REVIEW: David Hockney – sunshine superman
12 February 2017 • Syndicate
Tate Britain, London
From sunny California to the landscapes of his native Yorkshire, Hockney’s humanity and optimism are never far away, as this sprawling retrospective shows
12 February 2017 • Syndicate
Tate Britain, London
From sunny California to the landscapes of his native Yorkshire, Hockney’s humanity and optimism are never far away, as this sprawling retrospective shows
31 December 2016 • Mark Westall
David Hockney is getting his own dedicated gallery in his home city of Bradford.
14 July 2016 • Tabish Khan
We live in a lucky age where there are hundreds of really good artists producing artworks. But every artist has an exhibition or a series of works that are wide of the mark.
1 July 2016 • Syndicate
Royal Academy, London
The artist’s humorous portraits, all with the same yellow chair, are a superheated pageant of fashion and pattern
23 April 2016 • Staff
This exhibition at Pace will present a group of works Hockney made on the iPad during visits to Yosemite National Park
10 March 2016 • Mark Westall
Film Movement have just announced the US Theatrical release of Hockney, a documentary film by Randall Wright (Lucian Freud: A Painted Life).
23 February 2016 • Mark Westall
Extensive retrospective in 2017 will cover six decades of artist’s work from early homoerotic paintings to recent LA pieces
3 November 2015 • Mark Westall
In light of the breadth of Hockney’s own work, across art and design disciplines, UK and EU students from the Painting and Printmaking programmes were considered for the David Hockney Scholarship. In addition to covering tuition fees, the £20,000 per annum scholarship also provides an annual living stipend for the duration of the two-year MA programme.
17 July 2015 • Mark Westall
The 78-year-old British artist is back in Los Angeles with an exhibit that explores the intersection of art and technology, but he says his fast-and-loose days are behind him: ‘I don’t go out much anymore because I’m too deaf, really’
10 July 2015 • daniel barnes
High up in the Hollywood Hills, an Englishman is grappling with his demons. After nearly a decade in Bridlington, David Hockney has moved back to Los Angeles, following the tragic death of his young assistant Dominic Elliott.
7 June 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 includes food, fairytales, post-it notes, sunflowers and weightlifters
9 April 2015 • Mark Westall
Creative people are increasingly using technology to produce their art but can they still excel without it or are they completely attached and dependent on it?
10 February 2015 • Mark Westall
Richard Hamilton, The State,1993 Tate, London 2014 © The Estate of Richard Hamilton, DACS 2014 (Part of Jane and Louise… Read More
27 January 2015 • Staff
Join Jenny Judova (founder of Art Map London) on a quest to figure out what the hell is digital art as she explores the digital art scene online, and offline in London.
7 January 2015 • Mark Westall
With his homage to the 90s animated film starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, LA artist Devin Troy Strother joins the canon of pop art greats who immortalise funny objects
17 November 2014 • Mark Westall
David Hockney last year left Yorkshire and returned to his home in the Hollywood Hills after a series of traumatic events in his personal life. Here the 77-year-old reveals how California has rejuvenated him, before answering questions from Observer readers and cultural figures
14 August 2014 • Mark Westall
WIN a pack of Artists’ Trump Cards
14 August 2014 • Mark Westall
You can now pit your favourite artists against each other,
26 May 2014 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
22 April 2014 • Mark Westall
David Hockney Exhibition to open in London
15 November 2013 • Mark Westall
On 15th November 1913 Jacob Epstein coined the name for The London Group, Britain’s longest-running artists’ group.
A hundred years later to the day, +100 The London Group Today opens in the capital, a unique exhibition that connects Britain’s leading contemporary artists to their historical counterparts.
14 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Which contemporary artworks best capture the zeitgeist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries?
18 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Dominic Elliott, who worked as driver and assistant for the artist, died in the early hours of Monday morning in hospital