About
The Estate of Kenneth Anger preserves, protects, and presents the complete body of Kenneth Anger’s cinematic and literary work, including Scorpio Rising, Lucifer Rising, Hollywood Babylon, and other influential films, writings, and unfinished projects.
This legacy spans seven decades of groundbreaking art and cultural provocation. The Estate maintains active relationships with leading museums, archives, publishers, and institutions worldwide to ensure the proper restoration, exhibition, and licensing of Kenneth Anger’s work.
Its institutional partners include Sprüth Magers and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. The Estate is represented by Brian Butler, who began working with Kenneth Anger in 1999. The following year, he helped reintroduce Anger to a new generation by organizing his first major public appearance of the era. Over the ensuing decades, Butler served as Anger’s collaborator, producer, and manager — organizing appearances, curating exhibitions, and overseeing preservation efforts through Anger’s final years. He continues this work today through the Estate’s ongoing programs and initiatives.
All licensing, exhibition, and archival inquiries are handled directly by the Estate or in coordination with our institutional partners
Current Museum Exhibitions
Fata Morgana: Memories of the Invisible
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi – Palazzo Morando | Costume Moda Immagine, Milan
Kenneth Anger’s Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome is presented as an installation in this visionary group exhibition exploring ghosts, disappearances, and mythic presences.
Dates: October 9 – November 30, 2025
Endless Sunday
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
Curated by Maurizio Cattelan, this major group exhibition features Kenneth Anger’s Rabbit’s Moon as an installation, extending the show’s themes of irony, transformation, and altered states.
Dates: Ongoing through early 2026
The Surreal Sixties
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Kenneth Anger is included in this landmark exhibition exploring the surrealist legacy in 1960s American art and film.
Exhibition Dates: September 24, 2025 – January 19, 2026
Screening: Scorpio Rising – October 24, 2025
Estate Presentations & Screenings
Lucifer Rising: The Occult Saga of a Cursed Film (Currently Touring)
A live presentation and screening by Brian Butler, exploring the mythic and magical history of Lucifer Rising, with rare archival materials and behind-the-scenes revelations. Developed in collaboration with the Kenneth Anger Estate, this cinematic lecture series launched at PRS and is currently touring select venues.
Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles
April 11, 2025 – SOLD OUT
Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles (Encore Presentation)
November 1, 2025
Joshua Tree Cultural Center
November 20, 2025
Booking inquiries for additional tour dates are welcome.
(Contact info@kennethanger.net)
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Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome: Film as Magical Ritual
Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles
A ritual presentation and screening by Brian Butler reframing Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome as a cinematic invocation. This mythic analysis was developed in collaboration with the Kenneth Anger Estate and PRS.
August 1, 2025 – SOLD OUT
Scorpio Rising Screening
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Part of The Surreal Sixties exhibition, this official screening of Scorpio Rising takes place on October 24, 2025.