Valentina Gualandi

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@La_manina__ No, ma non sono fascisti 🤬

[Lynn Spina @lynsys57]

I’m afraid of Americans
I’m afraid of the world
I’m afraid I can’t help it…🤷‍♀️
#BowieForever

[laura luzi @lauraluzi2]

For your future's sake, i m your candidate...
#BowieForever #DavidBowie
If only...
#StopWar ☮️

[The Bowie Bible @BowieBible]

Under Pressure was released on 26 October 1981. Credited to Queen and David Bowie, it was Bowie’s only release that year, and Queen’s second UK number one single.

"The song was written from the ground up on the night I visited their studio…"

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[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@goldrake_____

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

Bowie Shopping Spree Sweepstakes https://t.co/l77RnW67Xr

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

Check out the David Bowie Shopping Spree Sweepstakes! https://t.co/l77RnW67Xr

[The Bowie Bible @BowieBible]

24 October 1980:

David Bowie’s single Fashion is released.

Fashion was a late edition to the Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) album, and was nearly left off altogether. The single was the follow-up to the smash hit Ashes To Ashes.

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[David Bowie Official @DavidBowieReal]

DAVID BOWIE CENTRE AT V&A EAST STOREHOUSE OPENS SEPTEMBER 2025

“Waiting for the gift of sound and vision…”

This has been a long time coming since we first announced back in February of last year. (https://t.co/jMZxH9zmY1)

It gives us much pleasure to share the press release following this morning’s London press event where details about V&A East Storehouse (https://t.co/nu5TKg82Vw) including an Order an Object service, new acquisitions, a reveal of opening displays and more about the David Bowie Centre were presented.

With introductions from the V&A’s Deputy Director Tim Reeve and V&A East's Director Gus Casely-Hayford there was also a panel discussion led by Naz Hamdi, along with a sneak peek inside V&A East Storehouse’s Collections Hall.

Keep reading for more information including details of the images presented here...

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Opening on 13 September 2025, V&A East Storehouse’s free to access David Bowie Centre will be the new home of David Bowie’s archive, recently acquired by the V&A through the generosity of the David Bowie Estate, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group. For the first time, the archive of 90,000+ items, which traces Bowie’s creative processes as a musical innovator, cultural icon, and advocate for self-expression and reinvention, will be accessible to everyone. Highlights include stage costumes such as Bowie’s breakthrough Ziggy Stardust ensembles designed by Freddie Burretti (1972), lyrics for songs including Fame (1975), Heroes (1977) and Ashes to Ashes (1980), as well as examples of the ‘cut up’ method of writing introduced to Bowie by the writer William Burroughs.

Split into three separate zones, the David Bowie Centre will have a mix of small, curated displays and audio-visual installations. There will also be quieter study areas, where visitors can delve into all aspects of Bowie’s archive on their own. From Bowie’s iconic costume to musical instruments, make-up charts, stage models, Oblique Strategies card decks, personal notes, writings, lyrics and music, sketches, designs and more, at V&A East Storehouse, visitors can get closer to David Bowie than ever before.

To develop the inaugural David Bowie Centre displays, the curatorial team consulted with 18–25-year-olds from the four Olympic Boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest through London Legacy Development Corporation and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s Elevate Youth Voice. The small displays spotlight the wide range of objects within the archive and Bowie’s multi-dimensional creative approach, including his unrealised projects, collaborations, and influences. They also reveal the stories behind the creation of some of Bowie’s iconic albums and personas from Aladdin Sane to The Thin White Duke, and his significant influence on creatives from Lana del Rey to Lil Nas X and Issey Miyake. A series of rotating guest curators – including Bowie’s collaborators, experts, contemporary creatives, and young people from V&A East’s Youth Collective – will also be invited to share their insights and perspectives on the archive.

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More details regarding schedules, events and access to follow.

📸 Photo credits

Bowie live onstage in 1973 images by Mick Rock

Items from the David Bowie Archive being prepared ahead of the David Bowie Centre opening at V&A East Storehouse © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Bowie promoting Rebel Rebel in 1974 by Barry Schultz

#BowieArchiveVAM #VnAEastStorehouse #DavidBowieCentre

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@iantheCROAT Blackstar ⚡

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@othingstodo_com Sometimes. It's too expensive

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@MrESTINZIONE Segnalati al parroco che poi li sculaccia per bene

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@Weird_n_Gilly

[gillian johnson💙 @Weird_n_Gilly]

The sex is in the rhythm… ⚡️✨ #BowieSaid

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@Weird_n_Gilly He's sexy whatever he wear. He's the beauty itself

[Dio @Dio]

La gestazione per altri ora è reato universale, quindi questo governo ha ufficialmente dichiarato la Vergine Maria e lo Spirito Santo criminali.
Riceverete notizie dai miei avvocati.

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@JVMonte2 TVC15

[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

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[The Bowie Bible @BowieBible]

David Bowie’s 12th studio album, “Heroes”, was released on 14 October 1977.

“Heroes” was the second part of the so-called ‘Berlin trilogy’ made with Tony Visconti and Brian Eno, and the only one of the three to be fully recorded in Germany.

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[Valentina Gualandi @Valerunner]

@LoPsihologo Mai visto