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David Hockney RA 82 Portraits And 1 Still Life

David Hockney RA, Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy

RA Exhibitions

8 years ago

Hockney: “People like pictures – they won’t go away”

In an extract from their forthcoming book, A History of Pictures, David Hockney RA and Martin Gayford discuss the impact of the digital age on art. Will painting survive?
Installation View, 'David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life'.

RA Exhibitions

8 years ago

The Portrait: a short story inspired by Hockney

How can a portrait describe the relationship between an artist and a sitter? How does that differ in a written portrait? In our creative writing course, participants were asked to take inspiration from our current Hockney Portraits exhibition to create a short story.
Rufus Hale and David Hockney photographed in front of Hockney's portrait of Rufus

RA Exhibitions

8 years ago

Video: What’s it like to sit for David Hockney?

Hear from four of the sitters painted by David Hockney for our exhibition ‘David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life’, from 11-year-old Rufus Hale to the architect Frank Gehry.
Edith Devaney talks to David Hockney RA in his LA studio

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> 8 years ago

Video: In the studio with David Hockney RA

David Hockney RA talks to curator Edith Devaney about his Royal Academy exhibition ‘82 Portraits and 1 Still-life’.