Latest in: David Hockney
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5 May 2014
“Why is everything now geared to longevity?” [David Hockney] asks. “If everything’s directed at longevity, you’re denying life.” He approves of a remark that the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson made at the age of 93: …
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3 Mar 2014
Over 100 prints by David Hockney, that span more than 50 years, are on view at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in the UK. Focusing on his etchings and lithographs, the exhibition examines Hockney’s fascination …
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12 Dec 2013
Read a fantastic review of David Hockney’s exhibition at the de young Museum by Robert Smith in the New York Times. Here’s a short excerpt: Returning Home, but Always Going Forward By ROBERTA SMITH SAN …
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12 Dec 2013
Check out KCET Artbound’s website for a recent review on David Hockney’s video installation, currently on view at LACMA.  Here’s a short excerpt: David Hockney and Los Angeles Light by Liz Ohanesian “Seven Yorkshire …
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11 Nov 2013
Los Angeles Times Review: David Hockney takes a drive through art history By Christopher Knight Read the complete article here.  David Hockney’s video installation Seven Yorkshire Landscape Videos is on view at LACMA through January 20, 2014. If you’re …
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11 Nov 2013
CCTV (Chinese Central Television) news coverage of David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition at the de Young Museum. Head to San Francisco to see the works in this monumental exhibition for yourself.  On view through …
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11 Nov 2013
Art review: “David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition” By Victoria Dalkey “Drawing is an ancient thing – 30,000 years old. Why give it up?” said the artist at the press preview for “David Hockney: A Bigger …
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11 Nov 2013
Pictured above (left to right): Leonardo DiCaprio, Eva Chow, David Hockney, Martin Scorsese, Michael Govan and Frida Giannini at LACMA’s Art + Film Gala on Saturday. (Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for LACMA) For …
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11 Nov 2013
Though only in its first week, “David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition” at the de Young Museum, San Francisco has the critics buzzing. In case you haven’t read all the press, we’ve put together a …
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10 Oct 2013
David Hockney returns to California in his monumental solo show A Bigger Exhibition, opening at San Francisco’s de Young Museum this Saturday, October 26th! Learn more about the exhibition on the de Young’s website, …
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10 Oct 2013
After eight years in Yorkshire, the 76-year-old artist is back in the city where he lived for nearly three decades. Ahead of a major new show in San Francisco, he talks about painting new …
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9 Sep 2013
creaturesofcomfort: David Hockney sweater collaboration for Ritva Man. c. 1966-1980.
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9 Sep 2013
“David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition” Oct. 26-Jan. 20, de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, S.F. 750-3600, deyoung.famsf.org David Hockney has been an art-world mainstay for more than 50 years, known for pop art that …
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8 Aug 2013
Read a recent article in the Smithsonian Magazine detailing David Hockney’s “love-hate” relationship with technology.  In October 2013, San Francisco’s de Young Museum will present “David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition” –  Hockney’s first major …
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7 Jul 2013
David Hockney’s studio featured in Buzzfeed as one of the 40 most inspiring workspaces. See the complete list online – Hockney is in really good company!
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6 Jun 2013
Early in his career, David Hockney produced a series of prints titled The Blue Guitar. Created in the autumn of 1976 and spring of 1977, these etchings were inspired by poet Wallace Stevens' The Man …
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4 Apr 2013
In the current issue of Vanity Fair, David Hockney was the latest subject of the infamous Proust questionnaire. Hockney’s short and direct answers reveal a tenderness and honesty that many interviews fail to capture.  …
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4 Apr 2013
This painting by Leon Kossoff is included in a group exhibition titled “Radical Figures: Post-war British Figurative Painting” at  Manchester Art Galleries, UK. The exhibition puts focus on the resurgence of figurative art in …
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3 Mar 2013
David Hockney’s first video installation The Jugglers, June 24 2012 (2012) will make its U.S. premiere at the Whitney Museum of American Art this May 2013. Comprised of 18 screens positioned in a grid, …
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3 Mar 2013
We love this photo of David Hockney that captures him painting the famous pool seen in many of his works, including this photo collage. Titled “Nathan Swimming Los Angeles March 11 1982,” this photo …
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2 Feb 2013
Impeccable lighting, beautiful people and perfect composition… sounds like the makings of a great David Hockney portrait painting, or an ad campaign for fashion designer Fred Perry. In a perfect example of “fashion imitating art,” …
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2 Feb 2013
We’re taking a stab at the #emojiarthistory trend today with David Hockney’s Pearblossom Hwy from 1986!
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1 Jan 2013
“I like the way their poses contrast – they’re doing different things yet they somehow complement each other. It was accidental: I just happened to click at that millisecond and catch a fleeting rather …
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11 Nov 2012
artnet: Here is a wonderful, uncommon photograph of Pop Artist David Hockney driving with his beloved dog Stanley in the late 1980s. Stanley was a mainstay of Hockney’s Malibu home, and the inspiration for …
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11 Nov 2012
JUST IN: A new drawing by David Hockney of the recently desecrated totem stump he made famous in his East Yorkshire landscape paintings such as “Winter Timber,” 2009, which is currently on view at the Museum Ludwig …
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10 Oct 2012
David Hockney “A Bigger Picture” opens at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne this weekend on Saturday, October 27th. Originating at the Royal Academy, UK (January 29 - April 9, 2012), the exhibition then traveled to the Guggenheim …
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10 Oct 2012
Select works from David Hockney’s overwhelmingly successful traveling exhibition, “A Bigger Picture,” are coming to San Francisco’s de Young Museum next year - his first exhibition stateside in six years. Announced by Carol Vogel in …
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9 Sep 2012
David Hockney: Northern Landscapes at the Nordnorsk Museum, Tromsø, Norway is now in its final days and ends on September 30th. The exhibition was reviewed by art critic Mona Giessing in the Norwegian newspaper …
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7 Jul 2012
On April 20, 1995 the British born artist David Hockney placed his signature on the BMW 850CSi marking the completion of the 14th Art Car and several months of hard work. The artist aimed to portray …
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7 Jul 2012
SPLASH!! Pools have played an important influence on early works by David Hockney. See how Hockney conceived this subject through a variety of mediums as a recurring theme in his works. Rubber Ring Floating in …
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6 Jun 2012
David Hockney and Lucien Freud shared quite a history together, even sitting for each other as portrait subjects. See the resulting portraits below, including and a video where Hockney recounts his experience sitting for …
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6 Jun 2012
Entryway to the exhibition David Hockney: Northern Landscapes Installation view of Hockney’s The Maelstrom. Bodo., 2002 (left) and Mist Stalheim, 2002 (right) Midnight Sun, Norway, 2003 Plus a breathtaking view of the Norwegian midnight …