Bowie Exhibition For Berlin

It opens May 20 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau near Potsdamer Platz, close to Hansa Studios where Bowie recorded part of his Berlin trilogy, Low, Heroes and Lodger.

The show will also be tweaked and shift from the excesses of glam to the more subtle influences that mid-1970s Europe exerted on him.

“Berlin played such a critical part in Bowie’s development, we wanted to include more about the city while there,” explained Geoffrey Marsh, director of the V&A’s department of theatre and performance and co-curator of the “David Bowie Is” exhibition.

In Berlin, it will feature some 300 items including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, set designs and instruments used by the legendary singer.