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Wes Anderson: The Archives

Paul Schlase, Tony Revolori, Tilda Swinton, and Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014.

Nov 21, 2025 – July 26, 2026
224-238 Kensington High St, Kensington, London W8 6AG, UK

“Posters, photos, knickknacks, and letters are everywhere.” That’s Matt Zoller Seitz describing Wes Anderson’s apartment, which he wrote about in Vulture two years ago. “There is a democratizing sensibility to the way everything has been collected and displayed; items of historic interest sit side by side with personal mementos that are meaningless to anyone but him.” Looking into the new exhibition on Anderson at London’s Design Museum, it becomes clear that the filmmaker’s home might not be so different from his mind. More than 700 objects—things like miniature models, costumes, polaroid pictures, maquettes, and original storyboards—reveal Anderson’s distinctive way of seeing and relating to the world. The first retrospective devoted to his career, the show traces the evolution of his films from Rushmore to Fantastic Mr. Fox to The French Dispatch. Sadly for fans of The Royal Tenenbaums, the Fendi fur coat worn by Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t available for trying on. —Jeanne Malle

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