David Bowie isopened last week at the V&A Museum, gracing Londonites with the ultimate, long-awaited treasure trove of all things Bowie. Oh good. Good for you, friends across the pond who get to bask in vast psychedelic projections of Bowie throughout his life, gape at personal knickknacks like his prized Diamond Dogs-era coke spoon, and wander through a magical, peephole-filled interactive Bowie funhouse, being guided along the way by that sexy, legendary voice of his. Good for you.
Brimming with original documents, art, poems, and relics — courtesy of the David Bowie Archive — the show is most definitely worth a visit if you’re in London. Or Europe in general. GO ON, you bastards. I’ll be here, pouting in my tear-streaked Ziggy Stardust makeup.
David Bowie is, The David Bowie Archives, Mar 23- Aug 11, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
The acclaimed London "David Bowie is" retrospective all Bowie everything exhibit is touring and going to Canada first. "Spanning five decades and featuring more than 300 objects from Bowie’s personal archive, this totally immersive multimedia show celebrates the groundbreaking artist’s collaborations in the fields of fashion, sound, theatre, art and film" and…
Catholic League president Bill Donahue is putting on his art critic hat once again. The man who once made a really shitty parody of Andres Serrano's Piss Christ is now taking aim at David Bowie, whose latest music video featured a whole ton of not-very-nice Christian imagery. Donahue calls Bowie a "switch-hitting,…
The Thin White Duke himself returned today with his first new music in 10 years, the somber piano ballad "Where Are We Now?" The track is accompanied by a bizarre, impressionistic video in which a balloon-headed David Bowie sits with another unnamed person and croons as the song's lyrics and…