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    Design and Architecture

    David Hockney, 82 Portraits and a Busy Life

    At 78, David Hockney just keeps on working. We visited him in his studio in the Hollywood Hills and found the walls hung with row after row of portraits -- all part of a project called "82 Portraits And 1 Still Life" that will be a book and an exhibition this summer at the Royal Academy in London.

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    By Frances Anderton • Apr 19, 2016 • 1 min read

    At 78, David Hockney just keeps on working. We visited him in his studio in the Hollywood Hills and found the walls hung with row after row of portraits -- all part of a project called "82 Portraits And 1 Still Life" that will be a book and an exhibition this summer at the Royal Academy in London. He's also working on another book, A History of Pictures, and he has surveys of his work opening in the next year in London and Melbourne. And, a film about his life, called simply "Hockney," directed by Randall Wright, opens this weekend in LA. We hear about his many passions, including LA, art and art history, and smoking.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      David Hockney

      painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer

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