‘The most fun!’ Paul Simon unveils collaboration with The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse illustrator

Charlie Mackesy and Paul Simon at Frieze: No 9 Cork Street. Photograph: Joe Magowan

The singer-songwriter Paul Simon and artist Charlie Mackesy, known for the bestselling book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, have unveiled the fruits of a remote collaboration – and have hinted at further work together.

Seven Psalms, the exhibition at Frieze art fair’s London gallery No 9 Cork Street, features drawings produced by Mackesy while listening to Simon’s 2023 album of the same name. At the exhibition launch, in discussion with Simon, Mackesy explained how the collaboration came together.