âI think about him every time I go swimmingâ: David Hockney remembered by Rachel Whiteread, Jeremy Deller and more | TheBriefWire
âI think about him every time I go swimmingâ: David Hockney remembered by Rachel Whiteread, Jeremy Deller and more
Published 12 June 2026 ¡ general
Artists and cultural figures celebrate the great Yorkshire painter who could âmake teabags and toothpaste glamorousâ â with a poem from a fellow Yorkshireman âDavid
Artists and cultural figures celebrate the great Yorkshire painter who could âmake teabags and toothpaste glamorousâ â with a poem from a fellow Yorkshireman âDavid Hockney caught the look of the modern worldâ David Hockney, revolutionary British artist, dies aged 88 My earliest memories of modern artists were of David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Bridget Riley. I remember seeing a TV programme about David in the 1970s as a young kid and thinking âwow, is that what being an artist is like?â Because my mum was an artist but she wasnât anything like that! Continue reading...
Published: June 12, 2026 ⢠10:57 PM IST ¡ Updated: June 12, 2026 ⢠11:40 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Artists and cultural figures celebrate the great Yorkshire painter who could âmake teabags and toothpaste glamorousâ â with a poem from a fellow Yorkshireman âDavid Hockney caught the look of the modern worldâ David Hockney, revolutionary British artist, dies aged 88 My earliest memories of modern artists were of David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Bridget Riley.
I remember seeing a TV programme about David in the 1970s as a young kid and thinking âwow, is that what being an artist is like?â Because my mum was an artist but she wasnât anything like that!
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