• Figma Config: https://config.figma.com/• Helvetica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica• MyFonts: https://www.myfonts.com/• Geometric sans serif fonts: https://www.myfonts.com/pages/tags/geometric%20sans%20serif-fonts• The Rise of Fractional Executives: https://www.reforge.com/blog/leveraging-fractional-executives• JH&F: https://jessicahische.shop/pages/my-oakland-store• Drawling: https://drawling.shop/• Jessica Hische's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jessica-Hische/author/B082XDN54V• Dreamforce: https://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce• Bezier handles: https://www.tella.tv/definition/bezier-handles• My First Book of Fancy Letters: https://www.amazon.com/My-First-Book-Fancy-Letters/dp/0593385012/r• The Creative Act: A Way of Being: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Act-Way-Being/dp/0593652886/• Inside Paragraphs: Typographic Fundamentals: https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Paragraphs-Fundamentals-Cyrus-Highsmith/dp/1616899417• Just Kids: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Kids-Patti-Smith/dp/0060936223• Robert Mapplethorpe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer: https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography-Cancer/dp/1439170916/r• Severance on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Severance-Toby-Stephens/dp/B001ARYGCU• Penco brown bag stand: https://penco.jp/en/products/db079/• XOXO: https://xoxofest.com/• Mariame Kaba quotes: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8156101.Mariame_Kaba—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Lisa Lyon is a legend in the bodybuilding industry. She won the first ever Women's World Pro Bodybuilding Championship, released her own workout book, and carried the icon Arnold Schwarzenegger on her shoulders. But Lisa Lyon was more than a bodybuilder and she definitely wasn't a 'gym bunny'. She was a dancer, actress and a performance artist intent on communicating through her body. I'd love to know if you already knew of Lisa, or if she's inspired you in some way after listening. By the way, this episode is also available on YouTube as a full-length video so if you want to see more of the woman this episode is dedicated to, head here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCtsTbMIcyI&t=304s If you enjoyed this episode do please leave a review or a rating wherever you're listening and if you're listening on Spotify feel free to leave me a comment so we can chat!. You can also find me on Instagram @charisse_kenion, or on Threads @charisse_kenion. Resources Lady by Lisa Lyon and Robert Mapplethorpe: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lady-Lisa-Lyon-Robert-Mapplethorpe/dp/0821222775 Body Magic by Lisa Lyon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Body-Magic-Lisa-Lyon/dp/0553012967 Thanks again to the wonderful Gigi Williams; you can find her on Instagram @gigiwilliams1985. Also special thanks to John Hunt for allowing us to use an excerpt of Lisa Lyon: A Portrait of Power. Lady in Weighting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/05/27/lady-in-weighting/9b30198a-cc20-492d-9f80-2f366512eb0d/ Lisa Lyon obituary in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/09/15/lisa-lyon-dead/ Lisa Lyon obituary in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/arts/lisa-lyon-dead.html John Hunt's Lisa Lyon: A Portrait of Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UsEvzTzFQ Christine and the Queens True Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOQLq5-c4Vk Christine and the Queens To be Honest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNh-6sNxx6A Subscribe to my YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/charissekenionYT⁠ Find me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@charisse_kenion/ Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charisse_kenion BeautyMe newsletter: https://beautymenotes.substack.com Find me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@charissekenion BeautyMe on ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/beautyme 

durée : 00:59:25 - Toute une vie - Navigant dans le New-York underground des années 1970, Robert Mapplethorpe a photographié des visages du show business, des corps sculpturaux, des figures sado-masochistes, choquant et fascinant tout à la fois ses contemporains. - invités : Michael Ward Stout Avocat et ami. Aujourd'hui à la tête de la Fondation Robert Mapplethorpe à New York.; Judith Benhamou - Huet Journaliste sprécialiste de l'art et le marché de l'art aux « Echos » et au « Point »; Jean-Charles De Castelbajac Styliste et créateur de mode, ami de Vivienne Westwood; Hélène Pinet Chargée des collections de photographies du Rodin à Paris.; Judith Judith Childs Habitante du Chelsea Hôtel.; Bob Collacello Journaliste, rédacteur en chef de Vanity Fair.; Edmund White Ecrivain

Michael Alago in conversation with David Eastaugh https://www.michaelalago.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Michael-Alago-Breathing-Metallica/dp/1617137251 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgTBj2Zbr0w Musician, nightlife impresario, record label executive, photographer, and author, Michael Alago takes readers through this amazing journey that is his life. Alago grew up in Brooklyn, New York, in a large, spirited, and devoted Puerto Rican family. Through his early passion for music, art, theater, and photography, he soon found himself rubbing elbows with many downtown NYC scene makers, from Stiv Bators to Jean Michel Basquiat, Cherry Vanilla and Wayne County to Deborah Harry and Robert Mapplethorpe. As an underage teenager going to Max's Kansas City, CBGB, and various art galleries, Alago also began running The Dead Boys fan club. A few years later, he became the assistant music director for legendary nightclubs the Ritz and the Red Parrot. At age twenty-four, he began a storied career as an A&R executive at Elektra Records that started with signing Metallica in the summer of 1984, changing the entire landscape of rock 'n' roll and heavy metal. Alago continued to work in A&R for both Palm Pictures and Geffen Records. He was thrilled to executive-produce albums by Cyndi Lauper, Public Image Ltd, White Zombie, and Nina Simone. 

Don't ever hide your sparkle. Julia Gray (Washington Post, The Ringer) and Drew H. have taken to their beds to discuss Season 2, Episode 5 of Gossip Girl. This episode has it all: independent studies, broken-down doll hair, Lily posing for Robert Mapplethorpe, Julia's fancy new tray, and how Longlegs made Drew realize he was scared of the Devil. XOXO, Girls Room. Follow Girls Room on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Drew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Julia on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We meet Sir Elton John and David Furnish to discuss their epic, brand new exhibition Fragile Beauty. Opening this weekend, Saturday, 18 May 2024 at the V&A South Kensington.An unparalleled selection of the world's leading photographers, telling the story of modern and contemporary photography. Discover iconic images across subjects such as fashion, celebrity, reportage and the male body. This exclusive episode was recorded in person at the South of France home of Elton & David.Showcasing over three hundred rare prints from 140 photographers, Fragile Beauty is a major presentation of twentieth- and twenty-first-century photography, on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish. Selected from over seven thousand images, the photographs—many of which are on public display for the first time—are era-defining images that explore both the strength and vulnerability inherent to the human condition.Over the past 30 years, Sir Elton John and David Furnish have carefully built an unrivalled collection of photography. Remarkable in its range and depth, it's a who's who of photographer and subject ranging across disciplines from fashion and film to landscape and reportage.This interview is also included in the accompanying new book which presents 150 of the most important photographs from artists including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Zanele Muholi, Helmut Newton, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei. Featuring an afterword from Sam Taylor-Johnson and an in-depth interview with Sir Elton John and David Furnish by Russell Tovey and Robert Diament, as well as curatorial insights into themes within the collection - Fragile Beauty shares images that are beautiful, dynamic, striking, sometimes disturbing but always inspiring. Buy the book from Waterstone's, the V&A gift shop or wherever you buy your books.Follow @VAMuseum @EltonJohn @DavidFurnishVisit: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/fragile-beauty-photographs-from-the-sir-elton-john-and-david-furnish-collectionBuy tickets from the V&A, £20.Exhibition runs from 18th May 2024 – 5th January, 2025Victoria & Albert Museum, Londonwww.vam.ac.ukSpecial thanks to Elton & David, their collection curator Newell Harbin and their wonderful team at Rocket. Thank you to the incredible V&A curator Lydia Caston and the entire museum team including Rebecca Fortey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous photographers in the world—and one of the most controversial. When his work came to Cincinnati in 1990, it would be at the center of a vicious fight over obscenity and the First Amendment, one that threatened the future of art in America. This episode of One Year was written by Evan Chung, One Year's senior producer. It was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Olivia Briley. It was edited by Josh Levin, One Year's editorial director, with Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate's executive producer of narrative podcasts. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. Join Slate Plus to get a special behind-the-scenes conversation at the end of our season about how we put together our 1990 stories. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous photographers in the world—and one of the most controversial. When his work came to Cincinnati in 1990, it would be at the center of a vicious fight over obscenity and the First Amendment, one that threatened the future of art in America. This episode of One Year was written by Evan Chung, One Year's senior producer. It was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Olivia Briley. It was edited by Josh Levin, One Year's editorial director, with Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate's executive producer of narrative podcasts. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. Join Slate Plus to get a special behind-the-scenes conversation at the end of our season about how we put together our 1990 stories. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous photographers in the world—and one of the most controversial. When his work came to Cincinnati in 1990, it would be at the center of a vicious fight over obscenity and the First Amendment, one that threatened the future of art in America. This episode of One Year was written by Evan Chung, One Year's senior producer. It was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Olivia Briley. It was edited by Josh Levin, One Year's editorial director, with Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate's executive producer of narrative podcasts. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. Join Slate Plus to get a special behind-the-scenes conversation at the end of our season about how we put together our 1990 stories. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices