Mapplethorpe, Robert (1946-1989)
Robert Mapplethorpe's photography has become overshadowed by the controversy that surrounds much of it. Looking beyond the stir that his images generated reveal...
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Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) was a controversial American photographer whose work centered on still lifes (mainly flower images), portraiture, and figurative work which was sexually explicit and se...
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The Supreme Court decided Tuesday to hold an appeal hearing over
a damages suit filed by a Tokyo businessman who was not allowed to
bring into the country a book of photos containing some sho...
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2 killed, 11 injured in Philippines lower house lobby blast
MANILA - An explosion occurred in the entrance lobby of the
Philippines' House of Representatives in Manila on Tuesday...
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TOKYO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A publisher has taken to Japan's
top court his eight-year fight over the banning of imported
images of male genitals in a book of pictures by the late
American photograph...
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Ethiopian adoption agency backs Angelina Jolie ADDIS ABABA (Reu...
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Clarissa Dalrymple
"Next year, in 2007, I think it's like the year of the suicide—the art world commits suicide," said Vasif Kortun. "It starts with Moscow, and then there's the Emirates, an...
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Following is a summary of odd news briefs compiled from
stories that have run separately and are available in full on
the file.
Pedophile allowed to work in kindergarten BERLIN (Reuters) - A con...
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Recently I asked a 15-year-old boy what music he listened to. His answer: "No one you ever heard of." A perfect answer. Because what every fan needs, what every person should have, is music ...
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At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the re...
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At the risk of blowing a good thing—you know, like when The New York Times runs a feature on a restaurant or neighborhood, thereby increasing its visibility and making it difficult for the re...
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