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David Hockney

David Hockney has pushed the boundaries of contemporary art since studying at the Royal College of Art in London in the 1950s. Moving to Los Angeles in 1964 inspired the Pool series which is arguably a career-defining body of work.

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2023 will see four exhibitions across the UK, Germany and Tokyo. As a visionary and a lover of new media, you will get to experience Hockney's 60-year art journey through projection at Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller and further away) in Kings Cross.

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Hockney's work continues to be in high demand with total sales of $590 million between 2015 and 2022. He is also the most valuable pop artist from the UK with a current auction record set in 2018 of over $90 million.

220 for 2020. Art Edition No. 201–300 ‘Two Chairs and Rain on Window’
Editions
David Hockney
220 for 2020. Art Edition No. 201–300 ‘Two Chairs and Rain on Window’
£35,000
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As an artist who has always experimented with new mediums throughout his career, picking up an IPad to create seemed an obvious next step for him.

iPad Drawing No. 610, 23rd December
Editions
David Hockney
iPad Drawing No. 610, 23rd December
£24,000
iPad Drawing No. 778, 17th April
Editions
David Hockney
iPad Drawing No. 778, 17th April
£34,000

In 2009, Hockney began drawing with only his thumb and he found that "there were great advantages in this medium because it's backlit and I could draw in the dark" as he explains in My Window.

My Window
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David Hockney
My Window
£1,400
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Auction record: $90,312,500

Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) realised $90.3 million in November 2018 to become one of the most expensive works of art by a living artist ever sold at auction.

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