David Hockney, national treasure

By Bagehot

THE English have cause to feel flattered. David Hockney, the Yorkshire-born artist who fled his „boring, stifling“ home country aged 24 for southern California, seeking fierce sunlight, strong shadows, heat, space and greater sexiness than that available in 1960s Bradford, will open a big new show in London on January 21st, celebrating the English landscapes of his boyhood.

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