The Myth of Leigh Bowery Laid Bare in New Tate Show – James Payne
Leigh Bowery was a groundbreaking performance artist, club entrepreneur, fashion designer, musician…. a thief, a shitkicker and…uh…he wanted to be famous.
27 February 2025
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon by Sue Tilley – Book Review:
Sue Tilley’s definitive biography of Leigh Bowery, the man Boy George once called “modern art on legs,” returns in a vibrant new edition
5 February 2025
Leigh Bowery!
A celebration of the boundary-pushing career of artist Leigh Bowery.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
OUTLAWS Fashion Renegades of Leigh Bowery’s 1980s London – Martin Green, NJ Stevenson – Book Review
OUTLAWS Fashion Renegades of Leigh Bowery’s 1980s London is an unvarnished homage to the unhinged, anarchic inventiveness of the London Club scene in the 1980s….
17 October 2024
TABOO Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London – Fashion + Textile Museum
Step into the creative hotbed of 1980s London with a new exhibition at the Fashion + Textile Museum in Bermondsey…. Read More
1 October 2024
Outlaws: Fashion Renegades Of 80s London
This is the first exhibition to explore the range of designers and creatives associated with the 80s nightclub Taboo started by Leigh Bowery.
Tuesdays - Saturdays, 11.00 – 18.00
Leigh Bowery Still Entertaining And Relevant – James Payne
The performance artist Leigh Bowery died of AIDS-related illness on New Year’s Eve 1994 at only 33 years old. He didn’t tell anyone he was sick – except his best friend, Sue Tilley. When she asked him what she should tell people when he died, he said: “Tell them I’ve gone to Papua New Guinea”.
13 January 2022
Leigh Bowery: Tell Them I’ve Gone to Papua New Guinea
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Fergus Greer: Leigh Bowery – Looks
A celebration of the life of the performance artist, fashion designer and muse Leigh Bowery.
Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 6pm Saturday, 12pm - 5pm
Leigh Bowery Celebrated In Photos By Fergus Greer At Michael Hoppen Gallery
Leigh Bowery (1961-1994) was one of the worlds’ most influential cult figures, performance artists, fashion designers, nightclub proprietors and art objects, in the 1980s and 1990s. He was above all an icon whose influence traversed music, art, film and the fashion world.
12 March 2019
Club To Catwalk V&A Mounts 80s Fashion Exhibition For Summer
The Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington is creating one of the most impressive fashion exhibitions for summer 2013. Titled… Read More
20 December 2012