Boy with Apple is a painting commissioned for use as a prop in Wes Anderson’s 2014 film, The Grand Budapest Hotel,
12 June 2026 by Michael
Wes Anderson: the Archives exhibition at the Design Museum has been extended to August 16th due to popular demand.
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26 May 2026 by Michael
On the 30th June 2026 I shall be in conversation at the Design Museum with fellow painter and Wes Anderson collaborator Sandro Kopp chaired by DM curators Johanna Agerman Ross and Lucia Savi.
23 November 2025 by Michael
Boy with Apple will be on display for the first time in the UK in a major new London exhibition of the archives of film director Wes Anderson at the Design Museum, London.
23 March 2025 by Michael
….the stature of Boy with Apple eventually transcended the screen altogether. It was treated differently to all other props during filming, being packed in its own crate and staying with Anderson himself throughout the shoot. Subsequently, it has gained its own Wikipedia page and become Taylor’s most famous work. Curator Johanna Agerman Ross (from the […]
28 February 2025 by Michael
Boy with Apple features on the sleeve of the new limited edition vinyl pressing of music from Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel.
14 July 2017 by Johannes Van Hoytl
I, the late Johannes Van Hoytl, am gratified to hear that my most celebrated work appears in the Thrillist feature 'The 100 Greatest Props in Movie History'.
4 March 2014 by Michael
Learn how Michael Taylor was commissioned by Wes Anderson to paint Boy with Apple for the movie. Johannes Van Hoytl is the fictional artist.
