The actor, 80, took the stage at Art Basel Miami Beach for a conversation with French artist JR, and two of his children — Drena and Julian De Niro — were in the audience cheering him on.
At the event, the trio also spent some quality time together, and even snapped several rare family photos, which Drena, 52, shared in an Instagram post.
Julian, Robert and Drena De Niro at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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For the first photo, Robert, Drena and Julian, 28, squeezed together inside a photo booth. In another, they posed in what appeared to be a brightly colored photo op at the fair, with the Taxi Driverstar standing in the foreground while his kids extended their limbs in the background.
The group also posed in front of some art pieces and, in a couple of snaps, they were even joined by Robert’s panel co-host, JR. In one photo, all four of them did the same pose, looking up and to the side while backdropped by a black-and-white photograph.
Julian, Robert and Drena De Niro at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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“It’s a family affair,” Drena wrote in the caption. “24 hrs of much needed joy, laughs, art, family time and friendship. What more can one ask for ♥️ð«¶ð½ð.”
Also in the post, she paid tribute to her late son — and Robert’s late grandson — Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez.
In the final slide, she shared a photo of a mural that was painted in honor of Leandro, who died earlier this year of an accidental overdose at age 19. The mural is located in Wynwood, a neighborhood in Miami known for its colorful murals.
From left: Julian De Niro, Robert De Niro, artist JR and Drena De Niro at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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The mural is a black-and-white portrait of Leandro, and features a red heart around his eye. It says, “You can’t spell love without Leo,” a reference to a video of Leandro from his childhood, which Drena has previously shared on Instagram.
She also dedicated a separate post to the mural, sharing photos of herself, Julian and Robert posing in front of it. In one picture, the family also posed with the artist who painted the mural.
“Thank you @_cyst1_ for this incredibly moving tribute to our beautiful Leo,” Drena wrote alongside the post. “Thank you Marelos for making it happen on this quick trip for us to experience this moment together. Pedro you brought much healing to mine, @juliansden and our dad’s heart with this beautiful mural. #cantspelllovewithoutleo #wynwood #miami #mural #leandroforever ð¤ð«¶ð½♥️ð️✨.”
Robert shares Drena and son Raphael, 47, with his first wife, actress Diahnne Abbott. He shares Julian, as well as Julian’s twin, Aaron, 28, with his former girlfriend, model and actress Toukie Smith.
The Oscar winner also shares son Elliot, 24, and daughter Helen Grace, 11, with his ex-wife, Grace Hightower, as well as an 8-month-old daughter, Gia, with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
In 2020, Robert opened up to PEOPLE about his parenting style, revealing that he encourages his children to reach for their dreams.
“For my kids, I tell them, ‘If you want to be an actor or you want to do this or that, that’s fine as long as you’re happy. Just don’t sell yourself short,’” he said.
He added, “That’s the most I would say — push yourself a little more and reach for what you really think it is you want to do. Don’t be afraid. It’s important for them to find their own lane.”
The actor and art connoisseur also said that becoming a father changed the way he saw the world.
“When you become a parent, there are certain things that you become more aware of, more sensitive about,” he told PEOPLE, adding that watching his parents, artists Virginia and Robert De Niro Sr., helped to nurture his own sense of creativity.
“It’s not like my family sat around the table and talked about art, but they led by example. Expression through music, movies, acting, dance, whatever — those are expressions that people need to connect to,” he said. “Whether it’s going to museums, theaters, movies, TV, whatever. We need that. It’s part of our culture, part of our society. It’s essential that it’s there.”
LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back.
More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the two dots over the e in their surname.
The dots — which indicate that the name is pronounced “brontay” rather than “bront” — were omitted when the stone tablet commemorating Charlotte, Emily and Anne was erected in the abbey’s Poets’ Corner in October 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II.
They were restored after Brontë historian Sharon Wright, editor of the Brontë Society Gazette, raised the issue with Dean of Westminster David Hoyle. The abbey asked its stonemason to tap in the dots and its conservator to paint them.
“There’s no paper record for anyone complaining about this or mentioning this, so I just wanted to put it right, really,” Wright said. “These three Yorkshire women deserve their place here, but they also deserve to have their name spelled correctly.”
It’s believed the writers’ Irish father Patrick changed the spelling of his surname from Brunty or Prunty when he went to university in England.
Raised on the wild Yorkshire moors, all three sisters died before they were 40, leaving enduring novels including Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” and Anne’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.”
Rebecca Yorke, director of the Brontë Society, welcomed the restoration.
“As the Brontës and their work are loved and respected all over the world, it’s entirely appropriate that their name is spelled correctly on their memorial,” she said.
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