Dec 5, 2011
Mapplethorpe’s “Fireplace with Flower,” 1986. Sofia Coppola has curated a Paris exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs. Gallery Thaddaeus Ropac partnered with the Mapplethorpe foundation and asked the filmmaker to assemble a new show, pulling from their vast archives.

Mapplethorpe’s “Fireplace with Flower,” 1986.

Sofia Coppola has curated a Paris exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs. Gallery Thaddaeus Ropac partnered with the Mapplethorpe foundation and asked the filmmaker to assemble a new show, pulling from their vast archives.