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Queer art, bowler hats and an Annie Hall script: inside Diane Keaton’s archive as treasures go on sale

New exhibition opens the ‘file cabinet’ of the late actor’s mind, spotlighting self-made collages and iconic men’s suits ‘A photographer with a cool and deadly eye’: Diane Keaton’s creativity behind the lens On a recent Friday afternoon, I stood before “the wall”: a sprawling collage created by Diane Keaton . The late actor pinned objects of fascination to this collage – including snaps of herself in Parisian photo booths, a fake ear with acupuncture points, mugshots of Victorian women, bingo cards, a menu from a defunct California gambling den and a photograph she took of her friend Carol Kane – over many decades. The piece is one of Keaton’s many personal effects on view at Bonhams in West Hollywood before showing in New York later this month. Anna Hicks, the head of private and iconic collections at the auction house, tells me that this sizable piece, covering nearly an entire wall, c

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Queer art, bowler hats and an Annie Hall script: inside Diane Keaton’s archive as treasures go on sale, New exhibition opens the ‘file cabinet’ of the late actor’s mind, spotlighting self-made collages and iconic men’s suits ‘A photographer with a cool and deadly eye’: Diane Keaton’s creativity behind the lens On a recent Friday afternoon, I stood before “the wall”: a sprawling collage created by Diane Keaton . The late actor pinned objects of fascination to this collage – including snaps of herself in Parisian photo booths, a fake ear with acupuncture points, mugshots of Victorian women, bingo cards, a menu from a defunct California gambling den and a photograph she took of her friend Carol Kane – over many decades. The piece is one of Keaton’s many personal effects on view at Bonhams in West Hollywood before showing in New York later this month. Anna Hicks, the head of private and iconic collections at the auction house, tells me that this sizable piece, covering nearly an entire wall, c

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Queer art, bowler hats and an Annie Hall script: inside Diane Keaton’s archive as treasures go on saleThe Guardian - 2026-05-19T09:00:06+00:00

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