In April, Gagosian’s Beverly Hills location will showcase a collection of singer-songwriter Paul McCartney‘s rediscovered photographs, shot during the height of Beatlemania. But, unlike the pictures from last year’s exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, these prints will be for sale.
The Gagosian exhibition features 36 candid images taken between December 1963 and February 1964, and offers a rare insider’s view of the Beatles as they rose to global stardom. The collection includes portraits of McCartney’s bandmates—John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—as well as evocative self-portraits and energetic scenes captured through car windows as the band navigated the chaos of their newfound fame.
The photographs, shot in Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, and other cities, are presented as small, signed editions, with a portion of the proceeds supporting wildfire recovery efforts in Southern California. Prices range from $12,000 to high five figures.
The prints were skillfully made at Griffin Editions, the Brooklyn photo studio famous for printing work by many renowned photographers and artists, including Cindy Sherman, Alec Soth, Danny Lyon, Jamel Shabazz, and David Salle, among others.
Designed by Stefan Beckman, who worked with the gallery on exhibition designs for Avedon 100 at Gagosian New York in 2023 and Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street at Gagosian Beverly Hills in 2024, the exhibit runs from April 25 to June 2. It also coincides with the McCartney’s exhibition, titled, Eyes of the Storm, which debuted at London’s National Portrait Gallery in 2023 and heads to San Francisco’s de Young Museum in March.
