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The 100‑year anniversary of Marilyn Monroe has sparked a worldwide series of exhibitions, auctions, fashion collaborations and media projects. In early May 2026 an opening show opened in Chiclana, Spain, followed by Heritage Auctions’ Following the June 1 sale of Monroe’s personal items centennial opening, the commemoration continued in the United States. Major museums in Los Angeles, Zagreb, Wrocław, London, Prague, Rome, Santa Severa, Hamburg and Kloster Banz In August, Iowa City’s Film Scene theater presented dedicated shows, while U.S. cities hosted look‑alike gatherings, LGBTQ festivals and tributes at the Chinese Theatre. Fashion houses released Monroe‑inspired capsules and Dutch cinemas ran retrospectives of *Some Like It Hot*, *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* and *All About Eve* with lectures. FOX aired the AI‑driven documentary “Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe” on 21 June, later streaming on Hulu, which floated the theory that her 1962 death was staged. Cineaste featured Monroe on its July cover with a restored photograph and essay; TIME’s July “100 Women four‑film program titled “It’s All Make Believe,” screening a curated selection of the Year” honored her as an “Icon for the Ages.” Monroe’s movies. The German History Museum in Berlin opened the “Everyone Likes It Hot” retrospective in mid‑July, running through early August. At the 83rd Venice Film Festival, the short *Flesh Impact*—directed by Impact*—the 17‑minute Maggie Gyllenhaal and piece starring Dakota Johnson as a young Monroe, with Ellen Burstyn as an elderly version—premiered, and Ellen Burstyn received the Golden Lion Burstyn—was again highlighted for Lifetime Achievement. Genesis extended its New York “Manifesting Marilyn” exhibition through September after strong attendance and 15 million social‑media impressions. On 18 July, alternate‑reality portrayal of Monroe’s later years, reinforcing the French Cinematheque festival’s focus on her legacy. Renewed public interest also turned to Monroe’s burial site; her Westwood Village Memorial Park tomb, sold in Paris launched a comprehensive centennial exhibition, displaying original promotional material, costumes, photographs 2009 for $4.6 million, remains adjacent to the plot occupied by Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon and Andy Warhol, Hugh Hefner since 2017. The centennial’s worldwide exhibitions, auctions, fashion collaborations and a super‑installation created by Madonna that examined Monroe’s struggle with the Hollywood studio system media projects thus extended into late summer, maintaining high attendance and her lasting cultural legacy. social‑media engagement.