David Hockney
born 1937
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David Hockney, (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.
Hockney has owned a home and studio in Bridlington and London, and two residences in California, where he has lived on and off since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.
On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), becoming the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction. This broke the previous record, set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million.
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David Hockney My Parents
1977
Artist as subject
R.B. Kitaj The Wedding
1989–93
Andy Warhol David Hockney
1974
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David Hockney: ‘I like to live in the now’
David Hockney reflects on over 60 years of painting, drawing, printmaking and photography
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Fashion meets Art – Preen inspired by David Hockney
Resort collection 2014 inspired by David Hockney's 'A Bigger Splash'
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A Bigger Splash: Painting and Performance
Explore the dynamic relationship between performance and painting
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David Hockney in conversation with Nicholas Serota
In connection with A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance exhibition at Tate Modern, David Hockney is in conversation with Nicholas ...
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Late at Tate November: Behind the scenes. Outsider: Leon Wainwright
Art Historian Leon Wainwright is talking around the idea of the 'authentic outsider' and how Kitaj and Hockney - in their ...
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Look Closer
Understanding David Hockney's A Bigger Splash
Dive in for a closer look: explore Hockney's inspiration, techniques and have a go at some splash-inspired activities
In the Gallery
A Queer Walk Through British Art
Discover queer responses to our collection at Tate Britain, curated by members of the LGBTQ+ community at Tate and beyond
Tate Papers
David Hockney’s Early Etchings: Going Transatlantic and Being British
David Hockney’s early autobiographical prints, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 1961 and the series A Rake’s Progress ...
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Oil paint
Oil paint is form of a slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil that ...
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Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s in America and Britain ...
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Acrylic paint
Acrylic paint is water-based fast-drying paint widely used by artists since the 1960s. It can be used thickly or thinly ...
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School of London
School of London was a term invented by artist R.B. Kitaj to describe a group of London-based artists who ...
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Hockney's World of Pictures
David Hockney (b.1937) remains one of the most celebrated and popular British artists of the 20th century. For more ...
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Sitting for Hockney
Wayne Sleep and George Lawson recall the experience of sitting for David Hockney between 1972-5
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