2024-05-15
"'David Bowie is" is a newly opened exhibition showcasing the musician's creative output. The exhibition, available at the Brooklyn Museum, will be open to visitors until 15 July this year.
The archive on display consists of around 400 objects mainly from the David Bowie Archive. The collection includes, among others more than 60 of the artist's costumes (including six designed by Freddie Burretti for Ziggy Stardust and seven designed by Kansai Yamamoto for Aladdin Sane), drawings by the artist (including a sketch for the cover of the album Young American), oil paintings manuscripts of song lyrics, original artwork and photographs from albums, photographs and video clips showing Bowie's creative process, from his teenage years in England to the last twenty years spent in New York. The archive material is presented in the form of a multimedia, immersive installation, which includes a soundtrack and coexisting - animation and video.
The suggested ticket price was 16 dollars but has been raised to $20 on a weekday and $25 on weekends.
The Brooklyn Museum has also introduced VIP tickets called "Aladdin Sane" - which is also the name of an album released by Bowie in 1973. The VIP package, priced at $2,500, allows access to a private part of the collection, which is made available to those interested after the exhibition closes to other visitors. The special ticket also offers a set of official products from Bowie's shop, an exclusive limited edition print, a private guided tour of the exhibition, and a year's subscription to the museum.