This image of Mick Rock can be found in the illustrated book The Rise of David Bowie, 1972-1973
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David Bowie’s archive has been donated to the UK’s Victoria & Albert Museum. It includes over 80,000 items from the musician’s estate. These include letters and song lyrics, photos, music awards, costumes and instruments, and stage sets.
In addition, according to the V&A Museum, the fundus includes “intimate writings, trains of thought and unrealized projects, most of which have never been seen publicly before”. Some items were part of the David Bowie Is traveling exhibit from 2013 to 2018, including the brightly striped Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit and the Union Jack coat the musician wore on the cover of Earthling.
From 2025, the exhibits will be on view at the David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts in Stratford, London. According to museum director Tristram Hunt, they should become an inspirational “source for the Bowie of tomorrow”. For this purpose, a new building will be erected on the former site of the 2012 Olympic Games. The project is being realized through a £10 million donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group.
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