Claude Cahun was working about a century ahead of her time. In recent years her photographs have gained a significant audience, thanks to her experimental cosplay, which challenged gender binaries. With her partner Marcel Moore (both artists’ names were pseudonyms), Cahun worked first in Paris in the 1920s, and then in Dover at the outbreak of the Second World War. The Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition ‘Claude Cahun: Beneath this Mask’ is currently showing at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham (until 17 March 2024).
