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David Hockney 25

(vero;2025-Oct-05)

I first came across David Hockney in 1999: there was an article in a French paper about an exhibition of his works in Centre Pompidou, Paris with a photo of his painting "Garrowby Hill". I went to the exhibition and loved it, I remember being particularly impressed by his collages.

I have been following him since then and was delighted to secure a ticket for the last day of his 2025 exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation. I was not disappointed.

Following are two links to know more about the man and his work: the site of the David Hockney Foundation contains a useful chronology by year with some of his major works and impressions of that year and the David Hockney website contains press cuttings, a list of his past, current and planned exhibitions and an overview of his works by genre (very good).

On a different note, I enjoyed reading the articles dedicated to Hockney25 on this blog by Dr. Beverly Held and recommend it highly.

There is also a video below the photo gallery for an impression of the exhibition as well as a second page showing videos of the installations shown in the last room of the exhibition dedicated to stage sets created for the Metropolitan Opera House, New York in 1981. It was magical.

David Hockney painted "Play Within a Play Within a Play and Me with a Cigarette" for the poster of the Louis Vuitton Exhibition in Paris (2025).

Play Within a Play Within a Play and Me with a Cigarette (2025), detail.

Santa Monica and the Bay from the mountains (1990).

12. Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (1970-71), detail.

13. Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (1970-71), detail.

Garrowby Hill, East Riding, Yorkshire (1998).

Bigger Trees Nearer Warter, Winter (2007). Absolutely check this page and watch the video dedicated to the making of this painting.

Arrival of Spring in Woldgate East Yorkshire (2009).

Arrival of Spring in Woldgate East Yorkshire (2009), detail.

May Blossom on the Roman Road (2009), detail.

Lucie-Lune Lambouley and Louis-Martin Lambouley, 8th January (2022).

J-P Gonçalves de Lima, 11th, 12th, 13th July (2013).

Rufus Hale, 23rd, 24th, 25th November (2015).

Matelot Kevin Druez 1, computer painting (2009).

John Baldessari, 13th, 16th December (2013).

Picture at an Exhibition (2018), detail.

Pictured Gathering with Mirror (2018). This composition fascinated me: the top band is a reflection of the bottom one, giving a 3D effect.

Pictured Gathering with Mirror (2018), detail.

Viewers Looking at a Ready-made with Skull and Mirrors (2018).

25th June 2022, Looking at the Flowers (Framed) (2022).

The Arrival of Spring, iPad painting No. 339, 18th May (2020).

iPad painting, Chair in garden, leaves on ground, Ma Normandie, (2020).

iPad painting of a tree reflecting in a pond, A Year in Normandie (2020).

Annunciation 2 after Fra Angelico (2017).

Following is a video taken in the gallery dedicated to Hockney's paintings of Yorkshire:

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