David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88

“The moment I first sold pictures, I felt rich. .. I didn’t have much money but I did what I wanted. .. You are a rich man if you do the things you want to do.” #RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

David Hockney has died at 88. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a... RIP. I was so lucky to see, take in, and contemplate his work last summer. www.lawdork.com/p/stepping-b...

David Hockney died. He was one of my favorite artists, someone whose work teaches you things about other people and about paint.

Not the obituary I wanted to read today. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

Another great artist gone — David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

RIP David Hockney, one of the most intriguing artists of the past 60 years. I was fortunate to catch his retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris last summer.

David Hockney made seeing feel new again. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

Forever, the way he rendered the hills of Los Angeles and its swimming pools... RIP David Hockney. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

I like a lot of things about David Hockney's art. Most of all, I like the dachshunds. RIP, Hockney. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

The King is dead 😢 Thank you for all the beauty, humanity and lightheartedness, Mr. Hockney. Rest in peace 🙏🏻

I'm sorry to hear of David Hockney's death. We're losing giants in so many fields. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

The first artist I bought a book about. Rest in power Mr Hockney

"busy work" is MOST of what art making is all about!!! Also I am delighted by Hockney's daschsund!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

The David Hockney obituary by Holland Cotter. Of course there were other figurative painters, like Alice Neel, for instance, who was arguably a finer painter. Not sure why she wasn't mentioned.

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One of the great artists of our times. His work, so deeply evocative of mid-century California, so fearless in the use of color, and in recent years so smartly adaptive to new technologies, continues to inspire and provoke and uplift. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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Just last night, I had dinner in front of a large Hockney painting (owned by a friend of mine with excellent taste and financial means). Hockney has brightened our world. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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Damn! Was literally just talking about how revelatory the retrospective was at the MET with my friend yesterday 😢 David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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Passing of an art hero

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My heart broke a little bit more today. More stars in the sky tonight, but doesn't lessen the void. #DavidHockney www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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David Hockney produced a virtuosic, graphic-based, fundamentally illustrational art that existed largely outside shifts in contemporary market fashion; and that, in a succession of major institutional shows, attracted popular attention over six decades. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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David Hockney has died at the age of 88. Rest in power 🎨 Paywall free article 👇🏼

Art icon (and friend-of-Joni) David Hockney has left us. Loved his work, and will miss him. May he rest in glorious colors by the swimming pool. [gift article] www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

"Mr. Hockney began using computer graphics programs as early as 1985, and more than 30 years later he was making digital drawings and using paint apps on an iPad." [GIFT ARTICLE] 🎁 David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 | New York Times

Gorgeous #obituary by #HollandCotter so conveys #Hockney's dedication to his #art, even as death neared "Working out of his studio in London, using a wheelchair, his health failing, he continued to paint" David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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The Times obit has a good look over the major events in Hockney’s life (gift article) > www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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"David Hockney could bring a comparable air of domestic tenderness to his portraits of other men, long before the day of same-sex marriage, and could present that tenderness not as a political statement but as a fact of everyday life."

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His art lives on ... David Hockney finds eternal sunshine. #art #painting www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a... “His art was conservative but progressive, among the first widely popular artists of his time creating undisguised gay content, one of few taking a public stand against censoring of homosexual imagery.”

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Today’s Editor’s Pick is 'David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88' by Holland Cotter for @nytimes.com. David Hockney, the British artist whose vibrant figurative paintings reshaped contemporary art over a six-decade career, has died at 88.

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David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a... A very sad day.

"His father, Kenneth Hockney, was a self-employed restorer of baby carriages and a rabid crusader against nuclear arms." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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The Late Great. RIP David Hockney (gift article in case you want to share elsewhere copy and paste) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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I hope heaven looks like an LA swimming pool. #davidhockney www.thedavidhockneyfoundation.org www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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R.I.P. California icon. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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ホックニー亡くなられたのね。 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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In a world of Donald Trumps be a David Hockney, says one commentor to this obit. How true! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

Man David Hockney dying during pride what an icon. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

RIP to a great one!

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David Hockney 🤍 Among many others things “he was one of the first widely popular artists of his time to make work with undisguised gay content and one of the few to take a public stand against the censoring of homosexual imagery” ✨ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a... See 1974's "A Bigger Splash" (if you can find it).

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RIP King. David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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This is sad to hear. The dachsunds, the swimming pools, the landscapes, the portraits - all delightful. A great talent and a wonderful man. David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...

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Aww, man. So long, and thanks for all the art. For being out. For teaching me to blur the traditional lines separating one medium, one genre from another. For being one of the ones who survived. For being a much-needed break from Jackson Pollock. I hope you wake up in the best studio ever...

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