{"id":61222,"date":"2026-06-16T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61222"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:38:00","slug":"pop-artist-david-hockneys-lifelong-love-affair-with-los-angeles-and-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61222","title":{"rendered":"Pop artist David Hockney\u2019s lifelong love affair with Los Angeles and Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"


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David Hockney \u2013 the innovative and prolific British artist who died on June 11<\/span> at his home in London aged 88 \u2013 arrived in Los Angeles in 1964. Soon he would be celebrating its sun-drenched life and landscapes in colourful, wildly popular paintings.<\/div>\n

Calling himself \u201can English Los Angeleno\u201d, the painter immortalised the American city\u2019s sparkling swimming pools, palm trees and beautiful young men.<\/p>\n

\u201cLos Angeles will always be thought of by many people worldwide through the images that David created,\u201d says Stephanie Barron, senior curator and head of the modern art department at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma), which holds more than 150 works by Hockney in its permanent collection. \u201cBut for me one of David\u2019s greatest gifts was his ability to look at the world with wonder and joy in whatever medium he decided to work in.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was fearless in his embrace of technology, and I think that enormous curiosity ran throughout his career, and continued to the end. He was involved in looking at art history and the future simultaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barron, who knew Hockney for 50 years, says Lacma staged more exhibitions of the Briton\u2019s work during that time than any other artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid considered Lacma and the Tate his two museums,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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David Hockney at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in April 2018. Photo: TNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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