Held at London’s Design Museum, The World Of Tim Burton will take visitors through artefacts from across the director’s five-decade career, beginning with unreleased projects from the start of his career and finishing at his most recent film, 2024’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The exhibition comes to London after a decade-long world tour which has seen it visit 14 cities in 11 countries since 2014, but this will be its first visit to the UK, with 90 new pieces added for the exhibition’s latest outing. Ortega’s dress, which she famously wore while dancing to The Cramps’ 1981 cover of Ronnie Cook and The Gaylads’ Goo Goo Muck, while playing Wednesday Addams in the Netflix Addams Family spin-off series, Wednesday, will go on display for the first time at the exhibition.
Pfeiffer’s Catwoman costume from 1992’s Batman Returns, and the recognisable costume for Edward Scissorhands, complete with scissor hands, worn by actor Johnny Depp in the 1990 film, will also be among the costumes on display. Characters such as the Martians from Mars Attacks! (1996), the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Emily from Corpse Bride (2005) will also feature. Speaking about the exhibition on his career, Burton, 66, said: “It’s a strange thing, to put 50 years of art and your life on view for everyone to see, especially when that was never the original purpose.
“In the past, I have resisted having the exhibition in London, however collaborating with the Design Museum .