Robert Mapplethorpe

Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion That title may be the perfect tongue-in-cheek label for this retrospective of a 6-foot, 7-inch, 350-pound artist who presents himself as a hilariously creative lummox. A fan of Buster Keaton and a student of Paul...

SEPT. 7. Infrastructures: Photographs by Bryan Whitney. Photographic images of communication towers emphasizing the complexity and mystery of some of the most distinctive structures in the contemporary landscape. (Reception Sept. 21.) Anthony Giordano...

A placard in the lobby warns, "Some of the works in this exhibition may not be suitable for all audiences." Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe made his name through his controversial homoerotic works, and while there is some of that on view at the Whitney'...

So much art, so little time. How to best navigate the Los Angeles gallery and museum scene? Here are critic's previews, openings and continuing shows for the week beginning Thursday, June 26. Critic's Preview Christopher Knight, Times Art Critic Chris &...

ASPECIAL energy was crackling among the ladies refreshing their ikebana arrangements in the strikingly unusual exhibition "Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art" at the Japanese American National Museum. In two days, the crown prince of Japan was...

Jesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial privilege, died Friday. He was 86. Helms, who won...

Middle Village's location between Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Jamaica Turnpike no longer has as much relevance as it did at its founding in the early 19th century. But with three large cemeteries surrounding it and only one subway line, the Queens...

To be sure, 'Gapification' (the proliferation of retail chains like the Gap, Banana Republic, Pottery Barn and others) is widespread and malls abound, but countless offbeat shops in LA's many distinct neighbourhoods will reward those with a knack for...

Wednesday night, the latest chapter in one of the most heated debates on art, culture and morality to ever hit the entertainment industry will be played out in front of millions on national television. Eminem -- who has sold millions of albums with songs...

Unbelievably opulent decorative works, unsettling photographs of contemporary atrocities and an overview of the history of the nude in American art are the dominant themes in major exhibitions at Connecticut art venues this summer. At Hartford's...

The delicate blossom of Schlumbergera, commonly known as the Christmas cactus, blooms once a year for just a day and a half. So when the plant in Bethesda artist Amy Lamb's home began to show signs of flowering re-cently, she got her camera ready. Lamb,...

‘Erotic art -- I hate the term,” said Daniel Gluck, founder and executive director of the new Museum of Sex on Fifth Avenue and 27th Street. "It really brings up an image of a certain quality, and that quality is tacky and cheesy.” Certainly nothing at...