David Hockney’s success is a testament to a Britain that supported working-class artists – the same cannot be said today

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par Gregory Salter, Associate Professor in History of Art, Head of Department, University of Birmingham

David Hockney, who died on June 11, was perhaps the most successful and well-known British artist of his lifetime.

His exhibitions, from career-spanning shows like David Hockney 25 at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris (2025) to his groundbreaking touring immersive exhibition David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) (2025),…