Mapplethorpe + Mannerism

The Guggenheim's forthcoming exhibition, pairing photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe with Flemish Mannerist paintings, looks like it will be exquisite. Noted:

The electric potency of love, which informs many of the Mannerist works in the exhibition, is expressed as well in the work of Robert Mapplethorpe, whose sometimes-shocking photographs reveal compelling strength and a nervous energy.

Opening July 1.