David Hockney's "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" was auctioned Thursday at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York City for a record $90 million ...

When English painter David Hockney first flew into Los Angeles in the early 1960s, he was struck by the aerial view of bright blue swimming pools scattered across the city. “In England ...

Sixty years since David Hockney first plunged himself into the quiet magic of the swimming pool, purpose-built baths still continue to enchant Perhaps there was something in the water. But it didn’t ...

David Hockney ... ripple through Hockney’s early paintings as if swimming from one frame to another. When I read from an essay that I wrote on Hockney’s swimming pools once, two scholars ...

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - An early work by British artist David Hockney, a painting depicting his well-known pool motif and not seen in public for more than 40 years, is headed for auction with ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Artist David Hockney has ridden many technological waves. While his mark-making has remained resolutely painterly, he has challenged the practice of painting. He was an ...

Artist David Hockney was a driver ... as he flew into Los Angeles for the first time, Hockney became enamored with the dozens of blue swimming pools he spied from above. These little luxuries ...

Even today, "New York Times" critic Walker Mimms reviewing "The Swimmer," a summer group show dedicated to swimming and pools, had to mention "...the absence of David Hockney, the Rembrandt of pools." ...

Artist David Hockney has ridden many technological waves. While his mark-making has remained resolutely painterly, he has challenged the practice of painting. He was an early adopter of ...

Simon Mckeown receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Artist David Hockney has ridden many technological waves. While his mark-making has remained resolutely ...