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Mapplethorpe

And now for your update on Things About Town. Mapplethorpe Maniahas arrived in New York in...

And now for your update on Things About Town. Mapplethorpe Mania
has arrived in New York in the form of a retrospective
exhibition that opens July 28th at the Whitney Museum
of American Art. Oh

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And now for your update
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on Things About Town.
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Mapplethorpe Mania has arrived in New York
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in the form of a retrospective exhibition that opens July 28th
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at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Oh.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:22
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
drama, history
Production
Interloper Films,Boston Diva Productions,Blue Creek Pictures,Silver Lining Entertainment,You're Outta Control Pictures

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Movie Summary

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
These are the deepest blacks I have ever seen. - Mapplethorpe 00:06
These are the deepest blacks I have ever seen.
Someone came by yesterday - Mapplethorpe 00:05
Someone came by yesterday
Now, let's wrap Thomas and Dovanna - Mapplethorpe 00:08
Now, let's wrap Thomas and Dovanna
And let's wrap Donald in rich red silk. - Mapplethorpe 00:07
And let's wrap Donald in rich red silk.
I mean, people will be expecting some cock. - Mapplethorpe 00:05
I mean, people will be expecting some cock.
Maybe try putting your arms - Mapplethorpe 00:05
Maybe try putting your arms
He was just a Spanish street urchin, - Mapplethorpe 00:05
He was just a Spanish street urchin,
But he's got a dictionary, - Mapplethorpe 00:04
But he's got a dictionary,
Okay, can you make sure you put this - Mapplethorpe 00:05
Okay, can you make sure you put this
It's a battle between good and evil. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
It's a battle between good and evil.
Knowing that I've captured those things in my work. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Knowing that I've captured those things in my work.
Knowing that my work will outlive me. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Knowing that my work will outlive me.
Even that which we deem obscene, - Mapplethorpe 00:07
Even that which we deem obscene,
I wonder what it's like to be your subject. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
I wonder what it's like to be your subject.
Oh, you look absolutely heavenly, Father. - Mapplethorpe 00:04
Oh, you look absolutely heavenly, Father.
The first time I came to this museum, - Mapplethorpe 00:08
The first time I came to this museum,
But I always remember these lights. - Mapplethorpe 00:05
But I always remember these lights.
I'm curating the ICA exhibition, - Mapplethorpe 00:07
I'm curating the ICA exhibition,
- Oh. - So, the entire range - Mapplethorpe 00:06
- Oh. - So, the entire range
From your most hard-core imagery, - Mapplethorpe 00:06
From your most hard-core imagery,