Art

With a place on this summer’s artists residency at Villa Lena in Tuscany, Mallory Lowe is looking to the past to shape the future.

Two years ago, Arthur McNair took to the photo booth to document his transition. Now, he’s presenting the public with 50+ headshots, from starting hormones to the present day.

The New York-based artist and photographer has unearthed photos taken in the California desert back in 2017, where she frolicked with her best mate in the nude. Now, it’s the basis of fun-filled Dream Blue.

In the fourth instalment of our week-long series, figures from music, art, food, sex work and education look back on a year that shook their fields. Here, Ellie Pennick, founder of Guts Gallery, talks us through a year of online exhibitions.

The Los Angeles-born, globally-renowned artist uses video, publishing and performance to examine representations of Blackness in her work. She’s shown at New York’s MoMA and London’s ICA and, surprisingly, is a fan of Bournemouth football club.