I know this is a long way off, but Tim Burton fans mark your calendars: the Museum of Modern Art will present a major exhibition exploring the full scale of renowned filmmaker Tim Burton's career, both as a director and concept artist for live-action and animated films, and as an artist, illustrator, photographer, and writer. The exhibition will be on view from 11.22.09, through 04.26.10. Wow.

Tracing the current of Burton's visual imagination—from his earliest childhood drawings through his mature work in film—the exhibition Tim Burton will bring together over 700 examples of rarely or never-before-seen drawings, paintings, storyboards, moving-image works, puppets, maquettes, costumes, and cinematic ephemera, and includes an extensive film series spanning Burton's 27-year career. The exhibition explores how Burton has taken inspiration from sources in pop culture and reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as an expression of personal vision, garnering him an international audience of fans and influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics.

Tim Burton is organized by Ron Magliozzi, Assistant Curator, and Jenny He, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Film, with Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film.

Mr. Magliozzi states: "There is no other living filmmaker possessing Tim Burton's level of accomplishment and reputation whose full body of work has been so well hidden from public view. Seeing so much that was previously inaccessible in a museum context should serve to fuel renewed appreciation and fresh appraisal of this much-admired artist."

How hot is that? While not a huge Tim Burton fan, I appreciate his artistry and his very honed visual style. And let's face it: whether you're the ultimate Burton fan or the ultimate Burton hater or even somewhere in between, you've gotta admit, the guy's a genius.

There's a preview of the show on 11.17.09, which I guarantee will be a must-attend event. Keep your eyes peeled for more updates as the exhibit date approaches.

Tim Burton
Tim Burton
MoMA
11.26 - 04.26.09
Opening: 11.17.09