Skip to content

Biography Selected Works Foundation Exhibitions News Contact

Biography Selected Works Foundation Exhibitions News Contact

Palazzo Reale

Robert Mapplethorpe: Le forme del desiderio Curated by Denis Curti. Milan, Italy

January 28 - May 17, 2026

Future venue: Museo dell’Ara Pacis, Rome, May 28 - October 11, 2026

Selected Works About Back

Selected Works Thumbnails

Collage of woman sitting on a circle underneath an explosion made by Mapplethorpe

Color image of poppy taken by Mapplethorpe

Black and white Mapplethorpe portrait of Patti Smith

Black and white Mapplethorpe portrait of Joanne Russell

Black and white image of nude black man leaning elbows on a pedestal

Photo of two nude men holding hands across the body of a nude woman in between them

Black and white image of white woman with strapless dress and black male in a thong

Black and white Mapplethorpe image of nude black man seated with legs spread

Black and white Mapplethorpe image of topless, bald black man

Black and white Mapplethorpe portrait of woman with short hair

Black and white image of flower in vase on tablecloth with black geometric circle on background wall

Nude black man dancing with woman in white dress

Lisa Lyon in leotard flexing arms

Self-portrait in leather jacket and smoking a cigarette