Mary McCartney
Mary McCartney is renowned for her portraiture and film making which traverse fine art, fashion, nature and social documentary. She is known as an activist and pioneer for food sustainability. Her multidisciplinary projects are rooted in her passion for impactful storytelling and her sensitivity to the energetic expression of the moment.
McCartney’s work features in global exhibitions, is held in major public and private collections including the V&A, Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery, London, the Fondation d’Enterprise Hermès, Paris and has been commissioned by National Geographic, British Vogue, GQ and Cultured Magazine. Currently she is working on a new body of artwork for a solo presentation at Chateau La Coste, France.
Being Frida, London, 2000, will be included in Frida Kahlo; The Making of an Icon, at Tate Modern in June 2026.
McCartney is a multi-published author, of fine art photography books with HENI, Thames & Hudson and Chatto & Windus. Her latest book Feeding Creativity, published by TASCHEN, is a unique portrait and recipe book, featuring favourite recipes for friends, family, and members of the creative community.
Recent cinematic projects include directing ‘Finding Faith’, created from archival audio and still images of George Michael. This documentary is part of the feature film ‘George Michael: The Faith Tour’ filmed live in Paris-Bercy. Due for IMAX release in 2026, distributed by Mercury Pictures.
Her moving image work includes three seasons of “Mary McCartney Serves It Up!”. McCartney’s EMMY nominated vegetarian cooking show for Discovery+ which she executive produced and presented.
McCartney’s first feature documentary ‘If These Walls Could Sing’, the 90-year history of the Abbey Road Studios, premiered at The Telluride Film Festival, 2023, was nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award and is streaming on Disney.
Dame Tracy Emin as Frida Kahlo
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The artwork photographed against a white wall in the White Column space. It shows: “Artist Tracey Emin, laid centrally and propped up on white cushions in bed, dressed as painter Frida Kahlo. Staring forward whilst at rest in bed with an array of small black and white family photos displayed on the headboard. Tracey Emin dressed as Frida Kahlo reclining in a bed reminiscent of Frida Kahlo’s with black postcard sized black and white personal photos of her family and friends tucked into the headboard. Styled to looked like Frida, Tracey has red roses and carnations pinned in her hair and is wearing a white cotton blouse with royal blue embroidery detail and black skirt. She has a ring on all of her finders in silver and turquoise and has had her make up applied to feel like Frida, with red lipstick and unibrow. Tracey is channelling Frida in expression as she looks directly to camera and the viewer.”
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Photographer: Mary McCartney
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