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David Hockney

8 October 2016

9:00 AM

8 October 2016

9:00 AM

Born in Yorkshire 79 years ago, he fell in love with the idea of California as a child via Hollywood movies at the local cinema where he went with his father. After art school and some exhibition success, David Hockney acted on his fascination with Hollywood by moving there in 1966 aged 29.

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