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David Bowie Exhibition at Victoria & Albert Museum in London (PHOTOS)

See highlights from the exhibition David Bowie Is opening in London this week, by Isabel Wilkinson

By Isabel WilkinsonMar 20, 2013

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-tease_fjz4vu — Design by Brian Duffy and Celia Philo, make up by Pierre La Roche

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-01_bffro5 — David Bowie’s on a roll: he turned 66 in January, released his first album in a decade, and now is the subject of a sweeping new exhibition, David Bowie Is, at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. The show includes 300 items from Bowie’s archives, including photographs, music videos, handwritten lyrics, and (of course) some pretty outrageous costumes. One standout: the Ziggy Stardust bodysuits designed by Freddie Burretti in 1972. See highlights from the exhibition, which opens March 23 and runs through August 11.

Left design by Brian Duffy and Celia Philo, make up by Pierre La Roche
(c) Duffy Archive

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-06_widhob — Photograph by Roy Ainsworth
Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-08_f6xyup — Design by Kansai Yamamoto. Photograph by Masayoshi Sukita
(c) Sukita / The David Bowie Archive 2012

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-03_xfcqd3 — Photograph by Terry O'Neill. Hand colouring by David Bowie.
Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-05_zptubd — Design by David Bowie, film stills by David James
Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive 2012. Film stills (c) STUDIOCANAL Films Ltd

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-09_kxvbvp — Photograph by John Rowlands
(c) John Robert Rowlands

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-02_nulmnh — David Bowie
(c) The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-07_atrzqt — David Bowie
(c) The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images

galleries/2013/03/20/david-bowie-exhibition-at-victoria-albert-museum-in-london-photos/130313-david-bowie-v-and-a-04_tbebbw — Union Jack coat designed by Alexander McQueen in collaboration with David Bowie
Photograph by Frank W Ockenfels 3. (c) Frank W Ockenfels

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