A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney

A Bigger Message: Conversations with David HockneyThe bestselling book of conversations between David Hockney and art critic Martin Gayford as they explore the nature of creativity. David Hockneys exuberant work is highly praised and widely loved, but he was also something else: an incisive and original thinker on art. In this now classic book, filled with anecdote, insight, passion and wit, Hockney reveals the fruits of his lifelong meditations on the problems and paradoxes of representing a three

from vibrant brights to soft pastels

and utterly enchanting (pun intended)

espresso sets and plant pots

featuring major works by Hepworth and her contemporary Henry Moore - also born in the district - The Hepworth Wakefield enhances the region's reputation as one of the world's leading centres for the appreciation and study of sculpture

' - Anthea Hamilton

complete with essays exploring the history and architecture of the gallery and the Hepworth Family Gift to Wakefield

Her first wood firing was completed in May 2025 and she was overcome by the results

Skye Arundhati Thomas reflects on the Indian protest movement that began in mid-2019 against xenophobic and casteist citizenship laws

657 x 481 mm

The Sun studs are intricately engraved in mirror acrylic

By Layng’s early twenties she had started painting her urban observations

applied in broken touches