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Bradford painter whose sun-kissed visions of California broke world records at auction has died David Hockney, the iconic British painter who cast a revolutionary gaze across 20th-century art, has died aged 88. He made his name as a pop artist during the swinging 60s and was perhaps best known for his paintings of swimming pools that helped define the Los Angeles aesthetic. Works such as A Bigger Splash and Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) depicted hedonistic scenes of love, lust and loss taking place below the city’s sun-soaked skies. Continue reading...

Tablets may be cheaper online, but they rarely tell you how big they are. Esp bad if you can only take tablets by dropping them down your throat. [Wales there for comparison..

Taking these to the vigil tomorrow. In Leeds (& many other cities) the names will be read out of the people known to have been massacred by the Islamic Regime in Iran, on 8th & 9th January 2026. 1 second for every name. It will last 12 hours.

It will be on the Headrow, in the space outside the library/gallery near The Light shopping centre. 9am to 9pm. You don't have to bring anything.

He's still a subhuman, drug-addled, narcissistic sociopath and worthless piece of shit whose existence is an abomination to God.

The new Greek place on Armley Town St is great. This should sort me for today & tomorrow. Mammy's Greek Food - also available online & on delivery apps.

Just a random snap out of a train window heading through north of England to Scotland as a reminder of what a beautiful country we live in (and it would be good to remember this when watching reading or listening to the news ….)

Sad news of the death of Hockney, last year’s drone show over the gallery that was named after him feels like a pretty fitting tribute though.

⚫ Mort du peintre David Hockney : le Britannique, chantre d’une peinture figurative virtuose, immédiate et sensuelle, lorgnant un pop art empreint de gigantisme, est mort à 88 ans. ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/KjC