YP Comment: David Hockney's artistic legacy

DAVID Hockney has always been modest about his achievements '“ and talent. 'The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist,' he once said.
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Yet this has not stopped an appreciation of his art increasing with the passage of time. A new gallery dedicated to his work will open in his home city of Bradford this summer while a forthcoming retrospective at the 
Tate Britain is already the fastest-selling exhibition in the history of the acclaimed London arts venue.

Not only are these events, and many more, fitting tributes to mark his 80th birthday, but they’re also celebrations of a special talent rightly revered as one of the greatest ever Yorkshiremen. His work should be enjoyed – not only does it shed new light on this complex character but it reveals those landscapes, in Yorkshire and further afield, that so inspired an artist whose creativity continues to shine and win new admirers.