Grace Jones and Andre Leon Talley at Studio 54
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A former star of the Studio 54 disco scene, she is known for her androgynous appearance, bold features, and subversive antics, making her one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s. A...
Silver Gelatin
$25,000
Chevalier André Leon Talley on the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, 30 June 2013
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Halston and André Leon Talley, Tanglewood, Massachusetts
By Harry Benson
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer
Archival Pigment
Anna Wintour, Andre Leon Talley, and Patrick McCarthy, Paris
By Harry Benson
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer. Larger sizes also available.
Archival Pigment
Jean-Michel Basquiat at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1 October 1985
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Tête de Cochon, Les Halles at Rungis, France, June 1984
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
La Chasse au Cerf, Normandie, France, September 1975
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Yanomami, Amazonia, Brazil, January 1995
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
Bunny Lambert Mellon’s gardens, Upperville, Virginia, 1 June 2010
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Liu Ye in his studio with muse, Beijing, 16 May 2007
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Dianne Brill and her sister Morri Brill
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Party guests included Andre Leon Talley, Jed Johnson, Dianne Brill, Marcus Leatherdale, Sylvia Miles, John Sex, Edwige, Larissa, Keith Haring and Juan Dubose.
Silver Gelatin
Wm. F. and Pat Buckley at The New York Public Library, 19 May 1988
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol and His Corsets at the Fourth Factory, New York, 1986
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Andy Warhol and His Corsets at the Fourth Factory, New York, 1986
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Elaine's Kitchen - Andy Warhol and Elaine, New York, 1976
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Diana Vreeland at home, 550 Park Avenue, New York, 21 July 1979
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Villa Cetinale, Siena, Italy, May 2012
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Bunny Mellon’s potting shed in Upperville, Virginia, 31 May 2010
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
at the Darulaman Palace, Kabul, August 2003
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Villa Cetinale, Siena Italy, May 2012
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
$12,000
Martha Graham with Madonna & Calvin Klein at New York City Center, October 1990
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Bunny Lambert Mellon’s potting shed, Upperville, Virginia, 31 May 2010
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Grand Salon of Karl Lagerfeld, 51 Rue de l'Université, Paris
By Pierre Bergian
Located in New York, NY
The pieces would go on to fill Lagerfeld’s home from the 1980s to the 2000s: the 10,753-square-foot ground floor apartment at the Hôtel Pozzo di Borgo, built in 1707 on Paris’s Left ...
Oil, Charcoal, Wood Panel
John Chamberlain at Kim Esteve’s bar, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 1994
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Diana Vreeland, Chelsea, New York City, 1981
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awar...
Archival Pigment
Arthur Miller and Inge Morath at home, Connecticut, August 23, 1991
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awar...
Archival Pigment
Brassaï at Eze-Village, May 1982
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awar...
Archival Pigment
Baby Carriage, Paris, 1974
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awar...
Archival Pigment
Cindy Sherman in her New York Studio, 14 September 1993
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Elaine's Kitchen - Andy Warhol and Elaine, New York, 1976
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Saturday Night Live in Elaine's Kitchen, 1976
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Emma in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, April 1984
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
On the Sofa at the Real Dolls Factory, San Diego, 19 February 2015
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Ai Weiwei in his studio, Beijing, 12 May 2007
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
David Bowie, Damien Hirst, & Julian Schnabel, New York, 3 May 1996
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awar...
Archival Pigment
Ernest Hemingway's house, Ketchum, Idaho, 30 June 2011
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Jean-Paul Goude & Toukie Smith in NYC Subway, 1976
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Chez Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bel Air, California, 5 May 2007
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Hunter Thompson and Anita Bejmuk at home, Aspen, Colorado, 7 July 2002
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015–2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awar...
Archival Pigment
Linda Hutton in the attic tub, Southampton, August 1974
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
At the Real Dolls Factory, San Diego, 19 February 2015
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tom Cruise at Annabel's, London, 7 February 2015
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Brassaï noctambulating for the last time, Beaulieu, June 1984
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awar...
Archival Pigment
$12,000
Julian Schnabel at his Outdoor Studio, Montauk, New York, 13 August 2001
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Jocelyne Wildenstein at home, New York, 11 January 1998
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Andre Leon Talley
By Andy Warhol
Located in Southampton, NY
Polaroid Photo. Framed by Handmade Frames to museum standards. Stamped on verso by Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. Image comes with certi...
Polaroid
Andre Leon Talley
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Andre Leon Talley was the former editor-at-large at Vogue.
Polaroid
Sold
H 18 in W 18 in
Jean-Michel Basquiat at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1 October 1985
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Sold
H 28 in W 28 in
Charles, HRH The Prince of Wales at Highgrove, England, 21 June 2010
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Villa Cetinale, Siena, Italy, May 2012
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Emma in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, April 1984
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
At Ernest Hemingway's House, Ketchum, Idaho, 1 July 2011
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Archival Pigment
Ai Weiwei in his studio, Beijing, 12 May 2007
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Sold
H 14.5 in W 14 in
Elaine's Kitchen - Saturday Night Live, New York, January 1976
By Jonathan Becker
Located in New York, NY
A Fashionable Mind catalogues Becker’s 2015-2016 retrospective exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), curated by André Leon Talley. Becker was subsequently awa...
Platinum
Double Nuts
By Philip Colbert
Located in London, GB
Previously described by Andre Leon Talley as “the godson of Andy Warhol”, Colbert’s work provokes a unique, wholistic contemporary voice in modern pop.
Oil, Acrylic
Face
By Philip Colbert
Located in London, GB
Previously described by Andre Leon Talley as “the godson of Andy Warhol”, Colbert’s work provokes a unique, wholistic contemporary voice in modern pop.
Oil, Acrylic
Joshua Tree
By Philip Colbert
Located in London, GB
Previously described by Andre Leon Talley as “the godson of Andy Warhol”, Colbert’s work provokes a unique, wholistic contemporary voice in modern pop.
Oil, Acrylic
$18,500
H 7 in W 7 in
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe Print, Invitation to the Leo Castelli Gallery, 1981
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An invitation to "Andy Warhol: A Print Retrospective 1963-1981" held at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City, printed with the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe. Published by Caste...
Lithograph, Offset
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Metal
Male Nude Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol of an unknown man. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visu...
Silver Gelatin
Unavailable|$250,000
H 40 in W 32 in
Grace Kelly - Pop Art Screenprint Portrait of Grace Kelly, 1984
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Grace Kelly” is a color screenprint by American Pop artist, Andy Warhol from 1984. The work is edition AP 22/30 and is signed in pencil, lower right, "AP 22/30 Andy Warhol" Andy Wa...
Screen
$95,000
H 27.5 in W 21.375 in
Four stitched gelatin silver prints of Nude Male by Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a "stitched" work of a nude male model created by Andy Warhol in the last year of his tragically short life. "Between 1982 and 1987 Andy Warhol produced several hundred wor...
Thread, Silver Gelatin
Levi Jeans
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work was acquired directly from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The work is in pristine condition and has never been framed. This is a unique work which comes w...
Polaroid
Pablo Picasso "Portrait de Jacqueline"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) "Portrait de Jacqueline" 1959 (Baer 1245; Bloch 923) ...
Linocut
Photograph of Debbie Harry (Blondie), 1985
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work by Andy Warhol. The singer, songwriter, and actress Debbie Harry is an icon of 1980s punk and new wave. The lead singer of the new wave band Blondi...
Silver Gelatin
$99,500
H 8.5 in W 11 in
In the Bottom of My Garden FS II.86-105, Complete Book of 20 Lithographs, 1956
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Complete book comprising of 20 offset lithographs and cardboard cover, all hand-colored with watercolor. From the edition of unknown size. All 20 sheets bound (as issued). Minor ti...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Victor Hugo bending with torn underwear
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from th...
Silver Gelatin
Polaroid of Warhol's Flowers Silkscreen Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic taken by Andy Warhol of one of this flower paintings. The work is initialed by the artist on the front side of the polaroid. Provenance: Gift of the a...
Polaroid
$25,000
H 4.25 in W 3.375 in
Andy Warhol, Polaroid Photograph of OJ Simpson Holding a Football, 1977
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
O.J. Simpson is a former NFL running back who played for the San Francisco 49ers. Following his retirement from football, he went on to have a successful acting career before making ...
Polaroid
Liza Minnelli, Halston and Martha Graham
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol. The daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, Liza Minnelli became a successful actress and singer, winning an Academy...
Silver Gelatin
Bianca Jagger with Alana Stewart on Her Birthday
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Photograph of Bianca Jagger holding a birthday cake for Alana Stewart on her birthday by Andy Warhol in 1985. This photograph is published in "Andy Warhol Party Book". Image dimensi...
Silver Gelatin
Ladies and Gentlemen (Marsha P. Johnson)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
Polaroid
Andy Warhol, Photograph of Valentino (Garavani), 1973
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The Italian fashion designer Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani founded the couture label Valentino in 1960. Image dimensions: 4.25 x 3.375 Framed dimensions: 11 x 10.5 in. Work...
Polaroid
With a style at once impactful, reflective and irreverent, photographer Jonathan Becker belongs more to the artistic than the documentarian realm, masterfully capturing a theatrical sense of the unexpected as he offers glimpses into rarefied worlds.
Bea Feitler — the late, legendary artistic director responsible for vamping up Harper’s Bazaar and Rolling Stone in the 1960s and ’70s — gave Becker his first big break, in 1981, when she asked him to submit images for the relaunch of Vanity Fair.
Becker, who was 26 at the time, had already been the first Paris-based photographer for W magazine and had forged a close friendship with French-Hungarian Surrealist photographer Brassaï, who was then in his 70s. By this age, too, Becker had also developed an enviable reputation as a portrait photographer working on Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine and alongside Slim Aarons and Norman Parkinson at Town & Country, although he knew not to step on his famous colleagues’ toes. “I was a young little interloper,” he says. “I learned more by listening and watching those giants than by trying to engage in any direct interactions with them.”
The young photographer, who was moonlighting at the time as a New York City cab driver, hadn’t dreamed that the project would put his pictures on an equal footing with those of legends of the medium: Also contributing to this debut edition were some of photography’s most revered names, including Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Helmut Newton, as well as rising star Annie Leibovitz, whose popularity had recently skyrocketed, thanks to her Rolling Stone cover picture of a naked John Lennon curled up alongside a fully clothed Yoko Ono.
That issue was a game changer in modern magazine publishing, with Vanity Fair setting the bar for engaging editorial and daring design for decades to come. It also signaled the making of a man: Becker’s talent for visual storytelling shone through in his avant-gardist tribute, and the magazine’s creative team kept him on, marking the start of his long career there.
As a regular Vanity Fair contributor, Becker operated in the highest echelons of society, traveling the world and immortalizing countless A-list movers, shakers and thinkers from the fields of fashion, culture and politics, not to mention royalty.
Becker's unconventional way of directing his eye is clearly instinctual, resulting in an unusual aesthetic that mixes perception, myth and reality in equal measure. This balance is most apparent in his famous black-and-white picture of Robert Mapplethorpe, taken in 1988 at the opening of Mapplethorpe’s retrospective exhibition at the Whitney, when the famed photographer was dying of AIDS. It is a group shot, showing various figures at different angles, in which Mapplethorpe, caught in profile and listening intently to a woman kneeling beside him, seems to stop time. The moment is heavy with emotion and also dreamlike. It is ineffably surreal.
Becker has given us Stephen King as a cross-eyed zombie (1980); Dustin Hoffman as a mischief maker, lounging on a stack of sun loungers at the Beverly Hills Hotel (2004); and Diana Vreeland as an aging Raphaelesque Madonna dressed in a voluminous black gown and sitting cross-legged in her famous red-clad living room at 550 Park Avenue (1979). The photographer, a lover of spontaneity who deftly plays with perspectives, keeps us intrigued with his open-ended narratives.
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Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.
The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.
Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.