Cover of David Hockney: 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures
Pace Publishing

Publishing David Hockney

Published Wednesday, April 9, 2024

In celebration of David Hockney, 25on view Apr 9 – Aug 31, 2025 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris— we've curated a selection of publications on the artist, available to explore and purchase at the links below.
Cover of David Hockney: Recent Paintings

David Hockney
Recent Paintings

2009

David Hockney: Recent Paintings, published on the occasion of the 2009 exhibition in New York, presents 28 vibrant oil on canvas paintings of landscapes, all created between 2006 and 2009. This publication includes an essay by Lawrence Weschler that discusses Hockney’s energetic return to painting after his exploration of new mediums.

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Hockney (now seventy-two) has been engaged in the fiercest, most joyous, most sustained, and most prolific bout of painting of his entire career, one that shows no sign of abating.

Lawrence Weschler

Cover of David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring

David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring

2024

David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring brings together charcoal drawings, iPad drawings, and one work comprised of 9 synchronized video screens, alldepicting the gradual change from winter to spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire, and presented in the 2014 exhibition in New York. This publication also includes a written statement by the artist, who returned to Yorkshire after spending decades in Los Angeles.

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Cover of David Hockney: Some New Painting (and Photography)

David Hockney
Some New Painting (and Photography)

2014

In David Hockney: Some New Painting (And Photography), published on the occasion of the 2014 exhibition in New York, the prolific artist continues his exploration of the dynamic interrelationship between painting and photography with new acrylic on canvas works and photographic drawings depicting figures who have posed—and danced—in his studio. A text by Martin Gayford traces the artistic origins and development of these works, which draw inspiration from the likes of Matisse and Picasso.

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Hockney’s belief is that it is possible to tackle venerable conundrums in a fresh way and, by doing so, make a new kind of picture. That’s his aim. These exciting new works show that he’s achieving it.

Martin Gayford

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David Hockney
The Yosemite Suite

2016

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in 2016 in New York, David Hockney: The Yosemite Suite collects the artist’s iPad drawings inspired by Yosemite National Park, which he visited in 2010 and 2011. This publication is comprised of 29 functional serrated postcards.

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Cover of David Hockney: Something New in Painting (and Photography)[and Event Printing]

David Hockney
Something New in Painting (and Photography) [and even Printing]

2018

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in 2018 in New York, David Hockney: Something New in Painting (and Photography) [and even Printing] presents new paintings—the majority of which were made on hexagonal canvases—along with photographic drawings depicting varying subject matter and challenging the limitations of conventional perspective. This publication includes a text by Lawrence Weschler illuminating the Hockney’svarious reference points, from works by Fra Angelico to a 1920 essay by Father Pavel Florensky of Moscow.

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David Hockney
Le Grande Cour Normandy

2019

This exhibition catalogue features the first body of work that David Hockney made at his Normandy studio, depicting the arrival of spring.

A 24-panel panoramic drawing, here rendered as single panels as well as in a fold-out design, demonstrates Hockney’s ability to unite temporal and spatial experiences into a single image, inspired by Chinese scroll paintings and the Bayeaux Tapestry. The book includes a text on the series by the artist in English and French.

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Cover of David Hockney: 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures

David Hockney
20 Flowers And Some Bigger Pictures

2022

Designed by David Hockney and including an artist’s foreword in both English and French, 20 Flowers And Some Bigger Pictures presents iPad paintings of landscapes and floral still lifes Hockney made in 2020 while quarantining at his studio and residence in Normandy, France, during the pandemic. These works were included in a global exhibition jointly mountedin five cities: Annely Juda Fine Art in London; Galerie Lelong & Co. in Paris; L.A. Louver in Los Angeles; Pace in New York; and GRAY in Chicago.

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