Tag: David Hockney
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Iconic: Portraiture from Francis Bacon to Andy Warhol
There are no buts! This small exhibition at the Holburne Museum in Bath has considered every angle and every detail and the result truly is a bijou gem
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Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney
While some might be quick to dismiss #WallaceWoofs as kitsch and gimmicky, it is a well-founded and well-grounded exhibition – and gets the lick of approval from my four-legged companion
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Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio
Marking op art’s takeover from the passé machismo of abstract expressionism, Riley’s pulsing exercises in perception opened a new way of seeing that activated the spectator and extended art’s boundaries
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David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away)
At the new Lightroom, which uses wraparound sight and sound, Hockney himself guides us through 60 years of his art, magnified and in motion. From Los Angeles sun to Yorkshire rain, paint and collage to video and opera sets, we…
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Rubens to Sickert: The Study of Drawing
With a wide range of drawings, including works by Rubens, Charles Keene, Sickert and Whistler, this exhibition reflects on a culture that has now been largely superseded
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Vision & Reality: 100 Years of Contemporary Art in Wakefield
As the gallery celebrates its 10th birthday, it is apposite that it is marking its place in the century-long history of contemporary art in Wakefield. Although closed due to Covid, the online offering is comprehensive and fascinating
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David Hockney: Drawing from Life
In the first major exhibition of David Hockney’s drawings for 20 years, a focus on just a handful of sitters amplifies the importance of drawing in a career that has sustained Hockney for more than half a century
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Alan Davie and David Hockney: Early Works
An exhibition of work by Alan Davie in Wakefield in 1958 was formative for the young David Hockney and the power of influence is foregrounded in this new exhibition
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Raffi Kalenderian – interview: ‘It’s like banging your head against a brick wall, but if you get through to the other side it feels so good’
For Kalenderian, painting is all about excitement. His radical portraiture – as much of the scene as of the sitter – is a celebration of experimentation and problem-solving. Here, he speaks about what attracts him to his subjects and how…
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Jock McFadyen – interview: ‘The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition doesn’t get a fair crack of the whip from critics’
McFadyen, known for his urban landscapes and putting the marginal centre stage in his paintings, is the co-ordinator of this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It’s been challenging and exciting, he says, but he’s finding the baggage of its reputation…
