# david hockney (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover david hockney. Page: Feed: --- ## [Book Review: The A-Z of Georgian London: John Rocque’s Maps](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/stuff-about-london-blog/book-review-the-a-z-of-georgian-london-john-rocques-maps/) _2026-08-20 · donbrown · Stuff About London_ With a copy of John Rocque’s maps – his Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, and what is known \[...\] The post Book Review: The A-Z of Georgian London: John Rocque’s Maps first appeared on Stuff About London . ## [Silent Scot of Istanbul: Story of Frost Pasha](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/silent-scot-of-istanbul-story-of-frost-pasha) _2026-08-18 · DAILYSABAH_ Not long ago, after a wonderful dinner with my family at Tersane Istanbul, I stood by the railing and looked out over the quiet waters of the Golden Horn. Around us, visitors were... ## [The People who Buried Nelson](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/stuff-about-london-blog/the-people-who-buried-nelson/) _2026-08-14 · donbrown · Stuff About London_ A sunny lunchtime in July is obviously the perfect time to be staring into an undertaker’s window. I’m in Lamb’s Conduit Street, a rather chi \[...\] The post The People who Buried Nelson first appeared on Stuff About London . ## [Why I Don’t Believe in Workshop Anymore](https://garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-believe-in-workshop) _2026-08-12 · Garth Greenwell · To a Green Thought_ And some thoughts toward a better model for aesthetic education ## [The cover of a book cataloguing an exhibition of Santiago Calatrava’s 1996 proposal for City Point…](https://notes.husk.org/post/824218207674040320) _2026-08-06 · notes.husk.org_ ALT The cover of a book cataloguing an exhibition of Santiago Calatrava’s 1996 proposal for City Point (then with a space), A new Tower for the City, taken from an AbeBooks listing . This was the start of the process of reworking Britannic House, the 1960s tower. The spire and platform fell foul of London’s planning rules - specifically, one of the protected view of St Paul’s… ## [From RIBA’s photographic archives: “Design for offices of British Petroleum (BP), Britannic House,…](https://notes.husk.org/post/824213643494326272) _2026-08-06 · notes.husk.org_ From RIBA’s photographic archives : “ Design for offices of British Petroleum (BP), Britannic House, London Wall, City of London: perspective view”, by Francis Milton Cashmore, of Messrs. Joseph & F. Milton Cashmore & Partners, the architects. This is Britannic House, and again the podium level is clearly visible, along with a highwalk connection. This appears to be looking from… ## [Wrecks by Matt Hill](https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=7288) _2026-08-06 · Nina · The Spider's House_ Jim Sorrel is an engineer. He works for Lescure, an elite rally team, and more specifically for Teddy Moon, son of legendary racing driver Aled Moon and a champion in his own right. Sorrel s life is forced off the track when Teddy and his co-driver Eric suffer a cataclysmic accident but who is to \[ \] ## [When Rabindranath Tagore first visited Istanbul](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/when-rabindranath-tagore-first-visited-istanbul) _2026-08-05 · DAILYSABAH_ “Although I have not studied Türkiye in depth, I hold the Turkish Revolution in high regard. I believe it will help shape a promising future not only for Türkiye, but for the broad... ## [A rendering of Britannic House from Delmatic, “the first major office project to be equipped with…](https://notes.husk.org/post/824066315854725120) _2026-08-05 · notes.husk.org_ A rendering of Britannic House from Delmatic , “the first major office project to be equipped with Delmatic’s innovative Linked lighting System” when it was BP’s new headquarters. Note the London Wall cluster in the background, in front of the dome of St Paul’s. ## [arkitekcher:Britannic House | Sir E. L. Lutyens Location:...](https://notes.husk.org/post/824065572472012800) _2026-08-05 · notes.husk.org_ arkitekcher : Britannic House | Sir E. L. Lutyens Location: Finsbury Circus, London Note the highwalk / pedway connections at the bottom. These headed to the Barbican (left) and Moorgate (right). I believe all three were lost in 2000, when Britannic House was reclad in glass , extended vertically, and rebranded as CityPoint . There was a replacement, metal walkway that would have been at the far… ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xq5vLGCsxQjq) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [Founder of Ottoman Empire who shaped history: Osman Gazi](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/founder-of-ottoman-empire-who-shaped-history-osman-gazi) _2026-08-03 · DAILYSABAH_ Osman I, also called Osman Gazi, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, transformed the Kayı tribe into a powerful political force in western Anatolia, laying the foundations of an emp... ## [Concorde and staff, from the series Britons by Neal Slavin.](https://notes.husk.org/post/823682104476008448) _2026-07-31 · notes.husk.org_ Concorde and staff, from the series Britons by Neal Slavin . These photos were taken using a 20×24 Polaroid camera . In his introduction to the book , the founding head of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Colin Ford, describes the process: The Polaroid 20″ x 24″ Instant Land Camera is a formidable beast, calling for a team of handlers to transport it, feed it, keep it in… ## [July 18th, 19th 20th July 1985, Bradford Yorkshire #1 by David Hockney, taken from Richard Carter’s…](https://notes.husk.org/post/823673466886701056) _2026-07-31 · notes.husk.org_ psd : July 18th, 19th 20th July 1985, Bradford Yorkshire #1 by David Hockney, taken from Richard Carter’s write-up of a visit to the Pieced Together exhibition . ## [David Hockney in photographing and assembling a joiner of the Science and Media Museum - then The…](https://notes.husk.org/post/823672980809957376) _2026-07-31 · notes.husk.org_ David Hockney in photographing and assembling a joiner of the Science and Media Museum - then The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - in Bradford in 1985, from the exhibition Pieced Together . ## [A photo by Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima of David Hockney making “The Four Seasons, Woldgate Woods…](https://notes.husk.org/post/823672660681687040) _2026-07-31 · notes.husk.org_ blech : A collection of frames from Woldgate Woods, Winter, 2010 , by David Hockney . I saw this and some of the related works at the Hockney retrospective at the de Young Museum in San Francisco over a decade ago, and I still think of them fondly. These videos combine moving image and the multiple viewpoints of his photographic joiners, and combined with the presentation - those are nine 55"… ## [Nolan’s created a great film, but it’s a revisionist tale – Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ Part 4](https://www.ralphehanson.com/2026/07/31/nolans-created-a-great-film-but-its-a-revisionist-tale-homers-the-odyssey-part-4/) _2026-07-31 · Ralph Hanson · Living in a Media World_ Editor’s Note: For the last couple of weeks I’ve been writing about Homer’s Odyssey in a variety of forms without my reaction to Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film. Here are my thoughts after seeing it twice – once at an Ultra DLX … Continue reading → The post Nolan’s created a great film, but it’s a revisionist tale – Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ Part 4 appeared first on Living in a Media World . ## [A Queer Polish Opera in Indianola, Iowa](https://garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/a-queer-polish-opera-in-indianola) _2026-07-28 · Garth Greenwell · To a Green Thought_ A daringly sexy and inventive King Roger at the Des Moines Metro Opera ## [Into the Badlands by John L. Williams](https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=7384) _2026-07-25 · Nina · The Spider's House_ There are books that happen along at just the right moment. I ll never forget reading Maria Gainza s Optic Nerve a paean to art in the form of an experimental, autofictional novel in the early spring of 2022. The war in Ukraine had just begun, and Gainza s book was the only thing that came \[ \] ## [Nolan’s Storytelling Generates Talk – Homer’s The Odyssey Part 3](https://www.ralphehanson.com/2026/07/24/nolans-storytelling-generates-talk-homers-the-odyssey-part-3/) _2026-07-24 · Ralph Hanson · Living in a Media World_ Editor’s Note: Dear Wife and I saw The Odyssey at the Grand Theater’s Ultra DLX premium format screen (With Atmos sound) in Lincoln, NE over the weekend. I loved it, and DW enjoyed it despite it being way over her limit of … Continue reading → The post Nolan’s Storytelling Generates Talk – Homer’s The Odyssey Part 3 appeared first on Living in a Media World . ## [British Actor Stephen Fry performs Greek Myths with a Storyteller’s Perspective: Homer’s The Odyssey Part 2](https://www.ralphehanson.com/2026/07/20/british-actor-stephen-fry-performs-greek-myths-with-a-storytellers-perspective-homers-the-odyssey-part-2/) _2026-07-20 · Ralph Hanson · Living in a Media World_ NOTE: This is the second of three blog posts taking a look at modern translations/retellings of Homer’s The Odyssey – each in more-or-less a different medium – Emily Wilson’s book with a new translation from Ancient Greek, Stephen Fry’s audiobooks presenting … Continue reading → The post British Actor Stephen Fry performs Greek Myths with a Storyteller’s Perspective: Homer’s The Odyssey Part 2… ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KiUTfhU2lU2p) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [The Statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/stuff-about-london-blog/the-statue-of-peter-pan-in-kensington-gardens/) _2026-07-17 · donbrown · Stuff About London_ We’ve met the prolific sculptor George Frampton before, when we looked at his memorial to the nurse Edith Cavell, executed by the Germans in 1915, \[...\] The post The Statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens first appeared on Stuff About London . ## [The Tower Hill Execution Memorial](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/city-of-london/the-tower-hill-execution-memorial/) _2026-07-15 · donbrown · Stuff About London_ Walk through Trinity Gardens from Tower Hill tube, towards the ticket offices for the Tower, and you will pass through the memorial to the merchant \[...\] The post The Tower Hill Execution Memorial first appeared on Stuff About London . ## [Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? – Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ Part 1](https://www.ralphehanson.com/2026/07/15/who-lives-who-dies-who-tells-your-story-homers-the-odyssey-part-1/) _2026-07-15 · Ralph Hanson · Living in a Media World_ My favorite line from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton: An American Musical comes near the end of the show when George Washington asks the question: “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” That inquiry can be applied to so much … Continue reading → The post Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? – Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ Part 1 appeared first on Living in a Media World . ## [The Imperial War Museum’s Big Guns](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/stuff-about-london-blog/the-imperial-war-museums-big-guns/) _2026-07-14 · donbrown · Stuff About London_ About the large guns that sit in front of the IWM in Lambeth. From the WW1 battleships HMS Ramillies and Resolution. The post The Imperial War Museum’s Big Guns first appeared on Stuff About London . [Listen](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/video_4ad71bc6c61b4f6398ad6fa6e751c3ba.mp4) ## [Bastion House, or 140 London Wall, due to be demolished sooner rather than later. I’d be more…](https://notes.husk.org/post/822070769783914496) _2026-07-14 · notes.husk.org_ mwew : london in bleak mode Bastion House , or 140 London Wall, due to be demolished sooner rather than later. I’d be more mournful if the road’s 1960s masterplan had survived more than the 25 years it managed, but I still like this last remnant of the original designs. ## [Memories of Marion Scott](https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=7377) _2026-07-13 · Nina · The Spider's House_ Marion Scott was born in Croydon on New Year’s Day 1935. Her father, Douglas Scott, had grown up in Glasgow and after working there for some years as a shipping clerk he moved south, founding his own business importing coffee and other products. Marion’s mother Evelyn was the sister of a London business colleague. The \[ \] ## [Why We Love Henry James](https://garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/why-we-love-henry-james) _2026-07-07 · Garth Greenwell · To a Green Thought_ Announcing a new series of online classes ## [Historical Dagger 2026: A Granite Silence](https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=7372) _2026-07-06 · Nina · The Spider's House_ So while this was happening in Edinburgh this was being awarded in London! As I was already scheduled to chair M. John Harrison s event at Blackwell s I was unfortunately unable to attend the CWA dinner and Dagger award ceremony in London last Thursday, July 2nd. I had made a video to be played in case \[ \] ## [Zihni Göktay, Turkish veteran actor, dies at 81](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/zihni-goktay-turkish-veteran-actor-dies-at-81) _2026-07-06 · DAILYSABAH_ The funeral for acclaimed Turkish actor Zihni Göktay, whose distinctive style and decadeslong career onstage, film and television made him a household name, will be held Tuesday in... ## [Talbot & The Fall: a Comedy (with Support) by Michael Nath](https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=7358) _2026-07-05 · Nina · The Spider's House_ The Fall came into being in 1976, the year of the long, hot summer, fifty summers ago today. I was ten years old. A friend s older brother was heavily into them, alongside Joy Division. There s no way I d have got The Fall back then. It s only now that I can hear them for real, the \[ \] ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1KFSy7Jcz5nP) _2026-07-05 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [VISION Art Platform brings contemporary art to The Bodrum Edition](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/vision-art-platform-brings-contemporary-art-to-the-bodrum-edition) _2026-07-04 · DAILYSABAH_ Contemporary art has found a new home on Türkiye's Aegean coast after VISION Art Platform partnered with The Bodrum Edition to transform the luxury resort into an immersive cu... ## [Is your phone listening to you and serving up ads based on what it hears?](https://www.ralphehanson.com/2026/07/02/is-your-phone-listening-to-you-and-serving-up-ads-based-on-what-it-hears/) _2026-07-02 · Ralph Hanson · Living in a Media World_ While I was visiting my older sister over the weekend, she maintained, as so many people do, that her phone listens to her and then serves up ads based on what she was just talking about. As is typical with … Continue reading → The post Is your phone listening to you and serving up ads based on what it hears? appeared first on Living in a Media World . ## [Who is Abdullah Ibrahim? Jazz legend who embraced Islam](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/who-is-abdullah-ibrahim-jazz-legend-who-embraced-islam) _2026-06-25 · DAILYSABAH_ Abdullah Ibrahim was not born Muslim. Before embracing Islam in 1968, he was known as Adolph Johannes Brand. Following his conversion, he adopted the name Abdullah Ibrahim, althoug... ## [Discovering David Hockney’s “Grand Canyon”](https://www.ralphehanson.com/2026/06/23/discovering-david-hockneys-grand-canyon/) _2026-06-23 · Ralph Hanson · Living in a Media World_ Editor’s Note: British artist David Hockney, famous for his vivid paintings of brief moments in southern California life, died June 11, 2026 at the age of 88. He was best known for his work “A Bigger Splash,” depicting the instant … Continue reading → The post Discovering David Hockney’s “Grand Canyon” appeared first on Living in a Media World . ## [Select’s Images pullout from July 1993.](https://notes.husk.org/post/819990251855560704) _2026-06-21 · notes.husk.org_ ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT Select ’s Images pullout from July 1993. Subjects and photographer credits can be found in both the front page and the alt text. ## [Naval Officer Housing, Janet Delaney, from the project Treasure Island (although, pedantically, this…](https://notes.husk.org/post/819899942310182912) _2026-06-20 · notes.husk.org_ Naval Officer Housing, Janet Delaney , from the project Treasure Island (although, pedantically, this is on the adjoining Yerba Buena Island). ## [thephotoregistry:From The Golden CityMimi Plumb](https://notes.husk.org/post/819899802589495296) _2026-06-20 · notes.husk.org_ thephotoregistry : From The Golden City Mimi Plumb ## [Ralph’s Current Media: Disclosure Day, Postmodern Jukebox, Quick Deductions, and Edward Abbey](https://www.ralphehanson.com/2026/06/19/ralphs-current-media-disclosure-day-postmodern-jukebox-quick-deductions-and-edward-abbey/) _2026-06-19 · Ralph Hanson · Living in a Media World_ Lots of fun items in my media diet this summer including movies, music, video games and old books. Here’s what I’ve been paying particular attention to lately: Steven Spielberg’s new contemporary science fiction movie Disclosure Day is an intriguing and exciting … Continue reading → The post Ralph’s Current Media: Disclosure Day, Postmodern Jukebox, Quick Deductions, and Edward Abbey appeared… ## [‘Unless we can learn from them, we don’t even know what we’re seeing’: Memory and mortality in M. John Harrison’s The End of Everything.](https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=7332) _2026-06-18 · Nina · The Spider's House_ ‘The world’s over. But that doesn’t matter, because another one will be along soon enough.’ (M. John Harrison, The End of Everything.) In M. John Harrison’s 2017 short story ‘The Crisis’, the City of London has become what we might recognize from some of his earlier fictions as an event site. ‘No one was sure \[ \] ## [Select’s Images pullout from November 1994.](https://notes.husk.org/post/819710908553166848) _2026-06-17 · notes.husk.org_ ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT Select ’s Images pullout from November 1994. Subjects and photographer credits can be found in both the front page and the alt text. ## [Select’s Images pullout from June 1993.](https://notes.husk.org/post/819604132305469440) _2026-06-16 · notes.husk.org_ ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT Select ’s Images pullout from June 1993. Subjects and photographer credits can be found in both the front page and the alt text. ## [Innocence of painting: What David Hockney left behind](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/innocence-of-painting-what-david-hockney-left-behind) _2026-06-16 · DAILYSABAH_ David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the modern era, my idol, known for redefining figurative painting through his vibrant use of color, light and everyday subject... ## [David Hockney’s Westminster Abbey Stained Glass](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/stuff-about-london-blog/david-hockneys-westminster-abbey-stained-glass/) _2026-06-15 · donbrown · Stuff About London_ On the day that the artist David Hockney died I was in Westminster Abbey pointing out, as I always do, the stained glass window that \[...\] The post David Hockney’s Westminster Abbey Stained Glass first appeared on Stuff About London . ## [RIP David Hockney. From the archives: David Hockney & his Passion for Puccini](http://sarahstirland.com/blog/hockney) _2026-06-13 · Sarah Lai Stirland · Blog - Sarah Lai Stirland_ “We tried to make a strong visual theater for the eye as well as the ear, making what you see more intense,” Hockney says. David Hockney died yesterday at the age of 88. Here’s an article I wrote when he came to visit Northwestern to discuss his work on Turandot. Ever grateful to Jim Arndorfer for the assignment, which came out of the blue! “Hockney repeatedly describes himself as a practical man.… ## [A collection of frames from Woldgate Woods, Winter, 2010, by David Hockney.](https://notes.husk.org/post/819260650640605184) _2026-06-12 · notes.husk.org_ A collection of frames from Woldgate Woods, Winter, 2010 , by David Hockney . I saw this and some of the related works at the Hockney retrospective at the de Young Museum in San Francisco over a decade ago, and I still think of them fondly. These videos combine moving image and the multiple viewpoints of his photographic joiners, and combined with the presentation - those are nine 55" screens, so… ## [David Hockney, Skater (New York), 1982 for the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics](https://notes.husk.org/post/819259566955036672) _2026-06-12 · notes.husk.org_ thalassemia : David Hockney, Skater (New York), 1982 for the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics ## [Some Thoughts on David Hockney (1937-2026)](https://garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoughts-on-david-hockney-1937) _2026-06-12 · Garth Greenwell · To a Green Thought_ My social media feeds have been full of the news all morning: the brilliant, prolific artist David Hockney died yesterday. ## [When I Get Home – the Beatles’ Mayfair Pad](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/stuff-about-london-blog/when-i-get-home-the-beatles-mayfair-pad/) _2026-06-12 · donbrown · Stuff About London_ To Green Street in Mayfair, to see the only house where all four of the Beatles lived under the same roof. The post When I Get Home – the Beatles’ Mayfair Pad first appeared on Stuff About London . [Listen](https://stuffaboutlondon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_0022.mov) ## [David Hockney 1937 – 2026](https://www.ninaallan.co.uk/?p=7355) _2026-06-12 · Nina · The Spider's House_ David Hockney changed the world just by looking at it, writes Jonathan Jones in today s Guardian. His art was a feast of unabashed visual pleasure, one long orgy of the gaze, the delighted lifelong epiphany of someone who cherished flowers in a vase and freeways in the sun and thought endlessly about new ways of \[ \] ## [Inayat Khan: Sufi who spoke to West in universal language](https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/portrait/inayat-khan-sufi-who-spoke-to-west-in-universal-language) _2026-06-12 · DAILYSABAH_ In the 20th century, many Sufi and mystical figures transmitted Sufism and its teachings to Western audiences through their own methods and experiences. In doing so, they encourage...