Peter Parker

David Hockney, our most popular and hardworking living artist, returns to the easel

A review of ‘Hockney: The Biography, Volume II’, by Christopher Simon Sykes. He’s got grumpier with old age, but still Hockney retains his youthful curiosity and energy

David Hockney, photographed by Christopher Simon Sykes
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  • Hockney: The Biography, Volume II, 1975–2012

    Christopher Simon Sykes

    Century, pp. 430

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