David hockney

Thanks to his sharp wit and turn of phrase, the British artist’s voice is almost as distinctive as his line. A new book introduced by the art critic Martin Gayford gathers his musings on art, life, nature, creativity and more

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An exhibition of David Hockney’s works of the past decade is immersive and often mesmerising.

A Bigger Splash, Tate Modern's sprawling survey of painting and performance art featuring Hockney, Pollock and Klein, is a fascinating, messy, and entertaining show, writes Richard Dorment.

Christie's on Instagram: “Full of longing and romance, ‘Sur la Terrasse’ is David Hockney’s last painting of his first love and greatest muse, Peter Schlesinger.⠀ .⠀…”

Green Pool with Diving Board and Shadow (Paper Pool 3)

David Hockney (British, b. 1937) has produced some of the most vividly recognizable and influential works of the twentieth century. Hockney gained notoriety in his mid-twenties, after receiving the Gold Medal from London’s Royal College of Art, and he quickly became one of the defining figures of the British Pop Art movement. In the late 1960s Hockney relocated to California and established himself as a prolific figurative and landscape artist. He is perhaps best recognized for the works he…

DAVID HOCKNEYb. 1937THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING IN WOLDGATE, EAST YORKSHIRE IN 2011 signed, dated 11

This painting won the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 6 (now known as the John Moores Painting Prize) in 1967. It shows the communal swimming pool of an apartment block at 1145 Larrabee Street, Hollywood, just north of Sunset Boulevard. This was the home of one of Hockney's friends, the art dealer and gallery owner Nick Wilder. Hockney lived there from summer 1966 until early 1967 whilst at the same time renting a decrepit studio in central Los Angeles. Hockney’s boyfriend, Peter…

A world premiere exhibition focuses on the last decade of the British artist’s vibrant work, including hundreds of images the 79-year-old artist drew on apps

The famously reclusive octogenarian artist invites AD into his vivid L.A. idyll on the eve of a major video installation

Remote teaching and learning called for some lessons that would be easily done at home with little equipment, just an ipad and a good eye! My students all have ipads, so I devised some art and photography lessons based on David Hockney's "joiners" or photo-montages that he did in the 1980's. Hockney first experimented with

1970-1971. Acrílic sobre tela. 213,4 x 304,8 cm. Tate Britain, Londres. T01269. Obra no exposada.

David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) is set to return to Lightroom in London’s King’s Cross from 17 June.

David Hockney. 1937-. England. 19xx. Lawn Sprinklers. Collage.

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A world premiere exhibition focuses on the last decade of the British artist’s vibrant work, including hundreds of images the 79-year-old artist drew on apps