Martin Gayford

‘I think I’ve found a real paradise’: David Hockney interviewed

Martin Gayford talks to Britain's greatest living painter about life under quarantine in the Norman countryside, how an iPad is better than paint and brush, and why he's not a communist

‘On the iPad I can catch the light very quickly — much faster than watercolour’: David Hockney’s latest spring portrait ‘No. 125’ 
issue 25 April 2020
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