Creations are on display at The World of Tim Burton exhibition at the Design Museum, in London, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. The major exhibition sees Tim Burton's personal archives on display for the first time, featuring 600 items from his nearly fifty years long career. Credit: AP/Alberto Pezzali

Director Tim Burton has said the organisers of an exhibition about his life and work “did a beautiful job” after it became the fastest-selling event in the history of London’s Design Museum.The World Of Tim Burton will open at the Kensington museum on Friday and will showcase some 600 items including Jenna Ortega’s viral Wednesday dress and Michele Pfeiffer’s Catwoman suit from 1992’s Batman Returns.

The Design Museum today reveals that its major exhibition on the exceptional career of director Tim Burton has smashed the museum’s record for advance ticket sales.

The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits – all on display at an exhibition that is opening at London's Design Museum just in time for halloween.

The animator, illustrator, director and all-round spinner of contemporary comic gothic Tim Burton has not always enjoyed surefire success.