Brightening up the world: David Hockney sunrise digital art will be broadcast worldwide 

The two and a half minute sequence will appear on billboards in London, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Seoul in the month of May David Hockney’s newest piece of art – a digital sunrise sequence – will be broadcast simultaneously on billboards worldwide in May.  The six image sequence will appear on digital billboards … Read more

David Hockney, 83, prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris

David Hockney, 83, says working has given him a ‘new lease of life’ as he prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris The 83-year-old has been in Normandy, France, painting the arrival of spring  Royal Academy of Arts show will capture season with 116 of Hockney iPad prints  Painter told … Read more

David Hockney, 83, prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris

David Hockney, 83, says working has given him a ‘new lease of life’ as he prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris The 83-year-old has been in Normandy, France, painting the arrival of spring  Royal Academy of Arts show will capture season with 116 of Hockney iPad prints  Painter told … Read more

David Hockney uses iPad to create this eye-catching tribute to legendary composer 

Scroll over, Beethoven! Music-lover David Hockney uses iPad to create this eye-catching tribute to legendary composer David Hockney painted Ludwig van Beethoven to celebrate his 250th birthday His drew the panting with a stylus on his iPad screen at his home in France A time-lapse video shows his technique of building up layers of colour and … Read more

Mystery buyer who paid £13m for a David Hockney masterpiece

Mystery buyer who paid £13m for a David Hockney masterpiece sold by the Royal Opera House to balance its books during coronavirus is revealed – as the ROH’s own billionaire chairman (and he’s letting them keep it on show) Covent Garden institution was forced to sell portrait of chief Sir David Webster  Painting set to … Read more

Mystery buyer who paid £13m for a David Hockney masterpiece

Mystery buyer who paid £13m for a David Hockney masterpiece sold by the Royal Opera House to balance its books during coronavirus is revealed – as the ROH’s own billionaire chairman (and he’s letting them keep it on show) Covent Garden institution was forced to sell portrait of chief Sir David Webster  Painting set to … Read more

Royal Opera House to sell David Hockney portrait of former boss in bid to raise funds amid pandemic 

The Royal Opera House is to sell a David Hockney portrait of its former chief Sir David Webster in a desperate bid to raise funds amid the coronavirus pandemic. The painting will be auctioned at Christie’s this month and is expected to fetch between £11 million and £18 million, The Observer newspaper reports. It depicts … Read more

Artist David Hockney lays into ‘bossy boots’ Boris Johnson’s anti-obesit crackdown

Artist David Hockney lays into ‘bossy boots’ Boris Johnson’s anti-obesity junk food, alcohol and smoking crackdown – saying ‘you might live to 104… but call that living?’ Artists David Hockney, 83, has criticised the government’s plan to cut obesity Yesterday it was revealed that two thirds of UK adults are above a health weight Mr … Read more

David Hockney is a Vogue cover star with his painting of golden wheat fields

David Hockney is a Vogue cover star with his painting of golden wheat fields to illustrate a return to nature in the post-Covid world David Hockney’s vibrant landscape will feature on the cover of August’s Vogue The themed edition, called Reset, is all about the post-Covid return to nature The landscape piece, titled Wheat Field … Read more

David Hockney is a Vogue cover star with his painting of golden wheat fields

David Hockney is a Vogue cover star with his painting of golden wheat fields to illustrate a return to nature in the post-Covid world David Hockney’s vibrant landscape will feature on the cover of August’s Vogue The themed edition, called Reset, is all about the post-Covid return to nature The landscape piece, titled Wheat Field … Read more