Linda McCartney Music Photography Exhibition Opens at Wrensilva Los Angeles
From 25 September 2026 to February 2027, Wrensilva Los Angeles will host 'The Art of the Album: The Photography of Linda McCartney.' This unique exhibition, organized in collaboration with The Linda McCartney Archive LLP and MPL Communications, marks the sole US showcase dedicated to McCartney's work in music photography, featuring her visuals alongside vinyl records. A Wrensilva console will provide music from renowned artists such as The Beatles and Neil Young. Coinciding with the exhibition, the US Postal Service will unveil a limited-edition stamp series celebrating McCartney, which includes five photographs and a self-portrait. CEO Greg Perlot emphasizes McCartney's significant impact on album cover art. The venue is located at 8625 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069, and is open Monday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm.
Key facts
- 'The Art of the Album: The Photography of Linda McCartney' runs from 25 September 2026 through February 2027 at Wrensilva Los Angeles, 8625 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069.
- The exhibition is the only US show currently devoted solely to Linda McCartney's music photography and is presented with The Linda McCartney Archive LLP and MPL Communications.
- The US Postal Service will issue a limited-edition stamp series honoring McCartney on 25 September 2026, with a first-day-of-issue ceremony at MoMA in New York City.
- The stamp pane of 20 features five different photographs, with a black-and-white self-portrait of McCartney behind her camera on the selvage; Derry Noyes designed the stamps and pane.
- This is the fourth exhibition in the Wrensilva Presents: The Art of the Album series, pairing photographers' work with record covers and vinyl.
- Linda McCartney (1941-1998), born Linda Eastman in Scarsdale, New York, was the first woman to photograph a Rolling Stone magazine cover, in 1968, featuring Eric Clapton.
- The show includes the cover of Paul McCartney's 1970 solo album 'McCartney,' shot during a 1969 family holiday in Antigua, and Professor Longhair's 'Live on the Queen Mary,' released in 1978.
- McCartney's photographs have been exhibited throughout the United States and at the Royal Photographic Society and the Victoria & Albert Museum in the UK; 'Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era' was published in 1992.
Entities
Artists
- Linda McCartney
- Paul McCartney
- Neil Young
- Chrissie Hynde
- Professor Longhair
- Denny Laine
- Aretha Franklin
- Bob Dylan
- John Lennon
- Jimmy Hendrix
- Eric Clapton
- Michael Jackson
- Francesco Scavullo
- Hazel Larsen Archer
- Carole Dixon
- Greg Perlot
- Derry Noyes
Institutions
- Wrensilva
- The Linda McCartney Archive LLP
- MPL Communications
- US Postal Service
- MoMA
- The Beatles
- Wings
- The Pretenders
- The Cimarons
- The Who
- The Animals
- The Rolling Stones
- Town & Country
- Fillmore East
- Rolling Stone
- Royal Photographic Society
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Wallpaper*
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- West Hollywood
- California
- New York City
- New York
- Scarsdale
- Arizona
- Antigua
- New Orleans
- Long Beach
- United Kingdom