Our Hockney exhibition opened tonight:  oddly compelling, because it’s very unusual to see the results of a short period of an artist’s oeuvre all displayed in chronological order together;  and because it’s life enhancing to see friends, family and the local dry cleaner all displayed democratically in the same format.   The only person I was able to photograph in front of his portrait was Martin Gayford, the art critic who has acted as Hockney’s interlocutor and amanuensis:-

David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-Life
2 July 2016 – 2 October 2016