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Letters and Ephemera: Anne MacDonald, Sam Wagstaff, Robert Mapplethorpe

The connection between Anne MacDonald (1942 – 2018) and Sam Wagstaff (1921 – 1987) dates back to the early 1970s when she was on the Board of Trustees at the Detroit Institute of Art where he was a curator. Despite her title, MacDonald was still in her 20s and…

Robert Mapplethorpe Controversy, Artforum (entire magazine), September, 1989.

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Robert Mapplethorpe’s self-portrait is projected onto the facade of the Corcoran Gallery of Art during a demonstration protesting the cancellation of the exhibition “The Perfect Moment.”