Celebrated artist David Hockney dies at 88

David Hockney was immensely creative, curious, and generous with his art, inspiring countless artists and viewers over the decades. A British transplant to Los Angeles, he soaked up the California sunshine and gave that warmth back to the world tenfold. He will be deeply missed.

Remembering David Hockney (1937–2026) "Garrowby Hill" (1998), oil on canvas

Always had a fondness for Hockney's early work. Perhaps because his British suburban imagery was so familiar to me.

British artist and painter David Hockney, one of the most celebrated art icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, died at the age of 88. https://to.pbs.org/4uAuSbJ

'Three Chairs with a Section of a 'Picasso Mural.' (1970) What I like about this work by David Hockney is there's no conscious playing with styles or picture-conventions. This is painting straight from life observed and a generous nod to his great influence, Picasso.

I cannot look at this without wanting to grab my bike and fly down that rolling, curving road into that infinite landscape of colour. Garrowby Hill by David Hockney.

The curator Norman Rosenthal knew David Hockney, the English artist who died on Thursday, for over 60 years and still discovered something new when they collaborated on a final blockbuster show.

Things we discussed with my friends when I met them in our favorite Kyiv bar today : that David Hockney has passed , and how sad they were . That pagan residents of Kyiv would wear Perun axes, just like the Vikings would wear Thor hummer , as a protection . That I need something with leopard print -

RIP supergay artist David Hockney who has died at the age of 88. On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in NYC for $90 million, becoming the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction

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This is Garrowby Hill, a 1998 oil painting by British artist David Hockney.The artwork is renowned for its vibrant, stylized depiction of the Yorkshire landscape, particularly the patchwork fields and the sweeping, purple-toned road. RIP David 🥀

Years ago, David Hockney had an exhibit of his stage set designs at the Walker called Hockney Paints the Stage. My father had donated some art to the museum, so he and I got in before the official opening. It was just us and two other people .... Vincent Price and his wife. Anyway. RIP Hockney.

Legendary British artist David Hockney has died. In this 1990 interview, writer David Sheff spent time with Hockney at his seaside retreat. "In a sense, what I’ve done is subversive to all that the traditional art world is built upon,” the artist said. Read: bit.ly/4ei48qi

BBC Newsnight dig up two interviews from their archive with David Hockney, RIP 🙏 The second one in 2015 in which he says, "I'm going to die soon. Who's to know how"

David Hockney, master of sun-drenched landscapes and depictions of queer intimacy, has died at 88. His work is on view in a two-floor exhibition at Portland Art Museum through July 26.