I mean, I actually agree with one of the replies to that tweet – there are numerous talented stained glass artists in Britain they could have used. Hockney has never done one in his life before, and it shows.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Sunday, 30 September 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
hockney is strangely undervalued i think#― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 22 June 2006 08:54 (twelve years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 22 June 2006 08:54 (twelve years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha.
My god, it's grim that that it isn't even one of his good paintings that broke the record.
― I like Poeltls (fionnland), Friday, 16 November 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
£2.6mil is a steal. The Splash is so iconic it'll go for 3-4 times that in a decades time (if it comes up for auction again).
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Thursday, 22 June 2006 12:11 (twelve years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
3 or 4 times !
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Friday, 16 November 2018 09:19 (five years ago) link
I don't know much of Hockney's work, nor am I yearning to, but the newly restored 1974 semidoc/fiction film A Bigger Splash is worth seeing when it comes round.
https://hyperallergic.com/506099/a-bigger-splash-david-hockney-review/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 June 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
umhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/05/david-hockney-portrait-of-ed-sheeran-to-be-shown-in-uk
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
u loves to see it!
― calzino, Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
maybe his agent has told him his work is getting too expensive for most collectors in recent years and he needs takes to take drastic action to diminish his rep somewhat!
― calzino, Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
yes English be my second language!
― calzino, Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
Finally some publicity for Ed Sheering
― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
fair play to hockney, he's done a bang-up job of capturing sheeran's essential punchability
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
Ed Sheeran should get his trainered feet off the furniture imo, disgusting savage behaviour
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
It will be part of an exhibition of portraits by the 82-year-old British artist, entitled Video Brings Its Time To You, You Bring Your Time To Paintings And Drawings, which will also include a canvas of the singer Bruno Mars.
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link
He's really veering into edgy terrain here.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
'If his face looks like this', Hockney wrote of Auden while drawing him, 'what must his balls look like?’ pic.twitter.com/eRSCMKAdIr— Sara Wheeler (@saradwheeler) September 2, 2021
― calzino, Thursday, 2 September 2021 07:48 (two years ago) link