"The 88-year-old artist's A Year in Normandie is a 90-metre long piece that Hockney produced on his iPad during the pandemic. Made up of 220 panels depicting the changing seasons in and around his French garden, it's inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry - which fittingly will be on display in the UK for the first time in nearly a millennium later this year - and Chinese scrolls."
"I began drawing the winter trees on a new iPad. Then this virus started... I went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blossom. Meanwhile the virus is going mad, and many people said my drawings were a great respite from what was going on."
"The exhibition will also feature five new still lifes by Hockney alongside five new portraits depicting members of his close circle. Bettina Korek, the Serpentine's CEO, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, its artistic director said that the show 'promises to be a landmark cultural moment'."
David Hockney's exhibition 'A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About Painting' opens at the Serpentine Gallery on March 12, 2026. The 88-year-old artist created a 90-metre long digital work on iPad during the pandemic, comprising 220 panels showing seasonal transformations in his French garden. Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry and Chinese scrolls, this marks the artwork's first London display. The exhibition also includes five new still lifes and five new portraits of people from Hockney's inner circle. The show runs until August 23 and is completely free to attend, making it one of London's most significant cultural events this year.
Read at Time Out London
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