There’s a new Marilyn Monroe exhibition coming up! If you live near Jacksonville, Florida in the US, you might want to check it out.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — You can learn more about Marilyn Monroe beginning Fri. Jan. 22. The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville will be hosting an art exhibition and one-person play.

The art exhibition “Life as A Legend: Marilyn Monroe” begins Friday and runs through Sunday April, 4. Organizers say it captures the beauty, sensuality and vulnerability of the American icon. Tickets are $8 non-members and $5 for seniors, students and military.

The art exhibit is just one part of the exhibition. An one-woman play that tells the actress’ story in her own words and music will be running every weekend starting Feb. 11 through March 7. Tickets for “Marilyn… Forever Blonde” are $29 dollars for members, $34 for non-members and $24 for students and military.

Tickets for both the art exhibit and the play can be purchased at MOCA at 904-366-6911 or www.mocajacksonville.org.

Wow, long time no see. Sorry about that fellow fans! My job is taking its toll.
I hope you can forgive me and will continue on the follow this fansite.
I do have some exciting news: a Cecil Beaton exhibition in London! I went to the exhibition in 2004 and I must say: it was amazing. I enjoyed it so much and I highly recommend it to all the fans that are able to see it!

This is what the press wrote about it:
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William Travilla – who preferred to be called simply Travilla – became famous for his outfits that helped Monroe achieve global stardom.

They included the white dress worn by the world’s best known blonde in The Seven Year Itch and the pink satin dress she wore in Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend.

Now Travilla’s collection is being shown on board the HMS President 1918, a floating conference and exhibition centre on the Victoria Embankment, before it is returned to America.

It includes a never-before seen photograph of the designer dressing Monroe, which she signed: “Hey Billy, Thank you for all the many wonderful things you made me. Love, Marilyn X X.”
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I have always loved Elliot Erwitt’s intimate pictures of Marilyn. She looks so relaxed in them so I was very excited when I heard the following story. I can’t go, unfortunately, since I live to far away, but for fans more close, this is an excellent opportunity to get a look at a personal Marilyn.

Source: Actuphoto
“Elliott has to my mind achieved a miracle working on a chain-gang of commercial campaigns and still offering a bouquet of stolen photos with a flavor, a smile from his deeper self.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

POLAR+NKA* photography opens an important exhibit titled ‘Unseen’ by internationally renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt, with an opening reception on September 11th to October 31th Erwitt’s photographs of ordinary life, beach scenes, celebrities, children and dogs have delighted viewers for decades. At age 78 he has culled through sixty years of work and chosen what he considers to be his very best photographs. Many have never been published before. These ebullient images reflect the vast scope of the wittiest photographer of our time. POLAR+NKA* photography will have approximately 40 of Erwitt’s classic photographs representing many phases of his long career.
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Fans in the UK are in luck again: an exhibition in Bath shows Travilla’s designs of Marilyn Monroe’s dresses.
Personally, I love Travilla’s sketches so if you’re able to see it, I would love a review of it! You can contact me at marloes(at)marilynfan.org

The exhibition runs until the 21nd of August.

More on this at BBC’s website.

If you’re living near Kent (UK), you’re in luck: you have the change to see Marilyn’s iconic white chiffon dress, the pink satin number from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the purple costume from How To Marry A Millionaire, as they’re exhibiting William Travilla’s work at the Royal Hotel in Deal today and sunday.

If you intend to go, you will be supporting a good cause, since the organizer Andrew Hansford, raises funds for Alzheimer’s.
Mr Hansford said: “The importance of the Travilla Collection cannot be under-estimated. These are priceless iconic dresses from Marilyn Monroe’s golden era on the silver screen, and now on view for all to see.”

Click here to see a clip of the exhibition.

The exhibition is open each day from 10am until 7pm. Tickets cost £10, with £1.50 from each sale going to charity.