Pop Art emerged in the US and the UK in the 1950s. The work of pop artists often elevates seemingly mundane or mass-produced items and imagery as a critique of the fine art world and its elitist…
David Hockney
In 2002, two titans of British art came together in a private exchange between artist and sitter. After more than a hundred hours, the result was one of the most masterful peer-to-peer portraits ever…
Paintings of turquoise swimming pools drenched in California sunlight may be the first images that come to mind at the mention of British artist David Hockney, but drawing is the continuous thread…
Painted in 1996, David Hockney's "30 Sunflowers" is a bold and luscious still life of contemporary times. In this episode of Sotheby's Expert Voices, discover how Hockney was inspired to paint "…
David Hockney's comprehensive retrospective at the Met showed what style means in modernism, and in particular what it means to Hockney, demonstrating the artist's originality as well as his…
Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage explores how visual artists designed for performance, challenged conventional theatre practices, and often redefined their own work in the process.
While at the RCA, David Hockney studied alongside R. B. Kitaj, Allen Jones, Patrick Caulfield, Ridley Scott amongst many others. Here he discusses the impact of his time as a student at the Royal…
The world-famous art of David Hockney (1937) is colourful and colossal. Hockney is inspired by nature, he makes use of bright colours and experiments with perspective. Van Gogh also dealt with this.…
2018 was a stellar year for David Hockney, and 2019 is looking to be just as monumental for the 81-year-old British artist. Just named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Hockney…
From March 4-10, Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art Department is pleased to present Paper Jam: Contemporary Works on Paper, a curated exhibition of works on paper by artists such as…
At Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale last night, David Hockney’s 1972 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) became the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist.…
Showcasing the very best in Modern British Art across the disciplines of paintings, works on paper, prints, photography, contemporary and studio ceramics and design, Made in Britain offers the…
Back by popular demand, Artsy and Phillips present 'Summer School,' the second edition of our co-curated online-only sale of affordable artworks for easy collecting. The sale includes contemporary…
Pace Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by David Hockney. Following the artist’s celebrated traveling retrospective at Tate Britain, the Centre Pompidou, and the Metropolitan…
A major retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art—the show’s only North American venue, opening November 27, 2017—honors the artist in the year of his 80th birthday by presenting his most…