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David Hockney: Bigger & Closer Exhibition at Lightroom, London – A Transformative Journey Through Scale and Perspective
David Hockney: Bigger & Closer Exhibition at Lightroom, London – A Transformative Journey Through Scale and Perspective Recently I had the immense pleasure of attending the highly anticipated exhibition “David Hockney: Bigger & Closer” It has taken the art world by storm at London’s prestigious Lightroom. Renowned for his bold and captivating works, David Hockney is a visionary artist who continually pushes the boundaries of artistic expression. In this review, we will explore the breathtaking collection showcased in “Bigger & Closer,” delve into the profound impact of Hockney’s exploration of scale and perspective and analyse the exhibition’s artistic techniques and curatorial brilliance. A Transformative Experience: “Bigger & Closer” offers viewers an…
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David Hockney Lights Up London with New Work Created on an Apple iPad
David Hockney’s new work entitled ‘Remember You Cannot Look At The Sun Or Death For Very Long’ premiered in Piccadilly Circus, London on Saturday 1 May 2021. Created by Hockney during lockdown in the Spring of 2020, on an Apple iPad with Apple Pencil the 83 year old artist is no stranger to London but it is the first time his work has been exhibited this way in town. This new body of work – 116 works in total – has been ‘painted’ on an Apple iPad and then printed onto paper, with Hockney overseeing all aspects of production. The art will be shown every evening throughout May and will…
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David Hockney Interview as an iPhone Painter
We can never tire of David Hockney interviews and we have republished many over the years. Here’s one you may have missed some time ago. Hockney talks about how he started out on the iPhone finger painting and why. Great little video, enjoy!
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David Hockney Draws on His iPad – Short Film
Yesterday we published an interview with David Hockney discussing his iPad Art, if you missed that, please go here. Today, we are publishing a short film of David Hockney literally drawing on his iPad. There is no sound for this video but it is quite interesting nonetheless.
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David Hockney Interview: I Am Not an iPad Artist
“I just happen to be an artist who uses the iPad, I’m not an iPad artist. It’s just a medium. But I am aware of the revolutionary aspects of it, and its implications.” In this interview artist David Hockney explains what a medium such as the iPad means to him. David Hockney is at Tate Britain, London SW1P, from 9 February 2017. tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain – Who wants to join me?
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David Hockney Discusses Drawing on iPads
Very interesting interview with David Hockney discussing ‘drawing on glass’, in which he means iPads. He also demonstrates his passion for portraiture art as opposed to photography and not least, he mentions the Clintons, Churchill, Hilter and smoking. Quite a lot covered in this 2 minute clip by Guardian Australia at his current exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. Take a look…
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David Hockney at the Tate – Britain’s Biggest Show!
Tate Britain will be staging an extensive retrospective of David Hockney’s works. The show will cover six decades of Hockney’s work. Opening in London in 2017 before travelling to the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This is one show not to be missed. Celebrating his 80th birthday, next year, Hockney is very much involved with the Tate’s show. The show will feature his very early work from 1960, through to work he has created during the 2000’s. David Hockney opens at Tate Britain on 9 February 2017, I can’t wait!
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Mobile Photography Interview – A Day in the Life of David Scott Leibowitz from New Jersey, USA
Welcome to our very exciting interview column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled “A Day in the Life of…” is where we take a look at some hugely influential, interesting, newcomers as well as accomplished individuals in the mobile photography and art world… people that we think you will love to learn more about. This is our 136th interview of the series. If you have missed our previous interviews, please go here. Today we are featuring a highly accomplished mobile artist, photographer, author, educator, app developer and gallery owner, David Scott Leibowitz from New Jersey, USA. Leibowitz experience and expertise in the field of mobile photography and art knows no bounds. Leibowitz explains…
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Book Review: Lachlan Goudie’s The Secrets of Painting
The Secrets of Painting The Hidden Art of the Masterpiece from Prehistory to Today By Lachlan Goudie Publication: 2 April 2026 384pp, 220 illustrations, 24.6 x 18.6 cm, £38.00 hardback This is a serious pleasure to read. The Secrets of Painting by Lachlan Goudie doesn’t make things difficult, and it doesn’t dilute what it knows. It holds a line between the two, and that’s precisely why it works. From the outset, it draws you in without forcing anything. You keep reading, and more importantly, you keep looking. Lachlan Goudie writes with a clarity that is harder to achieve than complexity. There’s no sense of knowledge being withheld, nor any attempt…
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Book Review: My Heart is This: Tracey Emin on Painting by Martin Gayford
My Heart is This: Tracey Emin on Painting By Martin GayfordThames & Hudson256 pages The Body That Keeps Painting At one point in My Heart is This, Tracey Emin says something that quietly shifts how you read the rest of the book. “Painting saved my life,” she tells Martin Gayford. It is the kind of sentence that might sound theatrical if it appeared on its own. But within the rhythm of their conversation, it doesn’t land that way. Emin says it while describing the period after her cancer diagnosis in 2020, when the routines that structure an artist’s life — the studio, the work, the ordinary sense of time passing…
