Patti smith robert mapplethorpe

A new limited-edition book by photographer Lloyd Ziff documents the first ever shoot Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe did together, back when they were young lovers and aspiring artists navigating the heady days of Sixties New York.

They were New York before New York knew what to do with them. They were lovers, best friends, fellow survivors. Patti Smith & Robert Mapplethorpe both became art-world legends and ’70s icons of radical downtown bohemia. Now Smith finally opens up about their days together, living at the Chelsea Hotel, buying art supplies before food, mixing with Warhol superstars and future rock gods, and doing whatever they had to do just to stay together.

The punk legend comes to town with a new memoir, Just Kids.

A new limited-edition book by photographer Lloyd Ziff documents the first ever shoot Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe did together, back when they were young lovers and aspiring artists navigating the heady days of Sixties New York.

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Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe by Kate Simon, 1979 http://bit.ly/1mCg5YK

In connection with the talk at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, we will be showing Robert Mapplethorpe’s portrait of Patti Smith, which belongs to the Moderna Museet collection. Welcome to the collection, admission is free!