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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: James Clark on December 15, 2020, 11:23:19 am

Title: David Hockney's New Yorker Cover
Post by: James Clark on December 15, 2020, 11:23:19 am

David Hockney (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hockney), who held the record (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_an_Artist_(Pool_with_Two_Figures)) for the highest amount paid at auction for a living artist (until a Koons ballon animal surpassed it), is doing doodles on his iPad these days.  Reaction is mixed (https://observer.com/2020/12/david-hockney-new-yorker-cover-hearth-ipad/?fbclid=IwAR2nU-_nIA4DZFL0aew8y70Jph0ZJVVWUAoyP8y8VYV6GJLViwI37P3MsUY)

Title: Re: David Hockney's New Yorker Cover
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 15, 2020, 12:09:09 pm

To paraphrase Winston Churchill: "My! There is a cover!"

Title: Re: David Hockney's New Yorker Cover
Post by: Alan Klein on December 15, 2020, 12:13:41 pm

I'll do a New Yorker Magazine cover for only $3,000,000.

Title: Re: David Hockney's New Yorker Cover
Post by: Robert Roaldi on December 16, 2020, 01:29:50 pm

People are often a little churlish when artists cash in. Me, I'm forever in favour of price inflation in the arts. We need more of it. If "name-brand" CEOs can drive companies into the ground while being paid millions in bonuses alone, I don't see what's wrong with an artist pulling in a few thousand here and there.