Artists in the Wes Anderson Universe: From Canvas to Screen

Born in 1978 in Heidelberg, he grew up in Germany and later moved to New Zealand, where he lived in Wellington painting, studying, and exhibiting his work. After meeting Tilda Swinton in 2004, he relocated to the Scottish Highlands, where he is based, often traveling. He has exhibited internationally, with major shows in New York, Venice, and Mannheim, and created the fictional artist Moses Rosenthaler for Wes Anderson’s film The French Dispatch.

Born in Worthing, Sussex in 1952. Since leaving Goldsmiths in 1973 Michael has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. One man shows include Morley Gallery, Beaux Arts, London, Waterhouse and Dodd and lately the Portland Gallery. Michael is the recipient of a number of awards including the Holburne Museum Portrait Prize, and the National Portrait Gallery Portrait Award. He was commissioned in 2014 to create Boy with Apple for The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Johanna Agerman Ross was appointed the Conran Foundation Chief Curator at the Design Museum in 2023. She was previously curator of twentieth century and contemporary furniture and product design at the V&A where she co-curated the new permanent gallery Design 1900-Now and launched Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures, focused on design and the climate emergency. She founded the international design journal Disegno in 2011, which she edited for five years. She is still Disegno’s director.

Lucia is a curator, historian and writer. She is Head of Curatorial and Interpretation at the Design Museum, London where she co-curated the retrospective exhibition on Wes Anderson and co-edited the accompanying catalogue. In 2021 she curated the V&A exhibition Bags: Inside Out and authored its accompanying publication. Dr Savi has a PhD from Kingston University, UK, on Italian fashion and textiles. She has contributed to fashion and design exhibitions and their catalogues.

Delve into Wes Anderson’s extensive archive in this first retrospective exhibition devoted to his distinctive cinematic output, produced in collaboration with la Cinémathèque française.