Exhibition
Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed - National Portrait Gallery
Highlighting key pop cultural figures from each year of this remarkable decade, the exhibition includes classic images of groups such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who as well as early portraits of singers such as Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Marianne Faithful, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie.Bringing together 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, the exhibition evocatively illustrates how image, music, fashion and performance combined to make these musicians the leading icons of their time and London the world's most important cultural capital.Beatles to Bowie explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create ‘Swinging London' in the 1960s
Start
15 Oct 2009
End
24 Jan 2010
Times
Open daily 10:00-18:00
Venue
National Portrait Gallery
Address
St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE. UK
Phone
020 7306 0055
Website
www.npg.org.uk
Cost
Full price £11 Concessions £10 and £9
Posted
11 Aug 2009
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