Michael Glover: Hockney's is a talent that deserves a place in the limelight
In the last few years, he has been re-discovering the lonely landscapes of his native East Yorkshire
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.He marches sturdily, stolidly on through his eighth decade, sipping at his Bovril as he goes. This month there will be a huge show of recent work in the main galleries of the Royal Academy, where, relatively recently, he hung the largest multi-part landscape painting to have ever almost overwhelmed its walls. Can Hockney, that will-o'-the-wisp of a talent that blazed so bright at the Royal College of Art in the early 1960s, still be going at it? Oh yes, and with no holds barred.
In the last few years, he has been re-discovering the lonely landscapes of his native East Yorkshire, rising at 4am to capture the light. This canny self-publicist has always been in the limelight, but the frank truth of it is that, for all the stumbles, he frankly deserves quite a bit of it. Sweep off your Bradford millionaire's top hat to the man.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments