Tag: painting
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David Hockney at 88: The Last Dance of Joyful Childhood in Fresh Paintings
Introduction: An 88-Year-Old Force of Joy David Hockney, at the age many artists consider retirement, continues to redefine what a late career can look like. The new exhibition, described with characteristic insouciance as Some Very, Very, Very New Paintings Not Yet Shown in Paris, signals a return to the artist’s childhood joys—an exuberant, unguarded approach…
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David Hockney at 88: A Childlike Joy Returns in His Fresh Paintings
David Hockney at 88: The Last Dance with Joy David Hockney, at the age of 88, continues to dismantle expectations and reconstruct them in bright, playful color. In a Paris exhibition that Walter Benjamin might have admired for its sense of reverie, Hockney returns to the childlike joy that has long informed his best work.…