National Portrait Gallery
London, UK
2 Nov 2023 - 21 Jan 2024
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The National Portrait Gallery’s autumn program will see the return of the five-star exhibition, David Hockney: Drawing from Life, which was staged for just 20 days before the Gallery’s closure due to Covid in March 2020.

The exhibition explores the artist’s work over the last six decades through his intimate portraits of five sitters: his mother, Celia Birtwell, Gregory Evans, Maurice Payne and the artist himself. His familiarity with the sitters enables him to work with a range of mediums and styles, from pencil, pen and ink and crayon, to photographic collage and the iPad. The 2023 exhibition will also debut a selection of over thirty new portraits. Painted from life they depict friends and visitors to the artist’s Normandy studio between 2021 and 2022.

Traveled:
Wolfson Gallery at National Portrait Gallery
London, UK
27 Feb 2020 - 18 Mar 2020
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The Morgan Library and Museum
New York, NY
2 Oct 2020 - 30 May 2021
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SELECTED ARTICLES

Spaulding, Frances. "Hockney gets personal at the National Portrait Gallery." Apollo Magazine, 14 Nov 2023.
full article, PDF | apollo-magazine.com

Hudson, Mark. "David Hockney – Drawing from Life review: He’s as magnetic with a pen, pencil or paintbrush." The Independent, 1 Nov 2023.
full article, PDF | independent.co.uk

Luke, Ben. "David Hockney: Drawing from Life at the National Portrait Gallery review: at his best, he can match Rembrandt." The Standard, 1 Nov 2023.
full article, PDF | standard.co.uk

Lawson-Tancred, Jo. "A Delayed and Expanded David Hockney Show Opens at London’s National Portrait Gallery, Harry Styles and All." ArtNews, 1 Nov 2023.
full article, PDF | news.artnet.com

O'Connor, Roisin. "David Hockney gets personal: National Portrait exhibition stars friends, family and Harry Styles." The Independent, 1 Nov 2023.
full article, PDF | independent.co.uk

Freeman, Laura. "David Hockney: Drawing from Life review — portraits to break your heart." The Times, 1 Nov 2023.
full article, PDF | thetimes.co.uk

Jones, Jonathan. "David Hockney review – a dazzling victory parade from a boundless lover of life." The Guardian, 31 Oct 2023.
full article, PDF | theguardian.com

Burack, Emily. "A Portrait of Harry Styles by David Hockney Will Go on Display in London Later This Year." Town and Country, 3 Aug 2023.
full article, PDF | townandcountrymag.com

Hess, Liam. "When Harry Styles Met David Hockney: An Exclusive First Look At A Special New Portrait." British Vogue, 2 Aug 2023.
full article, PDF | vogue.co.uk

Lawson-Tancred, Jo. "David Hockney Has Painted a Striking Portrait of Harry Styles, Set to Be Unveiled at the U.K.’s National Portrait Gallery." artnet, 2 Aug 2023.
full article, PDF | news.artnet.com

Roberts, Hannah. "David Hockney’s Harry Styles painting to go on show at National Portrait Gallery." The Independent, 2 Aug 2023.
full article, PDF | independent.co.uk

Nayyar, Rhea. "David Hockney’s New Portrait of Harry Styles Unveiled." Hyperallergic, 2 Aug 2023.
full article, PDF | hyperallergic.com

Ghassemitari, Shawn. "David Hockney paints Harry Styles as the latest figure in his portrait series." Hypebeast, 2 Aug 2023.
full article, PDF | hypebeast.com