Chic star Nile Rodgers has guest-curated a display for the new David Bowie Centre, including personal correspondence between the two singers.
London’s V&A Museum, which is behind the new David Bowie Centre, said Rodgers has also selected a bespoke Peter Hall suit worn by Bowie during the Serious Moonlight tour for the Let’s Dance album.
The David Bowie Centre will open within the museum’s new East Storehouse in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in Stratford, east London, on 13 September.
Photographs of Bowie, Rodgers and guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan recording Let’s Dance in New York will also feature.
Costumes worn during Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust period, and those worn by other musicians including Sir Elton John and PJ Harvey, will also be on display.
Rodgers said: “My creative life with David Bowie provided the greatest success of his incredible career, but our friendship was just as rewarding.
“Our bond was built on a love of the music that had both made and saved our lives.”
Rodgers produced Bowie’s single Let’s Dance and the 1983 album of the same name, as well as his 1993 album Black Tie White Noise, with the personal correspondence in the exhibition relating to the latter.
Brit Award-winning indie rock band The Last Dinner Party have also curated part of the exhibition, describing Bowie as a “constant source of inspiration to us”.
Their items include Bowie’s elaborate handwritten lyrics for his song Win, and notes and set lists for his 1976 Isolar tour.
The band said: “David Bowie continues to inspire generations of artists like us to stand up for ourselves.”
Access to the David Bowie Centre will be free, with tickets released nearer its opening.
