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David Bowie Exhibit Coming To The Art Gallery Of Ontario

Bowie Exhibit Coming To Toronto
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The Art Gallery Of Ontario is getting another star-studded exhibit. The Toronto gallery announced that the official David Bowie exhibit will be making its way to Canada and showing from September 25 to November 27.

David Bowie Is, the exhibit currently being shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, features more than 300 objects from the iconic singer's private archive.

From the AGO's press release:

Acclaimed by the New York Times as “united in sound and vision in a way rarely seen in a museum,” David Bowie is marks the first international exhibition devoted to the British-born musician and performer (born David Robert Jones in 1947), who has sold more than 140 million albums to date throughout his genre-defying career. Organized thematically, the show immerses visitors in a spectacular and interactive trip through Bowie’s numerous personae and legendary performances, with particular attention paid to his artistic influences. His experiments with Surrealism, German Expressionism, Music Hall, mime and Japanese Kabuki performance are all explored in an explosion of colour, light and sound.

The V & A show has broken audience records, with some 50,000 advanced tickets sold to the show, reports Reuters.

This is not the first time that the AGO has worked with a rock and roll icon. Earlier this year, the gallery staged an exhibit and performance by punk pioneer Patti Smith.

Check out some images from the Victoria and Albert exhibit:

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Costumes seen at the VIP reception for the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the V&A Museum in London on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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Costumes seen at the VIP reception for the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the V&A Museum in London on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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Costumes seen at the VIP reception for the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the V&A Museum in London on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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A reflection of the costume that David Bowie wore as Ziggy Stardust on tour and during a performance of 'Starman' on British pop music show Top of The Pops, is photographed as part of a retrospective David Bowie exhibition, entitled David Bowie Is, at the V&A Museum in west London, Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013, thats features 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments.(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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Costumes seen at the VIP reception for the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the V&A Museum in London on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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Costumes seen at the VIP reception for the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the V&A Museum in London on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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An outfit David Bowie wore on the Serious Moonlight Tour, is photographed as part of a retrospective David Bowie exhibition, entitled David Bowie Is, at the V&A Museum in west London, Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013, that features 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments.(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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David Bowie appears on a giant screen with various costumes he performed in, as part of a retrospective David Bowie exhibition, entitled David Bowie Is, at the V&A Museum in west London, Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013, that features 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments.(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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The Alexander McQueen tyre-print suit which David Bowie wore to promote the album' Outside', is photographed as part of a retrospective David Bowie exhibition, entitled David Bowie Is, at the V&A Museum in west London, Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013, that features 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments.(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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A photographer is seen taking pictures of a retrospective David Bowie exhibition, entitled David Bowie Is, depicting Bowie's move from surburbia to soho, along with his Harptone acoustic guitar, at the V&A Museum in west London, Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013. The exhibition features 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments.(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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A cobweb costume with fake hands that David Bowie appeared on television with, is photographed as part of a retrospective Bowie exhibition, entitled David Bowie Is, at the V&A Museum in west London, Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013, that features 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments.(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
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The 'Starman' costume from David Bowie's appearance on 'Top of the Pops' in 1972 is displayed at the 'David Bowie is' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum in central London on March 20, 2013. Running March 23 to August 11, the exhibition features more than 300 objects that include handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 20: David Bowies lightning bolt logo is displayed at the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum on March 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 20: A selection of David Bowie photographs is displayed at the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum on March 20, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: A costume designed by Japanese designer Kansai Yamamoto for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust character is display at the Victoria and Albert museums' new major exhibition, 'British Design 1948-2012: Innovation In The Modern Age' on March 28, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition showcases some of the most iconic product design, fashion, furniture, graphics, architecture and fine art from the last 60 years, and opens to the public from March 31, 2012. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

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