When English painter David Hockney first flew into Los Angeles in the early 1960s, he was struck by the aerial view of bright blue swimming pools scattered across the city. “In England, a swimming ...
A David Hockney painting of a man in a pink jacket overlooking a sun-dappled swimming pool sold for $90.3 million at Christie’s in New York on Thursday—setting a record for a living artist at auction.
An early David Hockney pool painting, a signature subject for the 86-year-old English artist, is expected to sell for £16 million (US$20.3 million) at Christie’s London. Painted in 1965, California ...