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How David Hockney Taught Los Angeles to See Itself

A Brit, he became a symbol of the city’s culture, stylish and alienating, with h...

David Hockney and the Bliss of Not Standing Still

“As important as the boys and the pools and the light,” a memoirist writes, “the...

Brazilians Revive a World Cup Ritual to Cheer on Their ...

After years of dampened enthusiasm about the World Cup, Brazilians are excited a...

Framing David Hockney’s Greatest Art

Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist...

David Hockney’s Sense of Style Never Wavered

The painter David Hockney’s clothes roared with mirth and maximalism.

JR Conjures a Mountainous Illusion Out of the Pont Neuf...

Four decades after the conceptual artist Christo draped the Pont Neuf with fabri...

With iPhones and Faxes, David Hockney Embraced Tech

Polaroids and photocopiers also gave the artist possibilities for creating in fo...

David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies...

His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defyi...

What I Learned From David Hockney

The curator Norman Rosenthal knew the artist for over 60 years and still discove...

William Coupon, Who Wanted to ‘Photograph Everyone in t...

Self-taught, he became a go-to portraitist for politicians, rock stars and other...

Duane Michals, Artist of Wit and Courage

Our conversations over the years were, at times, philosophical, metaphysical, ho...

For Painting’s Great Skeptic, Gerhard Richter, History ...

Our critic Jason Farago on how the artist conceived a new way forward for landsc...

In the Fastest-Warming City in the U.S., These Artists ...

At the Nevada Museum of Art, five examples of artist-activists shining a light o...

Orlan’s Face Is Her Canvas, and Her Calling Card

Orlan transformed herself through plastic surgery in the 1990s for an art projec...

A.I. Chatbot Helps a $100 Thrift Store Painting Sell fo...

When a son got curious about the origins of a painting his mother bought at a se...

Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies ...

A self-taught artist, he brought narrative to modern photography with sequences ...