Katie Watson

Es ist. Es ist euer größter Show je. Glaubst du, es ist euer bestes Jahr je?

Es ist. Es ist euer größter Show je. Glaubst du, es ist euer bestes Jahr je?

There were moments as he struggled with health problems that David Hockney didn't think he'd live to see his new show. But Britain's best-loved artist tells me he still paints every day and remains defiant about his smoking habit.

There were moments as he struggled with health problems that David Hockney didn't think he'd live to see his new show. But Britain's best-loved artist tells me he still paints every day and remains defiant about his smoking habit.

How many people are you expecting?

How many people are you expecting?

I mean, I'm very, very pleased with it. This is about 70 years work in here. I'm looking at the very first picture in the show. It's a portrait from 1955 of David Hockney's father, who is sitting in a bare room. He's wearing a dark frock coat. And it's very somber coloring. And you can see just over his shoulder the edge of a picture frame.

I mean, I'm very, very pleased with it. This is about 70 years work in here. I'm looking at the very first picture in the show. It's a portrait from 1955 of David Hockney's father, who is sitting in a bare room. He's wearing a dark frock coat. And it's very somber coloring. And you can see just over his shoulder the edge of a picture frame.

One of the first times, perhaps the first time, where Hockney was playing with this idea of a picture in a picture. In amongst the show's celebration of Yorkshire landscapes, Hockneys many joyful representations of spring in Normandy, the vast LA vistas and those swimming pools, are around 60 portraits, mainly of family and friends.

One of the first times, perhaps the first time, where Hockney was playing with this idea of a picture in a picture. In amongst the show's celebration of Yorkshire landscapes, Hockneys many joyful representations of spring in Normandy, the vast LA vistas and those swimming pools, are around 60 portraits, mainly of family and friends.

Wie war es für euch alle, auf Mass zu kommen, die ganze Familie mit ihm?

Wie war es für euch alle, auf Mass zu kommen, die ganze Familie mit ihm?

Downstairs, there's these beautiful paintings. The one you did early on at the Royal College of Art, we two boys together clinging, at a time when being gay was illegal. And then you moved to L.A. There's this incredible sense of liberation. Did it feel like you were at the vanguard of something new?

Downstairs, there's these beautiful paintings. The one you did early on at the Royal College of Art, we two boys together clinging, at a time when being gay was illegal. And then you moved to L.A. There's this incredible sense of liberation. Did it feel like you were at the vanguard of something new?

I mean, I'm sold. I'm learning so much from you right now. So we've talked about the math side of it. I think the other thing that a lot of people really engage with when watching darts and enjoying the darts is, of course, the atmosphere, isn't it? And that's something that I think any venue or any competition wants to bring that.

I mean, I'm sold. I'm learning so much from you right now. So we've talked about the math side of it. I think the other thing that a lot of people really engage with when watching darts and enjoying the darts is, of course, the atmosphere, isn't it? And that's something that I think any venue or any competition wants to bring that.

I mean, I'm sold. I'm learning so much from you right now. So we've talked about the math side of it. I think the other thing that a lot of people really engage with when watching darts and enjoying the darts is, of course, the atmosphere, isn't it? And that's something that I think any venue or any competition wants to bring that.

And I'm sure you saw a couple of months ago, there was an African qualifier in Kenya where Vuvuzelas were brought out and the crowds were brilliant. So in terms of that being translatable to African audiences, that feels like a no-brainer.

And I'm sure you saw a couple of months ago, there was an African qualifier in Kenya where Vuvuzelas were brought out and the crowds were brilliant. So in terms of that being translatable to African audiences, that feels like a no-brainer.

And I'm sure you saw a couple of months ago, there was an African qualifier in Kenya where Vuvuzelas were brought out and the crowds were brilliant. So in terms of that being translatable to African audiences, that feels like a no-brainer.