Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark were fashion's favourite couple in the Sixties. But it's her intense 50-year friendship with artist David Hockney that inspired her new book... more
He is a passionate advocate of smoking and freedom of choice. Now artist David Hockney has linked his two obsessions in a remarkable new artwork based on cigarette packets... more
Patrick Procktor was a flamboyant, witn society in the 1960s and 1970s. But the artist’s life was blighted by alcohol and jealousy. Gavanndra Hodge paints a portrait of a peacock... more
David Hockney visited Tate Britain to see the installation of the biggest work he has ever made - alongside two equally huge photographic facsimiles... more
The last chapter of British engagement in the Iraq conflict slowly comes to a close as British commanders hand control of Basra to American troops, who will now be overseeing operations in the area before they themselves leave in June. ... more
Politicians are good for nothing and the art market has gone mad, says David Hockney – but that’s not why he gave his largest canvas to the Tate.... more
The 70-year-old artist, David Hockney, has donated his largest ever work to the Tate. Bigger Tress Near Warter was first exhibited last year at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.... more
Outspoken painter David Hockney doesn't regret his outburst against the anti-smoking lobby. The attempt to control all areas of our lives has gone too far he says... more
David Hockney's new vibrant canvases of East Yorkshire landscapes, on display at Tate Britain, will speak to living generations of watercolourists. ... more
Two titans of British art past and present are to converge with a David Hockney-curated exhibition of JMW Turner's paintings at Tate Britain this summer.... more
Resfest - the mobile festival for digital media - returns to the capital, the London Jazz Festival continues and you could buy a Damien Hirst or David Hockney original at the RCA.... more
Over 150 David Hockney portraits are on show, the V&A peers beyond Italy's lavish Renaissance edifices and Velazquez is revealed to have had a very modern appetite for naturalism.... more
The luminous time of twilight is captured in a new photography exhibition, the National Gallery reveals Velazquez's quest for realism and over 150 portraits by David Hockney are on display.... more
The National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition charts the rise of one of the very few great draughtsmen of the 20th century - and his inexplicable decline.... more
The Turner is a cheeringly solid show, the National Portrait Gallery confirms David Hockney's status as a national treasure and the Royal Academy launches its Rodin exhibition.... more
A drawing by David Hockney of Celia Birtwell, wife of late fashion designer Ossie Clark, is to be shown in public for the first time as part of the National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition.... more
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