{"id":17920,"date":"2026-03-24T09:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/?post_type=magazine&#038;p=17920"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:38:53","slug":"exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"More than just a symbol of sensuality, the beauty captured in Robert Mapplethorpe\u2019s photographs \u2013 the focus of the exhibition <em>Forms of Desire<\/em> at the Palazzo Reale in Milan \u2013 is linked to the body and to the photographer\u2019s ability to spark a visual and formal dialogue with sculpture.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThis is one of the thoughts that came up during the conversation between curator Denis Curti and Joree Adilman, Managing Director of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation in New York, whilst the important role played by the Foundation in keeping the photographer\u2019s creative legacy alive is described by Eric Johnson, a member of the Foundation\u2019s Board of Directors.","protected":false},"featured_media":17915,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categorie_magazine":[343],"class_list":["post-17920","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie_magazine-words-from-marte"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan - Marsilio Arte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting the second chapter of the exhibition trilogy that opened at Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting the second chapter of the exhibition trilogy that opened at Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marsilio Arte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarsilioArte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MarsilioArte\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/\",\"name\":\"Forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan - Marsilio Arte\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-24T08:38:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting the second chapter of the exhibition trilogy that opened at Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706,\"caption\":\"Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del desiderio, exhibition view, Palazzo Reale, Milano 2026. Photo Andrea Avezz\u00f9\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Marsilio Arte\",\"description\":\"Un nuovo spazio dove sfogliare splendidi libri illustrati e cataloghi, scoprire le mostre pi\u00f9 belle, tenersi informati sul mondo dell&#039;arte\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Marsilio Arte\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg\",\"width\":83,\"height\":77,\"caption\":\"Marsilio Arte\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarsilioArte\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarsilioArte\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marsilioarte\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC_fj23PawawSLIJQzn0mSQ\/featured\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan - Marsilio Arte","description":"Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting the second chapter of the exhibition trilogy that opened at Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan","og_description":"Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting the second chapter of the exhibition trilogy that opened at Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/","og_site_name":"Marsilio Arte","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarsilioArte","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1706,"url":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@MarsilioArte","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/","name":"Forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan - Marsilio Arte","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-24T08:38:53+00:00","description":"Palazzo Reale in Milan is hosting the second chapter of the exhibition trilogy that opened at Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\u00a9Andrea-Avezzu_AVZ-3829-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1706,"caption":"Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del desiderio, exhibition view, Palazzo Reale, Milano 2026. Photo Andrea Avezz\u00f9"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/magazine\/exhibition-robert-mapplethorpe-milan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Forms of desire: the exhibition dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe in Milan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/","name":"Marsilio Arte","description":"Un nuovo spazio dove sfogliare splendidi libri illustrati e cataloghi, scoprire le mostre pi\u00f9 belle, tenersi informati sul mondo dell&#039;arte","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#organization","name":"Marsilio Arte","url":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg","width":83,"height":77,"caption":"Marsilio Arte"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarsilioArte","https:\/\/x.com\/MarsilioArte","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marsilioarte\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC_fj23PawawSLIJQzn0mSQ\/featured"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/17920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/17920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17945,"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/17920\/revisions\/17945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie_magazine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie_magazine?post=17920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}