Mark your calendar , Nightmare Before ChristmasandFrankenweeniefans : The Neon Museumin downtown Las Vegas will be hosting the first Tim Burton art exposition in the U.S. in nearly a decade , according toLas Vegas Weekly .
An extensive selection of original graphics by the acclaimed director , producer , and vitaliser will be on display from October 15 , 2019 to February 15 , 2020 . Some of the piece will be only unexampled artworks , while others have been exhibited in the past times .
It remains to be seen if the exhibition will feature any art from Burton ’s newest movies , such asMiss Peregrine ’s rest home for Peculiar Children(2016 ) and the forthcoming adaptation of Disney’sDumbo(2019 ) . Burton is reportedly in the process of designing display that well fit the available infinite .
The managing director has a special connexion to Las Vegas , and the Neon Museum in particular . Parts ofMars Attacks ! , Burton ’s 1996 sci - fi comedy establish on the trading card series , were shot in the city . A few of the Ne sign that appear in the film are now part of the museum ’s collection , and some of Burton ’s artwork will be install in the museum ’s out-of-door Neon Boneyard distance . Other showing will be on view at the museum ’s North Gallery , as well as the City of Las Vegas ’s Boneyard Park , which is locate across from the museum ’s visitant gist .
“ To say we ’re flatter that Mr. Burton has prefer our museum for this expo would be an understatement , ” Neon Museum president and CEO Rob McCoy pronounce in a program line . “ But when you suppose about it , Tim is one of the few artists who can match the peachy imagination of Las Vegas . ”
The last major Burton - themed exhibition to be held in the U.S. appeared at New York ’s Museum of Modern Art . About 800,000 hoi polloi attended , making it one of the most visited exhibitions of all time . Other exhibition featuring Burton ’s artistic production have appeared around the world in recent year , with installations protrude up in Hong Kong , Melbourne , Los Angeles , Paris , Prague , Tokyo , São Paulo , and Mexico City .
[ h / tLas Vegas Weekly ]
