Art Gallery of Ontario Celebrates Unveiling of David Bowie Is

The official grand opening of David Bowie Is, an exhibit revealing David Bowie's works and impact on music and popular culture will take place tonight at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

The show was first introduced in London last March, where it drew more than 300,000 people to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Bowie, known for big hits such as Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust has been a major player in the music scene for over four decades and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

The exhibit offers hundreds of articles from the Bowie library, including costumes, set designs, albums, music videos and handwritten lyrics.

Geoffrey Marsh is the co-curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Marsh said many fans are interested in the works leading up to the concerts and album covers.

"What people are fascinated in seeing is the .world behind the superstar," Marsh told CBC news. "Although there is a lot about the concerts and the albums, which people might have bought or might have been to, what we really wanted to show is the creative processes behind that."

David Bowie Is will run at the AGO until Nov 27