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…
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!
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.
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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The Best Photography & Art Biographies To Read This Christmas
Last week we published a comprehensive list of The Best Photography and Art books of 2016 and it proved very popular, so much so that some extremely vast social media sites compared it to Time’s – a compliment indeed. Today, we have published The Best Photography & Art Biographies, these we believe you will enjoy too. Sometimes, we like to look at the photographer/artist behind the imagery and this is a great way to switch off and indulge, if you have the opportunity over the Christmas break. I do hope you enjoy this. If there are any others that you have read, that you think should be included, please add…
The Best Photography & Art Books of 2016
Of course we all love our mobile devices and reading books on them is second nature to creating art but sometimes, we also really like to curl up with a really good traditional book with real paper. I have selected some of the very best photography and Art books released this year. I am sure any one of these, you would love to receive. Take a look and if you feel there are some others that I have missed, please add them to the comments below.
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…
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!
