An immersive, pop-up art experience inspired by Mickey’s status as a ‘true original’ and his global impact on art and popular culture,”
“Mickey: The True Original” ran from November 8, 2018 through February 10, 2019. Tickets cost $38 per person. It should have been called Mickey the Cash Cow instead of the True Original.
The immersive pop-up will span a 16-000-square-foot space in Manhattan, featured multimedia art installations, from murals to sculptures to paintings. It is billed as an immersive experience that marks Mickey’s influence on pop culture and art over the past nine decades,
The pop-up art exhibit focuses on his influence on pop culture and art through the years, highlighting moments from his unforgettable debut in "Steamboat Willie" to the hundreds of cartoon shorts he starred in.