Asteroid City Exhibition

Yesterday I went to see the exhibition for Wes Anderson's new film Asteroid City. I must admit it's my least favourite of his films but it was still a thrill to see the amazing costumes, props and sets featured in his undeniably colourful and quirky movie. 

The French Dispatch Exhibition

Back in 2018, I went to the excellent exhibition for the Wes Anderson movie Isle Of Dogs, featuring sets and models from the stop-motion. Three years on Anderson has a new movie, The French Dispatch (which I saw earlier this week and naturally loved) and once again the same venue has put together a dazzling exhibition featuring costumes, props, sets from the movie, and even detailed models of the buildings and rooms from the movie (I was surprised how many of the places in the film were just beautifully constructed models rather than real places, they were awesome to see up close). There was also a re-creation of the Le Sans Bangue Cafe frequented by Timothée Chalamet and the other students in the film, where you could have something to eat and drink after the exhibition. Rather nicely they also gave everyone their own copy of The French Dispatch with photos and articles inside featured in the movie. Here's a few photos I took from the exhibit, the amount of detail used from handwritten notes and drawings barely seen in the actual film, is awe-inspiring.

Isle Of Dogs exhibition

 

So after seeing and falling in love with the new Wes Anderson movie Isle Of Dogs earlier this week, I then took a trip up London to The Store X on The Strand to see the free exhibition, curated by Anderson himself, featuring the sets and models used in the actual film. Not surprisingly it was absolutely magical and well worth the 45 minute queue to get in! 

My Name Is Prince exhibition

I went to see the new Prince exhibition today after I got tickets as a birthday gift. It's being held at the O2, the same place (although different venue) where I saw Prince live ten years ago at his famous sold out 21 night-run at the O2 Arena. The two shows I saw there were incredible and made me appreciate just what an amazing performer Prince was.

Elvis at The O2 exhibition

This weekend I went to see the new Elvis exhibition at the O2, apparently the biggest display of Elvis memorabilia ever put together in Europe with over 300 artefacts from the Presley archvie, some never seen outside of Graceland before.

David Bowie Is... exhibition

I went to the excellent David Bowie Is exhibition at the V&A yesterday and, given that Bowie is pretty unlikely to tour again, it really was the next best thing and I highly recommend it.