American artist and author, longtime Hockney subject
A rarely seen Gwen John portrait will go on display in Edinburgh this summer before a global tour in celebration of her 150th birthday. Young Woman with a Coral Necklace from 1900s will feature at Modern Two and join more than 200 works, with lenders and partners spanning Cardiff, Yale and Washington.
David Hockney has died at 88, ending a seven-decade career that reshaped portraiture, landscape and pop art. Born in Bradford, he moved to London and then Los Angeles, where his pool paintings defined a generation. He continued creating across formats, including iPad drawings, until late in life.
A new public-art venue in northeast England is launching with contemporary works by Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen and Olafur Eliasson. The Light, a £17m redevelopment of the former Durham Light Infantry Museum and Art Gallery, opens to the public as part of a broader push to bring major culture to regions outside London.