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 
issue 20 September 2014

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