The Design Museum’s Wes Anderson: The Archives is a landmark retrospective of the feted filmmaker. Created in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française and curated by Johanna Agerman Ross and Lucia Savi (with Matthieu Orléan), it offers an unprecedented look at three decades of Anderson’s work, showcasing over 700 objects drawn from his personal archive.

Visitors can explore storyboards, polaroids, sketches, and handwritten notebooks, as well as miniature sets, stop-motion puppets, and dozens of costumes from key films. The Wick’s highlights include a stunning, candy-pink three-metre-wide model of The Grand Budapest Hotel, the Fendi fur coat worn by Margot Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums, vending machines from Asteroid City, and of course, Mr. Fox in his signature corduroy suit.

The exhibition is laid out film-by-film, tracing Anderson’s evolution from early shorts like Bottle Rocket (screened as part of the show) through to his most recent work. In addition to finished props and sets, rarely work-in-progress maquettes and learn about Anderson’s love of hands-on techniques, particularly in stop-motion animation. A dazzling dive into Anderson’s signature aesthetic and symmetry that underscores how design, craft, and narrative intertwine in his incredible, irresistible work.

Many famous and leading artists have fascinating pasts – and many, due to life circumstances or otherwise, only set upon their creative career later in life. A new group exhibition, running to 24th November at 14 Percy Street, considers the impact, implication and inspiration behind starting a so-called second life in art.

The exhibition brings together painting, sculpture, photography and installation – more than fifty works are presented in all – by ten artists, all of them shaped significantly by their life experiences and precious careers.

They include Lucille Lewin, founder of Whistles and former Creative Director of Liberty, now creating abstracted sculptural forms; Nicole Farhi, whose celebrated fashion career has evolved into evocative bronze and plaster sculptures; and former The Long Blondes lead singer, Kate Jackson.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s in conversation event between Maryam Eisler and Carrie Scott, and an opportunity to deliver deeper into the journeys and practices of Farhi, Lewin, in a panel discussion lead by critic Hettie Judah on Friday.