David Hockney, Untitled, 22 July 2005. Oil on canvas.<\/p>\n
David Hockney 25 – Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid Hockney 25,\u201d the just-opened exhibit at the Fondation Louis Vuitton<\/a> in Paris, is the largest to date of the British artist featuring more than 400 works, including some never seen before.<\/p>\n A once-in-a-lifetime experience that certainly merits the trip to Paris<\/a> and already numbered among the blockbuster exhibitions of the year, it is also a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Fondation Louis Vuitton and will be open until August 31.<\/p>\n Opened at its entrance by an appropriately hopeful slogan in pink neon in these times of turmoil and uncertainty \u2014 \u201cDo remember they can\u2019t cancel spring\u201d \u2014 the Hockney exhibition is an experience that connects visitors with the world through an array of joyful, colorful, inspiring paintings, i-pad drawings and sometimes spectacular videos.<\/p>\n The Louis Vuitton In Bloom With David Hockney<\/p>\n A Year in Normandy, chair, David Hockney, 2020<\/p>\n David Schrieberg, ‘David Hockney 25’ – Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris<\/p>\n \u201cInside and outside the soaring spaces of the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, everything is in bloom, a joyful vision and a record of a life in art lived with passionate curiosity, attention to the human condition and reverence for the natural world,\u201d the New York Times enthuses in a review.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the most extensive retrospective ever dedicated to the 87-year-old painter, featuring works from 1955 to 2025 and that, despite its sheer amount, as Le Monde\u2019s critic writes \u201cyou find yourself thinking it’s not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n The Guardian<\/a>\u2019s critic found the show \u201cso moving, I had tears in my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n David Hockney, Play Within a Play Within a Play and Me with a Cigarette, 2025. Acrylic on canvas with collage.<\/p>\n ‘David Hockney 25’ – Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris. This exceptional exhibition<\/a> curated by Norman Rosenthal, former director of the Royal Academy in London, has been organized according to the artist\u2019s choices and instructions, and in addition to a major collection from his studio and his foundation assembles loans from international, institutional, and private collections.<\/p>\n It includes works created using a wide and often astonishing variety of techniques \u2014 oil and acrylic paintings, ink, pencil, and charcoal drawings \u2014 as well as digital works across photographic, computer, iPhone, and iPad devices \u2014 and immersive photo and video installations.<\/p>\n Apple Tree 2019. Acrylic on canvas.<\/p>\n ‘David Hockney 25’ – Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris.<\/p>\n David Hockney, 27th March 2020<\/p>\n ‘David Hockney 25’ – Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris. \u201cHe himself chose, after presenting some of his legendary early work, to open the exhibition with the last 25 years\u2019 production, thus offering an immersion in his world, spanning seven decades of creation,\u201d the Louis Vuitton museum explains. \u201cHe wanted to personally follow the design of each sequence and each room.\u201d<\/p>\n As described by Le Figaro: \u201cThis painter, so English down to his bold pate and colorful attire, navigates with a touch of impatience in his \u2018electric chair,\u2019 gazing longingly at the hanging of this dazzling exhibition. His two nurses bring him his coke, but he lights his beloved cigarettes alone, with the same dandyish gesture he’s always had. Vitality lurks like a volcano not yet extinguished.\u201d<\/p>\n At the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris\u2019 Bois de Boulogne, the explosion of colorful, relatable, joyful and immersive works illuminate the 12 rooms dedicated to the show, communicating the artist\u2019s joie de vivre and bringing smiles of delight – and sometimes even gasps – to observers.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the satisfaction of remembering that nature offers infinite inspiration, if one simply looks.<\/p>\n A room of portraits in many different styles, welcomes visitors.<\/p>\n David Schrieberg, ‘David Hockney 25’ – Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris.<\/p>\n David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020<\/p>\n David Schrieberg, ‘David Hockney 25’ – Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris. “David Hockney 25” shows the constant renewal of the artist\u2019s subjects and modes of expression and his exceptional ability to reinvent his art. Initially a draftsman, then a master of all academic techniques, he is today a champion of new technologies.<\/p>\n Born in 1937 in Bradford, an industrial town in northern England, Hockney started painting at a young age, his creative universe spanning seven decades that make him one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.<\/p>\n As a preamble, the exhibit starts with emblematic works such as the Portrait of An Artist (Pool with Two Figures), 1972, and his series of double and single portraits.<\/p>\n ForbesThe Beauty Of Spring Around The World In 14 Gorgeous PhotosBy Cecilia Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAn Exceptional Show<\/p>\n
\nCapturing The Force Of Life<\/p>\n
\nThe Daily Beauty Of The Simple Things<\/p>\n