Striped bodysuit for Aladdin Sane tour 1973, Design: Kansai Yamamoto, Photo: Masayoshi Sukita © Sukita The David Bowie Archive 2012

The V&A gallery has been given unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie.

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The exhibition will explore the broad range of Bowie’s collaborations with artists and designers in the fields of fashion, sound, graphics, theatre, art and film. On display will be more than 300 objects including Ziggy Stardust bodysuits (1972) designed by Freddie Burretti, photography by Brian Duffy; album sleeve artwork by Guy Peellaert and Edward Bell; visual excerpts from films and live performances including The Man Who Fell to Earth, music videos such as Boys Keep Swinging and set designs created for the Diamond Dogs tour (1974).

Alongside these will be more personal items such as never-before-seen storyboards, handwritten set lists and lyrics as well as some of Bowie’s own sketches, musical scores and diary entries, revealing the evolution of his creative ideas.

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Date: March 23th – August 11th, 2013
Open: 10:00 – 17:45, (Friday till 22:00)
Place: Victoria & Albert Museum
Address: Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 2000
https://www.vam.ac.uk