While his photos of gay men brought infamy to the late Robert Mapplethorpe, his pictures of women brought fame, glamour and entree into Manhattan's most fashionable salons. In the late 1970s and '80s he photographed many of the era's most gorgeous women -- writers, musicians, artists, models and actresses, including Isabella Rossellini, the sensuous star seen here. With her alabaster skin, sleek hair and fawn eyes, Rossellini is a classic Mapplethorpe gal, as cool and aloof as ancient marble. Weinstein Gallery's show, opening Friday, offers a stellar roster from the period, including Grace Jones, Lynn Davis, Alice Neel, Kathleen Turner, Debbie Harry and Rossellini, of course. As novelist Joan Didion observed, they appear to be "inhabitants of a world in which survival depends on the ability to seduce, beguile, conspire, deceive."

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This show of new work by visual artists Drew Peterson and Kristina Paabus combines traditional printmaking with sculptural and installation elements to push the boundaries of perception. While Peterson frequently collaborates with printmakers and painters such as Anthem Heart and Eric Inkala, Paabus is a relative unknown to the Minneapolis art scene, although she took part in the collaborative mural on the side of the Nomad World Pub. This will be her first local show after attending the Art Institute of Chicago for the past two years. First Amendment's opening party will be followed by live music by Doomtree's Cecil Otter and BRLSQOTHEQUE DJs.

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