One Final Vanishing Act: Blackstar and the Lyrics of David Bowie

Part of a series of talks led by Assistant Curators across the V&A’s collections

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  • Thursday, 1 May 2025

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL
  • Meeting Point, Cromwell Road Entrance, Level 0

  • Free event

In January 2016, David Bowie released Blackstar, his final album, just three days before passing away. Lucy Wagstaff, Cataloguer of the V&A Bowie Archive, will explore the creative process behind this cryptic body of work, and interpret how Bowie’s lyrics might relate to his own mortality and legacy. 
 
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Header image: David Bowie, photograph by Jimmy King, DBA/5/50/4