Bologna's MAMBo hosts David Bowie show

(ANSA) - Bologna, July 14 - Bologna is the sole Italian stop on an international tour of David Bowie's visual autobiography after the musical legend passed away earlier this year. The exhibition titled 'David Bowie Is' will be on display at the city's Museum of Modern Art (MAMBo) through November 13.
    The show - which drew 1.4 million visitors in London alone in 2013 at the Victoria and Albert Museum - will then travel to Japan.
    It includes over 300 objects from the British performer's private archives, including costumes, photographs, album covers, drawings and video clips.
    Divided into three sections which cover Bowie's early years, creative process, and live music, the exhibition is a multimedia celebration of the beloved rock star's innovative career, which spanned five decades.
    "It's a unique event and a moment of growth for our museum," said Bologna's new cabinet member for culture, Bruna Gambarelli.
    Lorenzo Sassoli de Bianchi, president of the Bologna Museums Institute, said that while Bowie had always opposed the idea of a biography of his life he had personally authorised this exhibition, which "transformed itself into his visual autobiography".
    This is the first time the exhibition has gone back on display following Bowie's death on January 10 of this year, and it took two months to install it in the 1,000-square-meter exhibition space. Curators Kathryn Jones and Leo Warner said the MAMBo exhibition is the most impressive thus far, thanks to the museum's architectural spaces.
    The MAMBo education department is also hosting a special project called 'Experience Bowie!', in which children and adults can participate in a series of interactive displays as well as create their own personal Bowie alter ego.
    As a tribute to the exhibition's opening, on Thursday there will be a screening of the 1976 Nicolas Roeg film 'The Man Who Fell to Earth', which starred Bowie as an alien named Thomas who came to look for water for his home planet.
    'David Bowie Is' is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00-19:00, and on Thursdays until 23:00.