Artist David Hockney discusses his theory that artists were secretly using optical devices such as mirrors and lenses in creating their work as early as the 15th century. Examples from Flemish and Italian art are studied as he examines how famous paintings have had their noted mysteries newly solved; he also makes comparisons to modern film and digital imagery.

Filmed over three years, this documentary is an unprecedented record of a major artist at work. It captures David Hockney's return from California to his native Yorskhire, outside, through the seasons and in all weathers.

钢琴家王羽佳邂逅大卫·霍克尼的艺术：受霍克尼画作投影的启发，这位国际巨星演奏了一场精彩绝伦的节目，曲目涵盖从巴洛克时期到当代的音乐。这场视觉上超凡脱俗的演出于2024年8月的多个晚上在伦敦的Lightroom录制。 阅读更多 章节 0:30 莫里斯·拉威尔 - 《水之嬉戏》 6:25 卢奇...

To mark his fiftieth birthday in 1988, London's Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work. Melvyn Bragg joined David Hockney for an exclusive private view of the exhibition and they were filmed discussing pictures from all stages of Hockney's remarkable career.

“Privileged access to Hockney’s creativity” – GQ Magazine David Hockney的《藝術家肖像（泳池與兩個人像）》去年在拍賣會以高價成交，一再確立他當代殿堂級藝術家的地位。 英國國寶級藝術頑童David Hockney 以pop art色彩叱咤著二十世紀，泳池畫像早已成為他簽名式的創作，然而多年來他從沒為自己設限，一直在探索不同媒介，試圖彌補不同藝術形式的限制。攝影藝術只擅於捕捉單一時間點，他則以照片拼湊成畫，完滿其時間觀念。藝術市場充斥著買賣操作，工廠式輸出，他則以iPhone、iPad每天親手作畫，將作品在朋友間免費廣傳。電影這次邀請你，走入英國皇家藝術研究院，遊歷他的視覺實驗室，鑽進他千變萬化的視覺萬花筒，窺看他仍在不斷革新，繼續膨脹他的pop art宇宙。

‘Wider perspectives are needed now,’ states David Hockney, referencing both technical ways of seeing and the parameters of what we choose to view, in this spirited documentary spanning the artist’s career. Director Randall Wright – whose previous subjects include Lucien Freud and Sister Wendy Beckett – is here gifted a spectrum of archive material, which is pieced together with kaleidoscopic verve. Richest is Hockney’s own home-movie footage, taking in games of Scrabble with his family, giving candid insight into the painter’s relationship with his Bradford roots and the father he credits with a foundational credo – to never care what the neighbours think. As a character, Hockney emerges as a man of great friendships, a loyal cast of fellow artists chronicle his personal and artistic journey, each in possession of a crisp wit, bringing humour and light to the life of an artist who continues to broaden horizons. Kate Taylor

《康熙南巡图》，这幅著名的中国卷轴画描绘了康熙皇帝在1689年第二次访问他的南方帝国。这幅画是由王翚(1632-1717)和他的助手们创作的。霍克尼将这幅画卷更流畅的空间描绘与后来由徐阳和他的助手——乾隆皇帝南巡(1764-1770)——绘制的画卷《乾隆南巡图》进行了对比。

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.