City’s art lovers have only days left to see Hockney’s massive landscape

Arts lovers have a week left to see David Hockney’s mammoth artwork Bigger Trees Near Warter at Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery.

The painting has attracted more than 56,700 visitors to date, smashing all visitor records.

Hockney, considered the country’s finest living artist, attended the opening in June, and approved of its presentation on a shaped wall, angled towards the viewer like an enormous altarpiece.

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A special poetry reading, the last in a series of Hockney-themed event, was held at the gallery on Friday, with contributions by poets Alan Barrett, David Cook, Ann Liles and Ian Parks.

The painting, measuring 40ft high by 13ft wide, and made up of 50 canvases, will be on view until Sunday. Hockney is particularly proud of the work and has donated it to the Tate Gallery

Coun Terry Geraghty, Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture said: “It’s great to see that this show is proving so popular with visitors of all kinds.

“To attract more than 56,000 people to the city centre with the display and even more to activities related to the painting with a number of supporting events is an amazing achievement and a vindication of our ongoing investment in culture and the wide range of benefits it brings to a city.”

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An exhibition showcasing Hockney’s landscape work will be shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in London next year.

The exhibition will feature three groups of new work created since 2005 when the Yorkshire-born artist returned to live in Bridlington.

He first found fame in the 1960s but is still pushing the boundaries of art – recent works have been made and displayed using iPads and iPhones.

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