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Occasionally, a lengthy fax would ribbon from the machine, buzzing over the Atlantic from an exotic American phone number. Boxes of champagne and other parcels would arrive, also from the US, sometimes directly from Fortnum and Masons. These were all sen
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"Do you have any tickets for David Hockney? I heard you were fully booked." "Yes we certainly do. Don't look so surprised, of course we sell tickets on the door. But are you sure you want to come in? We're closing at six o'clock tonight so you've only go
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: A piece of work entitled 'Nude Woman in a Red Armchair' by Pablo Picasso is displayed at an exhibition of Picasso and Modern British Art at the Tate Britain on February 13, 2012 in London, England. As well as pieces by... View Photo »
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I used to point out, at art school you can teach the craft; it's the poetry you can't teach ... But now they try to teach the poetry and not the craft.
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By Paul Levy Pablo Picasso was the greatest artist of the 20th century. With some honorable exceptions, Britain was slow to recognize this. The clever idea behind "Picasso & Modern British Art" at Tate Britain is to trace the Spanish-born artist's influe
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It is perhaps useful to remind visitors to Tate Britain's new exhibition, Picasso and Modern British Art, just how long ago Picasso was and how, in this particular context, the term Modern British is stretched to embrace the full century from Duncan Gran
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John Braithwaite, who has died aged 68, was the last maker of astronomical telescopes in Scotland, but there was a great deal more to him than that. He was also an adviser to David Hockney, a former parliamentary candidate, a musician, an expert on Galil
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: A photographer take a picture of a piece of work entitled 'The Three Dancers' by Pablo Picasso during a press preview at an exhibition of Picasso and Modern British Art at the Tate Britain on February 13, 2012 in London,... View Photo »
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If we could get David Hockney to do something, then perhaps
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What you need to know 'Picasso and Modern British Art', at the Tate Britain, surveys Picasso's influence on British Modernists. It features works by Duncan Grant, Wyndham Lewis, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherland and David Hockn
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3.01pm: Nancy: Just before we 'break-out' again (sounds like an acne attack), some follow up on today's announcement of the £750,000 British Council/ACE fund to enable artists to travel abroad for collaboration, knowledge sharing and performance. In the
About David Hockney
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David Hockney, CH, RA, (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, based in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, although he also maintains a base in London. An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth... Full Article
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: A photographer take a picture of a piece of work entitled 'The Three Dancers' by Pablo Picasso during a press preview at an exhibition of Picasso and Modern British Art at the Tate Britain on February 13, 2012 in London, England. As well as pieces by...
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British artist David Hockney poses in front of a detail of his painting "The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty-eleven)" at the Royal Academy of Arts in London January 16, 2012. The Royal Academy will exhibit new landscape works by Hockney in an exhibition...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 16: British artist David Hockney checks his mobile phone as he poses in front of his painting entitled 'The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire 2011 (twenty-eleven)' at the opening of his exhibition David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture in the Royal...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 16: British artist David Hockney poses in front of his painting entitled 'The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty-eleven)' at the opening of his exhibition David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture in the Royal Academy of Arts on January...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 16: British artist David Hockney takes a picture of press photographers with his mobile phone as he poses in front of his painting entitled 'The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty-eleven)' at the opening of his exhibition David...
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Painter David Hockney walks past a painting during an interview on Saturday for the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, at the Royal Academy in London, which was broadcast on January 15, 2012.
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British artist David Hockney is photographed by members of the press as he stands before one of his paintings of the East Yorkshire landscape at The Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly, London, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, ahead of his exhibition called 'A Bigger Picture'.
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British artist David Hockney stands before one of his paintings of the East Yorkshire landscape at The Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly, London, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, ahead of his exhibition called 'A Bigger Picture'.
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A combo of file pictures created on January 3, 2011 shows British artist David Hockney (L) attending a photocall at the Tate Britain gallery in central London on June 11, 2007 and British artist Damien Hirst (R) posing for photographs during a photocall at Sotheby's art gallery and...
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Painter David Hockney poses during a photo-call to promote the announcement of an exhibition of his landscape work at the Royal Academy of Arts in central London, September 7, 2011. The new exhibition titled "A Bigger Picture" will open on January 21, 2012.
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British artist David Hockney poses for photographers with a cigarette during the press view of his forthcoming exhibition entitled 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture' at the Royal Academy of Arts in central London, on September 7, 2011. The exhitibition will run from January 21 to April...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 07: Artist David Hockney poses for photographs at The Royal Academy of Arts on September 7, 2011 in London, England. Hockney is promoting an exhibition of his landscape paintings 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture' which runs from January 21 to April 9, 2012.
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British artist David Hockney poses for photographers during a press launch for an upcoming exhibition, entitled 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture' by the Royal Academy of Arts, in central London, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The exhibition, which showcases landscape pieces by David Hockney...
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British artist David Hockney poses for the photographers during a press launch for an upcoming exhibition, entitled 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture' by the Royal Academy of Arts, in central London, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The exhibition that showcases landscape works by David...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 25: A gallery assistant adjusts a print of a David Hockney artwork entitled 'Soft Celia' estimated to fetch 5,000 GBP in Bonhams auction house on November 25, 2011 in London, England. The auction of prints of works ranging from old masters to contemporary...
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Visitors look at "With Conversation" by David Hockney during a contemporary arts exhibition in Doha October 24, 2011. The painting is estimated to fetch between $1.4 million and $1.8 million when it is auctioned off in New York on November 6.
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A man views "Standard Station" by Ed Ruscha and "A Bigger Splash" by David Hockney at the "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980" exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California October 4, 2011. Ten years in the making, "PST" was initiated by the Los Angeles-based Getty...
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A Bonham's employee poses with three artworks entitled 'Winter Road near Kilham' (L), 'Cat', an earthenware ceramic cat (C) and 'Parade Screenprint for the Metropolitan Opera New York' (R), by British artist David Hockney at Bonham's auction house in central London, on April 18, 2011. ...
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A Bonham's employee sits with and artwork entitled 'Cat', an earthenware ceramic cat, by British artist David Hockney at Bonham's auction house in central London, on April 18, 2011. The work of art is expected to fetch between GBP 5,000-7,000 (dollars 8,160-11,400 or euros 5,650-7,900)...
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A Bonham's employee looks at a work of art entitled 'An Image of Celia Lithograph' by British artist David Hockney at Bonham's auction house in central London, on April 18, 2011. The artwork is expected to fetch between GBP 60,000-80,000 (dollars 98,000-130,600 or euros 68,00-90,500)...
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A Bonham's employee holds an artwork entitled 'Cat', in front of a work of art entitled 'An Image of Celia Lithograph' both by British artist David Hockney at Bonham's auction house in central London, on April 18, 2011.'Cat' is expected to fetch between GBP 5,000-7,000 (dollars 8,160-11,400...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: An employee looks at David Hockney's earthenware ceramic cat from 1955 in front of an early photograph of the artist at Bonhams auctioneers on April 18, 2011 in London, England. Works spanning five decades of David Hockneys creative output are on show at...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: A close up photograph details the frame of 'An Image of Celia' by David Hockney at Bonhams auctioneers on April 18, 2011 in London, England. Works spanning five decades of David Hockneys creative output are on show at Bonhams prior to a sale dedicated to his...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: A visitor to Bonhams auctioneers looks at the lithograph, 'An Image of Celia' by David Hockney on April 18, 2011 in London, England. Works spanning five decades of David Hockneys creative output are on show at Bonhams prior to a sale dedicated to his work on...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: Two early black and white photographs of artist David Hockney frame his screenprint 'Parade (Baggott 94)' at Bonhams auctioneers on April 18, 2011 in London, England. Works spanning five decades of David Hockneys creative output are on show at Bonhams prior...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: A photographer take a picture of a piece of work entitled 'The Three Dancers' by Pablo Picasso during a press preview at an exhibition of Picasso and Modern British Art at the Tate Britain on February 13, 2012 in London, England. As well as pieces by...
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