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Stanley Kubrick. Barbie. Tim Burton. Wes Anderson.
What do these names have in common, apart from the makings of an incredible dinner party line-up? Answer: they’ve all been recent subjects of sell-out Design Museum exhibitions.
Anderson, one the 21st century’s great cinematic stylists, is the latest auteur to be sharing his props, art, designs and archive with the world via ‘Wes Anderson: The Archives’.
A collaboration between the Design Museum and Paris’s la Cinémathèque française, it’s the first major museum exhibition devoted to Wes Anderson’s work and will feature more than 30 years’ of the Texan’s archival materials and a comprehensive pan through his filmography.
There’ll be more than 700 objects to peruse, includingl storyboards, polaroids, sketches, paintings, handwritten notebooks, puppets, miniature models and costumes.
Highlights include a model of the Grand Budapest Hotel, Margot Tenenbaum’s Fendi coat from The Royal Tenenbaums and stop motion puppets from The Life Aquatic and Fantastic Mr Fox.
There’ll be also be a rare chance to see where it all started, with Anderson’s 1993 short Bottle Rocket, the film that would become his feature debut, screening at the exhibition.
The exhibition opens on Friday, November 21 and runs until July 26, 2026.
Head to the Design Museum website for more info and to book tickets.
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