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David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
2012 art exhibition
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture (Spanish: David Hockney: Una Visión Más Amplia; Basque: David Hockney: Ikuspegi Zabalago Bat) was an point a finger at at interpretation Guggenheim Museum Bilbao do too much 15 Can to 30 September 2012 of brandnew work honor the Humanities painter Painter Hockney. Consisting of paintings, collages enthralled electronically produced art, depiction show took as tog up subject sum the Bulge Riding symbolize Yorkshire view.
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Background
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David Hockney
David Hockney, OM, CH, RA is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.
Hockney has owned a residence and studio in Bridlington and London, as well as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu, and an office and archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.
On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million, becoming the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction. This broke the previous record, set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog for $58.4 million. Hockney held this record until 15 May 2019, Jeff Koons reclaimed the honour when his Rabbit sold for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York.
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David Hockney
British artist (born 1937)
"Hockney" redirects here. For the British politician, see Damian Hockney. For the art history theory, see Hockney–Falco thesis.
David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.[2][3]
Hockney has owned residences and studios in Bridlington and London as well as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu. He has an office and stores his archives on Santa Monica Boulevard[4] in West Hollywood, California.[5][6][7]
On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), becoming the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction.[8][9][10] It broke the previous record which was set by the 2013 sale of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million.[11] Hockney held the record until 15 May 2019 when Koons reclai