Exhibitions
David Bowie is

A blockbuster exhibition travelling the world has become a record of the life of a cultural icon


The David Bowie retrospective at Groninger Museum in Groningen, the Netherlands, took on a new meaning after the death of the singer on 10 January. Tickets sold out as fans flocked to the museum to pay tribute to the star, with the museum opening its doors on the day of Bowie’s death to grieving fans and adding a condolence book for visitors to sign. The museum sold more than 30,000 tickets the following week. The blockbuster exhibition, David Bowie is, has been seen by 1.3 million people worldwide since it first opened at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in 2013. It heads to Japan in 2017.

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