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2017

David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts

Directed by Phil Grabsky

Widely considered Britain’s most popular artist, David Hockney is a global sensation with exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and beyond, attracting millions of visitors worldwide. Now entering his 9th decade, Hockney shows absolutely no evidence of slowing down or losing his trademark boldness. Featuring intimate and in-depth interviews with Hockney, this revealing film focuses on two blockbuster exhibitions held in 2012 and 2016 at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Director Phil Grabsky secured privileged access to craft this cinematic celebration of a 21st century master of creativity.

Duration

1h 25m

Released

November 21, 2017

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Cast2

  • David Hockney
  • Tim Marlow

Part ofThe Exhibition on Screen Collection

Includes Sunflowers (2021), Young Picasso (2019), Raphael Revealed (2021), Hopper: An American Love Story (2022), Cézanne: Portraits of a Life (2018), Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (2022), Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman (2023), Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition (2023), Tokyo Stories (2023), Easter in Art (2020), The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin (2021), Frida Kahlo (2020), Leonardo: The Works (2019), Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait (2019), Van Gogh & Japan (2019), Degas: Passion for Perfection (2018), David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts (2017), Canaletto & the Art of Venice (2017), Michelangelo: Love and Death (2017), The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism (2017), I, Claude Monet (2017), The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (2016), Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (2016), Renoir: Reviled and Revered (2016), Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (2016), The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them (2015), Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2018), Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing (2015), Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis (2015), Matisse (2014), Leonardo: From the National Gallery, London (2012), Klimt & The Kiss (2023), My National Gallery, London (2024), John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger (2024), Vermeer and Music (2013), Munch 150 (2013), Manet: Portraying Life (2013), Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers (2024), and Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874 (2025).

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