Two blockbuster exhibitions dedicated to the late David Hockney are opening in Australia later this year, months after the British artist’s death at the age of 88.The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, home to the largest collection of Hockney’s work in Australia, will stage David Hockney: Portraits in Print from September to February. The exhibition will span more than 60 works made over 30 years and offers “an intimate view of his personal life, creative practice and deep engagement with portraiture”, the NGA said.And from October to January, Carriageworks in Sydney is staging David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away), an immersive exhibition created by Lightroom London with Hockney himself, who recorded narration that guides visitors through his processes and philosophy.Bigger & Closer has been staged in London, Manchester, Shanghai and Seoul and visited by 650,000 people so far.“David is there as your favourite uncle who takes you to an art gallery and says something insightful to you over your shoulder, points something out to you in a painting you would never have caught on your own,” said Richard Slaney, the CEO of Lightroom and producer of Bigger & Closer.
Who will make the bigger splash? Two blockbuster David Hockney exhibitions opening in Australia
A immersive show made with the British artist before he died is headed to Sydney, at the same time as a Hockney portraiture exhibition at Canberra’s National Gallery
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