David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still Life, Royal Academy

David Hockney has produced a new series of portraits of friends, family and colleagues, all seated in the same chair and painted in his studio on Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, California.
Each portait is the same size, was created in the same time-scale and gives an insight into Hockney's life and the people he has spent time with recently. He has always been fascinated with portaiture and this exhibition of freshly painted work challenges our 21st century perception of the genre.
An artist who has never ceased to create and experiment, this show provides a prelude to the Retrospective of David Hockney, opening at Tate Britain in February 2017 to mark the artist's 80th birthday.
David Hockney RA: 82 Portaits and 1 Still Life, 2nd July-2nd October 2016, Sackler Wing, Royal Academy