Laura Gascoigne

The importance of copying

Hockney was one of the last artists to copy the great masters at the National Gallery – and his debt to Piero della Francesca is clear in this little exhibition

Luminous: ‘Looking at Pictures on a Screen’, 1977, by David Hockney. © David Hockney

  • Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look

    National Gallery, until 27 October

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